DR Congo’s Ebola outbreak has passed 2,000 deaths. Here is why the crisis matters for Africa, global health, and the diaspora now.
Category: Health
DR Congo’s Worsening Ebola Outbreak Is Testing African Public-Health Sovereignty in Real Time
Ebola’s worsening spread in DR Congo is not just a medical emergency. It is a trust test for African public-health systems, border coordination, and crisis communication at a moment when families, traders, and diaspora communities need proof that institutions can respond faster than fear spreads.
COVID-19 is Here for the Long-Run. Hang in There
So, COVID-19 is not going away anytime soon. Bottom line, we need to be prepared to cope with this disease for a long time.
The World in Turmoil? A matter of Perspective.
The last couple of days have been a mess on every single level. Lives have been changed to a degree where we are projecting cultural and social-economical impacts that will put a milestone mark in the history of humankind. One word will be spoken in the future to bring back flashbacks of the most recent dark times in the world: #CoronaVirus, a.k.a COVID-19.
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Each year, October marks Breast Cancer Awareness Month across the world to help increase awareness of breast cancer risks, the value of screening and early detection, and treatment options available to men and women who are diagnosed with this disease.
Ten Facts about Malaria
About 3.3 billion people – half of the world’s population – are at risk of malaria. Every year, this leads to about 250 million malaria cases and nearly one million deaths. People living in the poorest countries are the most vulnerable.
HIV/AIDS: THE RISKS OF BREASTFEEDING
BIBI is dead; her body was found in the bushes yesterday.” Emeka, my husband had announced dispassionately after he got off the phone.
“Aha… …! I responded noncommittally without a flinch and cradled my frail little girl tighter to my chest.
You could have imagined by my impassionate response that he could have been announcing the weather or else we were the strangest or coldest couple that you know.
HIV Positive: To tell or not to tell?
To tell or not to tell- that’s the penultimate question! Ok, this morning a friend wrote on my facebook wall a question which I’ll summarize as : “and what do we do about those who do not disclose of their + status, who are going around with poorer, more vulnerable people & spread the disease?”
World Malaria Day – April 25, 2011
The theme of World Malaria Day 2011, Achieving Progress and Impact, highlights the successes of the past decade, as well as remaining challenges to achieving near zero deaths by 2015.
Five years ago, malaria killed nearly one million people each year—most of them children. In Africa alone, the burden of the disease cost the continent $12 billion a year in lost productivity.