Africa: Air Pollution Second Largest Cause of Death in Africa
Air pollution is responsible for more deaths than tobacco, alcohol, road accidents, and drug abuse. Only HIV/Aids causes more deaths.
Africa: Medical Aid Groups Welcome Plans By Moderna to Build Plant in Africa
By Victoria Amunga Nairobi — Medical aid groups are welcoming plans by U.S. drug maker Moderna to build a plant for manufacturing vaccines in Africa. The groups say the plant, the first from a company making a COVID-19 vaccine, will help in fighting vaccine inequality. African countries are facing a shortfall of nearly 500 million […]
Researchers develop breast cancer prediction tool for black women
by Boston University School of Medicine The lack of a breast cancer risk prediction model tailored to Black women represents a critical gap, given that U.S. Black women, on average, are more likely to have breast cancer at earlier ages and with a worse prognosis than White women. The relatively small number of Black women enrolled […]
New insight on the link between obesity and type 2 diabetes
by Karolinska Institutet It is well known that obesity affects the body’s insulin production and over time risks leading to type 2 diabetes and several other metabolic diseases. Now researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have found further explanation for why fat cells cause metabolic morbidity. The study, published in Nature Medicine, may have an impact on […]
Ghana: ‘Don’t Deny Adolescents Right to Sexual Reproductive Health Information’
By Agnes Opoku Sarpong Parents have been urged not to deny adolescents the right to information on their Sexual Reproductive Health (SRH). Participants who made the call at a workshop in Accra yesterday said, it was time a “spade is called a spade”, adding that reproductive health was critical in upbringing of adolescents “We need […]