2015年6月11日 星期四

2015-06-12 South Africa Health


Independent Online
   
HIV-positive women bear brunt of stigma   
Independent Online
Pretoria - South Africa's first national HIV stigma survey has found that 7 percent of HIV-positive women surveyed reported being sterilised against their will. About 40 percent said contraception use had been a pre-requisite to accessing antiretroviral (ARV) ...

UN: Women and girls in Africa 'left behind' in fight against HIV/AIDS   eTurboNews
Lesbians at HIV risk   Times LIVE
The End of AIDS?Are We Any Closer?   Fox Business
News24   
AllAfrica.com   
Citizen   
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Times LIVE
   
World's first penis transplant recipient to become a father   
TVNZ
A surgeon who performed the operation on the South African man has told the BBC his girlfriend has reported that she's about four months pregnant. This showed that the "transplant worked", said surgeon Andre van der Merwe. The 21-year-old man had his ...

South African recipient of world's first penis transplant set to become father   ABC Online
Penis Transplant Patient 'To Become A Father'   Sky News
Man with new penis to be a dad   Times LIVE
9news.com.au   
CBS News   
Astro Awani   
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BDlive
   
Weak public health systems factor in medicine shortage   
BDlive
CAPE TOWN — A new report on medicine shortages at public clinics has found extensive variation within provinces, suggesting stock-outs are as much a function of provincial mismanagement as they are due to the widely reported problems facing ...

Editorial: Unhealthy state of affairs   Mail & Guardian Online
More than one in 10 health facilities hit by drug stock outs   Health24
South Africa: Drug shortages - testimonies from patients and medical staff   Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) International

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CNN
   
Woman knew she'd beaten MERS when doctors stopped using biohazard suits   
CNN
SEOUL, South Korea (CNN) — She's 77 and has chronic asthma. But Kim Bok-soon has also survived MERS, the mysterious virus that's spreading in South Korea and putting thousands in quarantine. Ten people have now died from Middle East Respiratory ...

Concern Grows Over MERS Outbreak and the Super Spreader   ABC News
Quarantined S Korean village symbolises weakness of public health system   TODAYonline
Seoul's Rationale for a MERS Rate Cut   Wall Street Journal
The Hindu   
CBC.ca   
NDTV   
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Reuters
   
Longer-term aid needed to stem spike in baby deaths after disasters: experts   
Reuters
BANGKOK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Families hit by Nepal's recent earthquakes risk losing their babies to hunger and disease over the next year unless they receive long-term help to boost their incomes and rebuild their homes, experts said.

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The Globe and Mail
   
HPV vaccine could work with just one dose, study finds   
The Globe and Mail
Protecting girls from cervical cancer might be possible with just one dose of the HPV vaccine rather than the three now recommended, a new analysis suggests. The authors of the study acknowledged it isn't convincing enough to change vaccination ...

Online comments show support for HPV vaccine but misperceptions too   Montreal Gazette
A debate over cervical cancer screening: two tests or one?   Baltimore Sun
Trials show single-dose HPV vaccine may prevent cervical cancer   Vaccine News Daily
BusinessWorld Online Edition   
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Scroll.in
   
Why criminalising homosexuality is a public health hazard   
Scroll.in
Homosexuality remains illegal in 38 of 55 African nations. This is concerning from ethical and human rights perspectives. It's also a serious public health risk. Bianca Fileborn, Anthony Lyons and Jennifer Power, The Conversation · Today · 06:30 am.
Editorial: Science rebuts homophobes   Mail & Guardian Online
Report Attacks African Nations' Justifications For Anti-Gay Laws   Huffington Post
Why anti-gay sentiment remains strong in much of Africa   Independent Online
Gay Star News   
HealthCanal.com   
SciDev.Net   
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Times LIVE
   
Pay attention, teachers   
Times LIVE
"Teachers are a valuable source of information with regard to referral and diagnosis of the disorder," the authors wrote. File photo. Image by: Gallo Images/ Thinkstock. More than half of primary school teachers do not know how to recognise one of the ...

Distracted to the point of mental disease, blame it on cell addiction   Times of India
LETTER: Good business, bad medicine   Hartlepool Mail

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Times LIVE
   
Yes, those were cockroaches in Sandton: Doppio Zero   
Times LIVE
Other than the cockroaches in the dining area, Ecolab gave the restaurant a clean bill of health, saying it had “good sanitation and hygiene practices in place” and a regular pest control service. File photo. Image by: City Buzz JHB via Twitter ...


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Scientific Computing
   
First-of-a-kind Clinical Trials Support Fight against Pediatric Cancer   
Scientific Computing
A neuroblastoma: TGen's extended partnership with Dell will help it optimize a high-performance computing infrastructure to enable researchers to analyze and store massive amounts of genetic data more quickly and reach more patients than ever before.
Dell partners to drive solutions   IT-Online
Dell and Translational Genomics Research Institute Help Support the Fight ...   PharmiWeb.com (press release)

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