Africa
Health | Technology
MDR-TB rapid tests available for poor countries
afrol News, 30 June - People with multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB) from poor income countries, especially in sub-Saharan Africa, can now get a faster diagnosis according to a new initiatives unveiled today by the World Health Organization (WHO), the Stop TB Partnership, UNITAID and Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND). Read more
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Senegal
Politics | Society | Health
Lead intoxication causes Senegal deaths
afrol News, 23 June - A team of international medical experts has linked an "unexplained cluster of deaths" in Senegalese children from Thiaroye, a suburb of the capital Dakar, to the lead intoxication caused by contamination from the informal recycling of lead batteries. Read more
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Africa
Health | Society
Book exposes pregnancy risks
afrol News, 10 December - A new book has exposed the sorrow and pain pregnancy continues to cause for sub-Saharan women. Titled "Pregnancy: a continuing source of sorrow and pain for women in sub-Saharan Africa," the book authored by Dr. Benjamin Obbonna, reveals that 1 in 16 sub-Saharan women die from complications of pregnancy. Read more
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