The main misconception about American life-shortening diabetes Dr. Sanjay Gupta is an American endocrinologist, medical reporter, and writer. As of today, he is considered the best diabetes care specialist in the country. All celebrities with diabetes got out of their way to get a consultation from his. This includes patients from France, Germany, Great Britain Read more
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WHO Chief Must Leave After Scathing Audit, Says AHF
June 28, 2021 09:18 PM Eastern Daylight Time LOS ANGELES–(BUSINESS WIRE)–A recent independent financial audit of the World Health Organization (WHO) has revealed “an increasing trend of cases of misconduct, especially relating to fraud, harassment, non-compliance to professional standards and sexual misconduct.” In light of the audit, AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), the world’s largest provider of HIV/AIDS Read more
Alibaba and Ethiopian Airlines to launch cold chain exporting China’s COVID vaccines
China has pledged that it would be sharing its COVID-19 vaccines with other countries, especially those with which it has close ties. While the country is not ready to deploy its vaccines internationally, it is gearing up the infrastructure for mass distribution. This week, Alibaba’s logistics arm Cainiao announced that it has struck a partnership with Ethiopian Airlines Read more
Dr. Asefa Jejaw Mekonnen: D.C.-Area Physician Warns of More Coronavirus Deaths for Blacks if Action Not Taken
A pulmonologist in Maryland said if more actions aren’t immediately taken to protect African Americans against the coronavirus pandemic “multiple deaths will continue to occur.” Dr. Asefa Jejaw Mekonnen, who currently practices pulmonary/sleep medicine in Rockville and is an outspoken advocate against health disparities affecting the African American community, said that newly released data shows Read more
Vitamin D appears to play role in COVID-19 mortality rates
by Amanda Morris, Northwestern University Credit: CC0 Public Domain After studying global data from the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, researchers have discovered a strong correlation between severe vitamin D deficiency and mortality rates. Led by Northwestern University, the research team conducted a statistical analysis of data from hospitals and clinics across China, France, Germany, Italy, Read more
ኮሮናቫይረስ፡ በቺካጎ የኢትዮጵያውያን ማህበር መስራች አቶ መንግሥቴ አስረሴ በኮሮናቫይረስ ህይወታቸው አለፈ
በቺካጎ የኢትዮጵያውያን ማኅበር መስራች አቶ መንግሥቴ አስረሴ ህይወታቸው በኮሮናቫይረስ ምክንያት ማለፉን ማኅበሩ ከሰዓታት በፊት በፌስቡክ ገፁ አስታውቋል። ማኅበሩ በመስራቹና የመጀመሪያው ፕሬዚዳንቱ ህልፈት የተሰማውን ጥልቅ ሐዘን ገልፆ በብዙዎች ዘንድ ተወዳጅ እንደነበሩም አስታውሷል። ኢትዮጵያውያንን በማሰባሰብ፣ ለማኅበረሰቡ የቅርብ ደራሽ የነበሩት አቶ መንግሥቴ በቺካጎ የኢትዮጵያውያንን ማኅበር የመሰረቱትም ከ36 ዓመታት በፊት ነበር። “ሞትን ተሻገርኳት” ከኮሮናቫይረስ ያገገመች ሴት በሴቶች የሚመሩ አገራት Read more
Ethiopia: ‘My Sorrow Is Deep and Bitter’: Woman Dies of Coronavirus Shortly After Giving Birth
Wogene Debele of Takoma Park, Maryland, was eight months pregnant when she fell ill. She died from coronavirus shortly after giving birth. Here, her family mourns at her graveside. Source: Voice of America By Tsion Girma And Salem Solomon The Ethiopian community in the Washington, D.C., area is mourning the loss of a woman who Read more
The French doctors who wanted to test vaccines on Africans and Western medicine’s dark history
Source: https://qz.com/ At a time when footballers have been urged to do more to address the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, it was striking to see three Africans who have graced the world stage speaking out. In a television discussion that has become swiftly infamous, two French doctors—one of them the head of an intensive Read more
ወደ ኢትዮጵያ የሚገቡ በሙሉ በራሳቸው ወጪ ወደ ለይቶ ማቆያ ይገባሉ ተባለ
ጠቅላይ ሚንስትር ዐብይ ዛሬ አመሻሽ ላይ የኮሮናቫይረስ ስርጭትን በተመለከተ መግለጫ ሰጥተዋል። ጠቅላይ ሚንስትሩ በመግለጫቸው የኢኮኖሚ፣ የጸጥታ፣ የጤና እና የማህበራዊ ጉዳዮች ኮሚቴ ተቋቁሞ የኮሮናቫይረስ እድገት በኢትዮጵያ ሲከታተል መቆየቱን ተናግረዋል። በዚህም መሠረት አዳዲስ እርምጃዎች እንዲወሰዱ ተወስኗል ብለዋል ጠቅላይ ሚንስትሩ። ውሳኔዎቹም የሚከተሉት ናቸው። 1.ማንኛውም ወደ ኢትዮጵያ የሚገባ ሰው ወደ ለይቶ ማቆያ ይወሰዳል ማንኛውም ወደ ኢትዮጵያ የሚገባ ሰው ለ14 Read more
Sudbury man who attended Toronto conference has COVID-19: health officials
Joshua Freeman, CP24.com Published Tuesday, March 10, 2020 11:43PM EDT Last Updated Wednesday, March 11, 2020 11:58AM EDT An Ontario man who travelled to Toronto last week to attend a conference has been confirmed to have COVID-19, health officials said Tuesday. Health officials in the Sudbury and Manitoulin districts announced the positive test in a Read more
U.S. Tells Ethiopia of Marine Who Had Positive Coronavirus Test
The U.S. ambassador to Ethiopia told the government that an American Marine visiting the country in February showed symptoms of the coronavirus while there and later tested positive, after staying at a hotel at the same time as Secretary of State Michael Pompeo, people familiar with the matter said. In a meeting with Ethiopia’s health Read more
Avoid taking ibuprofen for COVID-19 symptoms: WHO
French health minister Olivier Veran (pictured March 6, 2020) warned that the use of ibuprofen and similar anti-inflammatory drugs could be “an aggravating factor” in COVID-19 infections (AFP Photo/Bertrand GUAY) Geneva (AFP) – The World Health Organization recommended Tuesday that people suffering COVID-19 symptoms avoid taking ibuprofen, after French officials warned that anti-inflammatory drugs could Read more
ግብጽ በአፍሪካ በርካታ በኮሮናቫይረስ የተያዙ ሰዎች ያሉባት አገር ሆናለች
ግብጽ በአፍሪካ በርካታ በኮሮናቫይረስ የተያዙ ሰዎች ያሉባት አገር ሆናለች ግብጽ በአፍሪካ በርካታ በኮሮናቫይረስ የተያዙ ሰዎች ያሉባት አገር ስትሆን ደቡብ አፍሪካና አልጄሪያ ደግሞ በሁለተኛና በሦስተኛ ደረጃ ላይ ይገኛሉ። በግብጽ 166፣ በደቡብ አፍሪካ 62 እንዲሁም በአልጄሪያ 60 በኮረናቫይረስ መያዛቸው የተረጋገጡ ሰዎች ይገኛሉ። እስካሁን 30 የአፍሪካ አገራት ቫይረሱን በግዛታቸው ውስጥ መገኘቱን ሪፖርት አድርገዋል። ይህ ካርታ እስካሁን ድረስ የኮሮናቫይረስ Read more
ከጃፓናዊው ጋር ተገናኝተው የነበሩት የኦሮሚያ ትምህርት ቢሮ ኃላፊ እራሳቸውን ለይተው ተቀመጡ
የኦሮሚያ ክልል ትምህርት ቢሮ ኃላፊ የሆኑት ዶክትር ቶላ በሪሶ በኮሮናቫይረስ ስጋት ምክንያት እራሳቸውን ለይተው በአንድ ክፍል ለብቻቸው መቀመጣቸውን ለቢቢሲ ተናገሩ። ባለፈው ሳምንት ማብቂያ ላይ በኢትዮጵያ የመጀመሪያው በኮሮናቫይረስ የተያዘ ሰው ተብሎ ይፋ ከተደረገውና ጃይካ የሚባለው በትምህርት ላይ ከሚሰራው የተራድኦ ድርጀት ባልደረባ ከሆነው ጃፓናዊ ጋር በሥራ ምክንያት መገናኘታቸው እራሳቸውን ለተወሰኑ ቀናት ለይተው እንዲያቆዩ ያደረጋቸው ምክንያት እንደሆነ ኃላፊው Read more
Coronavirus symptoms: What are they and how do I protect myself?
This scanning electron microscope image shows the new coronavirus (yellow) among human cells (blue, pink and purple). (Color has been added to the image to better show the virus and its environment.) (Image credit: NIAID-RML)–www.livescience.com By James GallagherHealth and science correspondent 11 March 2020 Coronavirus pandemic Coronavirus has spread to more than 110 countries, including the Read more
የኮሮናቫይረስ ኢትዮጵያ ውስጥ መገኘቱ ተረጋገጠ
የኮሮናቫይረስ ያለበት አንድ ጃፓናዊ ኢትዮጵያ ውስጥ መገኘቱን የጤና ጥበቃ ሚኒስትር ዶክተር ሊያ ታደሰ አስታወቁ። ሚኒስትሯ ዛሬ ከሰዓት በሰጡት ጋዜጣዊ መግለጫ ላይ እንደተናገሩት የካቲት 25 2012 ዓ.ም ከቡርኪናፋሶ ወደ ኢትዮጵያ የመጣ ጃፓናዊ የኮሮናቫይረስ ተገኝቶበታል። የጤና ጥበቃ ሚኒስትሯ እንዳሉት ጃፓናዊ ትኩሳትና ማሳልን የመሳሰሉ የቫይረሱ ምልክቶችን የሚያሳይ ሲሆን በአሁኑ ሰዓት በለይቶ ማቆያ ውስጥ ይገኛል። ሳዑዲ አረቢያ ኢትዮጵያን ጨምሮ Read more
What It Means When Doctors Say Coronavirus Symptoms Are Often ‘Mild’
Caroline Bologna HuffPost LifeMarch 11, 2020, 7:54 PM EDT How rational is fear of the coronavirus? Yahoo News Video Scroll back up to restore default view. With coronavirus cases continuing to rise in more than 100 countries, the COVID-19 outbreak has been officially declared a pandemic, according to the World Health Organization. As many have pointed out, Read more
Sudbury man who attended Toronto conference has COVID-19: health officials
በካናዳ የኢትዮጰያ ኢምባሲንና የጤና ጥበቃ ሚኒስቴርን ክትትል ይሻል ቶሮንቶ ካናዳ ላይ በማችር 2 የተካሄደው ማአድን ጉባኤ ላይ የተሳተፈ አንድ ካናዳዊ በኮሮና ቫይርስ መጠቃቱ ዛሬ ተገልጧል፡ ይህ ጉባኤ ከ 100 በላይ ሀገሮች የመጡ ስዎች የተሳተፉበት ሲሆን በየአመቱ የኢተዮጰያም መለአክትኞች ይሳተፋሉና ከትትል ይደረግብት ለተጭማሪ መርጃ ይህን ይመልከቱ Joshua Freeman, CP24.com Published Tuesday, March 10, 2020 11:43PM EDT Read more
WHO declares virus crisis a pandemic, urges world to fight
GENEVA (AP) — Expressing alarm both about mounting infections and inadequate government responses, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared Wednesday that the global coronavirus crisis is now a pandemic but added that it’s not too late for countries to act. By reversing course and using the charged word “pandemic” that it previously shied away from, Read more
Can garlic, hot water, or masks prevent the spread of Covid-19? Here’s what doctors say
India has confirmed nearly 40 cases of the novel coronavirus till now. What’s fuelling a wave of fear across the country, though, is the usual avalanche of fake news on WhatsApp, Facebook and Twitter. So much so that prime minister Narendra Modi had to publicly appeal last weekend to stay away from rumours and follow doctors’ advice. Quartz looked Read more
How COVID-19 Spreads
How COVID-19 Spreads Person-to-person spread The virus is thought to spread mainly from person-to-person. Between people who are in close contact with one another (within about 6 feet). Through respiratory droplets produced when an infected person coughs or sneezes. These droplets can land in the mouths or noses of people who are nearby or possibly Read more
‘Never been seen before’: WHO issues stark warning over coronavirus
Yahoo UK Staff Yahoo News UK March 2, 2020, 7:49 PM EST “Never been seen before.” That’s the stark warning from the World Health Organisation (WHO) as the deadly coronavirus continues to spike outside of mainland China and spreads globally. Almost nine times as many cases were reported in a 24-hour period beyond China than Read more
Amazon bans more than a million products over false coronavirus claims
In a nutshell: Shysters for decades have used fear as a vehicle to make a quick buck during times of crisis. Unsurprisingly, modern health scares are no exception as suspect sellers are using Amazon’s online marketplace to try and swindle shoppers. Amazon this week told Reuters that it has banned the sale of more than Read more
As Pandemic Looms, World’s Top Disease Fighter Engages Xi
(Bloomberg) — Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has perhaps the most thankless job in global public health. As director-general of the World Health Organization, the former Ethiopian health minister is racing against time to prevent a dangerous new coronavirus in China from precipitating a worldwide pandemic. Yet containing and unlocking the secrets of a novel virus that emerged in Wuhan, once a Read more
Harvard scientist predicts coronavirus will infect up to 70 percent of humanity
Harvard University epidemiologist Marc Lipsitch is predicting the coronavirus “will ultimately not be containable” and, within a year, will infect somewhere between 40 and 70 percent of humanity, The Atlantic reports. But don’t be too alarmed. Many of those people, Lipsitch clarifies, won’t have severe illnesses or even show symptoms at all, which is already the case Read more
Coronavirus emergency is ‘Public Enemy Number 1’ – WHO
By Stephanie Nebehay and Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) – China’s coronavirus outbreak poses a “very grave threat for the rest of the world” and should be viewed as “Public Enemy Number 1”, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday. WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus urged countries to step up measures Read more
‘Soon we will all be infected’: Indian crew on quarantined Diamond Princess cruise ship pleads for help as coronavirus cases spike
The number of coronavirus cases among passengers aboard the quarantined Diamond Princess cruise ship has almost doubled, going from an initially reported 70 to 136 as of Monday. Indian crew members are making public appeals, begging their government to rescue them. In a series of Facebook posts, Binay Kumar Sarkar said that those who are Read more
Coronavirus cannot be cured by drinking ‘garlic water’, experts say
Fears over catching China’s deadly coronavirus have spread worldwide. Since the previously unknown strain started in the city of Wuhan at the end of last year, it has reached at least 25 countries, including the US, UK and Australia. China alone has reported more than 24,300 cases, with the death toll reaching 490 on Wednesday. Read more
Why snoring must be treated early
In Summary: Snoring is a common problem that affects most people at some time in their lives. However, it can be an inconvenience especially for those you live with. Seeking treatment early is key. By Beatrice Nakibuuka For a long time John Mukasa would snore and chock on his own saliva. The snoring was so Read more
Parkinson’s Disease and Antioxidant Treatment
A recent study highlights a promising potential therapy for the neurodegenerative disease Posted on October 23, 2019 by Nathan Gock Parkinson’s disease currently affects over 10 million people worldwide, and in the United States approximately 60,000 people are diagnosed with the disease each year. It is a disease in which the brain cells, or neurons, that produce dopamine progressively die Read more
Kelemua Mulat, Asylum seeker denied cancer treatment
Kelemua Mulat had advanced breast cancer but was refused NHS care for six weeks An Ethiopian woman who was denied potentially life-saving cancer treatment for six weeks amid confusion about whether she should be charged by the NHS has died aged 39. Kelemua Mulat, who had advanced breast cancer, was refused chemotherapy last year after Home Office and NHS Read more
Rwanda’s Lessons on Universal Health Coverage
By Ifeanyi Nsofor Rwanda, the land of a thousand hills, is clean, orderly and blessed with great weather. It also has achieved universal health coverage. During a recent visit there as part of my Atlantic Fellows for Health Equity at George Washington University, I learned more about what this looks like in their country. As Read more