Must-read content from the global health blogosphere selected by the Hub’s editors.
By Sara Gorman
Women are up to 40% more likely than men to develop mental health conditions, according to new analysis by a clinical psychologist at Oxford University. via Women 40% more likely than men to develop mental illness, study finds | Society | guardian.co.uk.
By Sara Gorman
A new United Nations report says AIDS-related deaths in Africa are falling while the number of Africans getting treatment for the AIDS virus is on the rise. via UN: AIDS Deaths Down, Treatment Up in Africa.
By Sara Gorman
United Nations agencies are mounting emergency operations to contain an epidemic of measles in the Central African Republic and of cholera in Niger. via UN Works to Contain Disease Epidemics in Two African Countries.
By Sara Gorman
Scientists and economists say the H7N9 bird flu outbreak in China has cost that country’s poultry industry $6.5 billion, as consumers shun chicken and health officials make gains in controlling the deadly virus. via Bird Flu Costs in China Set at $6.5 Billion.
By GHHub
Early-life exposure to traffic-related air pollution was significantly associated with higher hyperactivity scores at age 7, according to new research from the University of Cincinnati (UC) and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. via Early-life traffic-related air pollution exposure linked to hyperactivity.
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Pre-dawn emergency workers searched feverishly for survivors in the rubble of homes, primary schools and an hospital in an Oklahoma City suburb ravaged by a massive Monday afternoon tornado feared to have killed up to 91 people and injured well over 200 residents. via Search for Survivors Races On as 91 Feared Dead in Tornado-Hit [...]
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Universities should do more to encourage students with mental health problems to seek help, a leading charity has warned. via Students stay silent about mental health problems, survey shows | Education | guardian.co.uk.
May 20, 2013 More than 20 boys in South Africa have died during coming-of-age rituals in the past week. Police say botched circumcisions are the probable cause. From Reuters: More than 20 South African boys have died over the past week during coming of age rituals, police said on Thursday, and they blamed botched circumcisions as the likely cause of death. Northern Mpumalanga province’s police department has opened 22 murder cases but no arrests have been made so far, spokesman Colonel Leonard Hlathi said. Every year in South Africa, boys aged 10 to 15 years from several of the country’s tribal groups are circumcised in traditional “initiation rituals”.
By GHHub
On average, men aren’t as healthy as women. Men don’t live as long, and they’re more likely to engage in risky behaviors, like smoking and drinking. But in the past decade, global health funding has focused heavily on women. via The Unsafe Sex: Should The World Invest More In Men’s Health? : Shots – Health [...]
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Two new medical discoveries are raising hopes of containing malaria – the mosquito-borne parasitic disease that each year infects more than 200 million people and claims an estimated 660 thousand lives. Meantime, the World Health Organization is warning about dire consequences if a drug-resistant form of malaria spreads beyond southeast Asia. via Scientists Race to [...]
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A new study says little is being done to meet the growing demand for modern contraception methods in poor countries. The Guttmacher Institute says there’s an increasing desire for smaller families. via Poor Countries Lack Modern Contraception.
This is a guest post by Anita Chary. Anita is an MD/PhD student in anthropology at Washington University in St. Louis. She is also the research director for Wuqu’ Kawoq | Maya Health Alliance. Cancer rates are rapidly rising in Latin American countries, according to a recent report published in the Lancet [1]. Low- and [...]
May 17, 2013 An estimated 14,000 villagers from 20 communities in Niger participated in a public vow to end Female Genital Mutilation and forced underage marriage. From Reuters: Though Niger outlawed the practice in 2003, FGM and other violent treatment of young women remain prevalent among some ethnic groups in the impoverished Sahel nation, which ranks bottom of the United Nations’ world development index. At a ceremony in Makalondi, about 85 km (53 miles) west of the capital Niamey, villagers threw scissors, knives and blades into a pit in the village square which was then filled in. Participants in the ceremony, sponsored by Niger’s government and non-governmental groups including U.N. child agency UNICEF, also vowed to end forced early marriages and the removal of young girls from schools.
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Nearly half of Americans who test positive for hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection with an initial antibody test do not receive the follow-up RNA testing that is necessary to show whether they have recovered or have an ongoing infection. If left untreated, ongoing infection could lead to serious liver disease and death. This worrying finding [...]
