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Thu, 2016-03-10 16:32 — Mohamed S

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A marked point in the fight against Zika

Fri, 2016-04-08 11:46 — Mohamed S

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Key UN meeting to address environmental challenges

Fri, 2016-04-08 11:06 — Mohamed S

[NAIROBI] The United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) will convene in Kenya next month (23-27 May) to discuss the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the environmental challenges facing today’s world.

In preparation for the global meeting, representatives to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) attended a meeting in Kenya on 15-19 February this year, focusing on the environment, sustainability andhealth and discussed the link between conflicts and an increasingly over-exploited natural world.

“Strong political leadership is essential to create the legislative and regulatory environment to address the environmental dimension of the world’s current humanitarian crises.”

 

Judy Wakhungu, Kenya

 

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How Tourism sector can transform Sierra Leone economy with lessons from ‘Hainan Province’

Fri, 2016-04-08 10:18 — Mohamed S

The fall in price of iron ore and other minerals has had an adverse effect to the Sierra Leonean economy as reflected in the poor performance of the government sector.
Before the outbreak of the deadly haemorrhagic Ebola disease in the country in May 2014, Sierra Leone was referred to as the one with the fastest growing economy by the government itself, official sources and other partners.
The 18 months standoff period of the Ebola era halted if not all, but most of the economic activities that were going on in the country and the problems within the mining sector left the country’s economy in bad shape.
But this does not mean there are no ways to rescue the situation. One major sector that can rescue the country’s economy, but also make it sustainable for a very long period is the ‘Tourism Sector’ which has the potential to transform the image of Sierra Leone, but only if much attention is given to this sector.
This country can learn from the success story of ‘Hainan province’ which was once an exile town but it has recently been transformed into a paradise for tourist’s attraction.

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138 fistula surgeries done after ebola by AWC

Fri, 2016-04-08 10:03 — Mohamed S

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we must study viral ecology to prevent new epidemics

Thu, 2016-04-07 10:55 — Mohamed S

Recently Africa has seen the resurgence of Ebola virus in the largest outbreak hitherto recorded in the current history. This outbreak scared people worldwide and required the intervention of the World Health Organization, governments of several countries, medical and research institutions and non-governmental organizations such as Doctors Without Borders. In Brazil, the number of dengue cases in 2015 was the largest ever recorded (1,649,008 probable cases1) and the increasing number of people infected with Chikungunya and Zika viruses shows that the country is not prepared to deal with the proliferation of the mosquito Aedes aegypti, the main vector of Dengue, Chikungunya, and Zika viruses. Additionally, big events like the Olympic Games (that will be held in Brazil in 2016) can facilitate the international spread of these viral diseases.

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A Brighter, Inclusive Future Depends on Youth Engagement Now

Thu, 2016-04-07 10:34 — Mohamed S

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, upon receiving an honorary doctorate of humane letters from Loyola Marymount University, in Los Angeles, California, today:

Thank you so much for your warm welcome.  It is a pleasure to be here at Loyola Marymount University.  I would like to express my great appreciation for this honorary degree.  I know you are recognizing not just me, but also the United Nations.  Thank you for this vote of support for our efforts to advance peace, development and human rights across the world.

I thank my good friend, professor Tom Plate, for his kind introduction.  My connection with LMU starts with him.  Our friendship goes back decades.  He was a long-time journalist, specializing in East Asia.  I was a senior official in the Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and eventually became Foreign Minister.  Professor Plate and I came to know each other and talked often about Asian affairs.  When I became Secretary-General, our talks turned to global issues.

It was early in my tenure that he told me about Loyola Marymount University — a wonderful community, he said, that is strongly committed to the ideals of the United Nations.  “You must visit,” he said.  Since there is nothing I like as much as spending time with young people, here I am.

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Zika Virus

Thu, 2016-04-07 10:12 — Mohamed S

In 1947, a study of yellow fever yielded the first isolation of a new virus, from the blood of a sentinel rhesus macaque that had been placed in the Zika Forest of Uganda.1 Zika virus remained in relative obscurity for nearly 70 years; then, within the span of just 1 year, Zika virus was introduced into Brazil from the Pacific Islands and spread rapidly throughout the Americas.2 It became the first major infectious disease linked to human birth defects to be discovered in more than half a century and created such global alarm that the World Health Organization (WHO) would declare a Public Health Emergency of International Concern.3 This review describes the current understanding of the epidemiology, transmission, clinical characteristics, and diagnosis of Zika virus infection, as well as the future outlook with regard to this disease.

EPIDEMIOLOGY

 

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Phase One of 25mw solar generated power costs $9m dollars – Sophie Johnson

Thu, 2016-04-07 09:54 — Mohamed S

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Zika Virus Infection with Prolonged Maternal Viremia and Fetal Brain Abnormalities

Thu, 2016-04-07 09:44 — Mohamed S

The current outbreak of Zika virus (ZIKV) infection has been associated with an apparent increased risk of congenital microcephaly. We describe a case of a pregnant woman and her fetus infected with ZIKV during the 11th gestational week. The fetal head circumference decreased from the 47th percentile to the 24th percentile between 16 and 20 weeks of gestation. ZIKV RNA was identified in maternal serum at 16 and 21 weeks of gestation. At 19 and 20 weeks of gestation, substantial brain abnormalities were detected on ultrasonography and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) without the presence of microcephaly or intracranial calcifications. On postmortem analysis of the fetal brain, diffuse cerebral cortical thinning, high ZIKV RNA loads, and viral particles were detected, and ZIKV was subsequently isolated.

read more at: http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1601824

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Death toll rises to 7 in Guinea Ebola outbreak

Tue, 2016-04-05 09:44 — Mohamed S

The WHO said that the Ebola outbreak in West Africa no longer constituted an international emergency, but the announcement of new cases in Guinea demonstrates the difficulty of managing the aftermath of the virus (AFP Photo/Carl de Souza)

Conakry (AFP) - A resurgence of Ebola in a rural Guinean community has killed seven people, health officials said Wednesday, even as the World Health Organization voiced confidence that remaining isolated cases could be contained.

The WHO said Tuesday that the Ebola outbreak in West Africa no longer constituted an international emergency, but the announcement of new cases demonstrated the difficulty of managing the aftermath of the virus.

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