Health Care

PSFK Pick’s: Top 10 Health Innovations Of The Week – PSFK

Arthur Zang, an engineer from Cameroon, has developed a touchscreen tablet computer that enables remote health care workers in rural areas to administer an electrocardiogram (ECG) and relay the results to urban health care centers for …

Making a difference at an African orphanage – Times Herald-Record

Geitz went to Cameroon to visit that orphanage and noticed an exuberance … A child can be sponsored for $30 a month, which covers food and medical care. For information, go to goodshepherdhome.org or elizabethgeitz.com.

CP World Report: Contraceptive Mandate, Verbum Domini Bible, Gay Marriage, Google – Christian Post

The same is the case in African countries that are not mostly Muslim, like Cameroon, which is 40 percent Christian. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police has launched an unprecedented investigation of a fertility-treatment consultant, citing alleged …

Longer Looks: Romney’s Evolution On Abortion; The Birth Of The HIV Epidemic – Kaiser Health News

Washington Post: Co­lo­ni­al­ism In Africa Helped Launch The HIV Epidemic A Century Ago We now know where the epidemic began: a small patch of dense forest in southeastern Cameroon … Tracking Healthcare Variability: Is More Care Better …

Central Africa: Tentative Steps Towards Adaptation – AllAfrica.com

But he regrets that no budget was allocated for the care of these trees once planted … and to restore the soil using manure.” Cameroon, the DRC and the Central African Republic have all begun implementing their National Adaptation Programmes, … Continue reading

CENTRAL AFRICA: Tentative Steps Towards Adaptation – Inter Press Service

But he regrets that no budget was allocated for the care of these trees once planted … and to restore the soil using manure.” Cameroon, the DRC and the Central African Republic have all begun implementing their National Adaptation Programmes, … Continue reading

New discoveries illuminate the role of colonial trade in AIDS epidemic – Bangor Daily News

We now know where the epidemic began: a small patch of dense forest in southeastern Cameroon. We know when … transmission through the reuse of hypodermic needles in medical care probably had some role in HIV’s spread as well.)

In Cameroon, need spurs heart care innovation – SmartPlanet.com

At 54 years, Cameroon has one of the shortest life expectancies in the world. Limited access to and the prohibitive cost of quality healthcare are two obstacles that Zang is trying to address with his invention. “The Cardiopad will cut … Continue reading

John Bercow has to wait before sending in the troops – The Guardian

Sent ahead of this week’s key meeting of the loya jirga – the House of Lords in local patois – the letter promised to amend the health and social care bill in ways that threaten the unity of the fragile … Continue reading

Cambridge Women’s Heritage Project celebrates International Women’s Day – Abington Mariner

Wallace’s daughter, Ginny, will discuss her mother’s legacy of working for social justice in the city and beyond and her own work with Cameroon refugees … business, labor, health care, culture, education and/or government. This is the 101st …