Health Care

High-level meeting on AIDS underlines strategic innovations to halt infections – afriquejet.com

The priority countries are Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Chad, Cote d’Ivôire … launched an accelerated plan to have 1,000 additional health centres providing maternal and new-born care and PMTCT services by the end of 2012,” said Ted Chaiban …

Beat the holiday bug – Sydney Morning Herald

Parasites are the stuff of nightmares, especially for travellers: the Amazonian dip becomes an imagined encounter with the toothpick fish, swimming into sensitive places; the rainforest walk in Cameroon is … according to a World Health Organisation …

Connecticut Better Business Bureau says Pet Lovers Getting Bitten by Out-of-Town Transactions – Connecticut Business News Journal

Though the business listed itself as having a Minneapolis address, it was actually operating out of Cameroon. In some cases people selling … and to establish a baseline for later health care. When purchasing from a pet store, be sure … Continue reading

Anatomy of a plague – WA today

Ominously, something else followed the rubber trade through Cameroon: disease. Sleeping sickness … In later decades, transmission through the re-use of hypodermic needles in medical care probably had some role in HIV’s spread as well.

Anatomy of a plague – Sydney Morning Herald

Ominously, something else followed the rubber trade through Cameroon: disease. Sleeping sickness … In later decades, transmission through the re-use of hypodermic needles in medical care probably had some role in HIV’s spread as well.

Piermario Morosini Dead: Udinese Teammates To Pay For Disabled Sister’s Care For Life – huffingtonpost.co.uk

Livorno fans pay tribute to the fallen midfielder this weekend There have been questions raised about the medical facilities available at the time of his collapse, with an inquiry planned into the improper care he … playing for Cameroon in … Continue reading

Italian soccer matches cancelled after death of Livorno’s Piermario Morosini – Globe and Mail

Morosini, who was on loan from Udinese, fell to the ground in the 31st minute of the match and tried unsuccessfully to get up several times before receiving medical attention on … but remains in intensive care with steady progress. … Continue reading

Calls for investment after Italy player’s death – USA Today

but remains in intensive care. At the time, Italy, with its stringent checks on players, was held up as a model to follow. “The reality is this sort of thing is likely to happen occasionally and rarely,” Professor Peter Weissberg, … Continue reading

Italian player dies after cardiac arrest during game – NBC Sports

Morosini, who was on loan from Serie A side Udinese, fell to the ground in the 31st minute of the match and tried unsuccessfully to get up several times before receiving urgent medical attention on the pitch. A defibrillator was … Continue reading

Piermario Morosini Dead: Udinese Teammates To Pay For Disabled Sister’s Care For Life – Huffington Post

Livorno fans pay tribute to the fallen midfielder this weekend There have been questions raised about the medical facilities available at the time of his collapse, with an inquiry planned into the improper care he received. Morosini’s premature …