Tag: Health and medicine
launch of an electronic vaccination reminder system for children
Supported by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Congo-Brazzaville has just launched a program called “Mangwélé” which consists of reminding women, by SMS, of the dates of vaccinations for their…
US: 45% of tap water contaminated with ‘eternal pollutants’
In the United States, almost half of tap water contains PFAS (perfluorinated and polyfluorinated compounds). This is revealed by a large federal study. The concentration of these products would be…
diplomatic battle between Beijing and Tokyo
Water that has caused a lot of ink to flow between China and Japan: that of the discharge of treated water, but still slightly contaminated, from the Fukushima power plant…
In the United Kingdom, the nurses’ strike is not renewed
In the United Kingdom, nurses cease their mobilization. The profession went on strike in December and has since walked off the job for several days to demand more resources for…
A year after the overturning of Roe v. Wade, the right to abortion in danger in the United States
Exactly a year ago, the Supreme Court of the United States drew a line under half a century of constitutional right to abortion. The Dobbs judgment annulled the emblematic Roe…
in the field, still fragile access in France
If the right to abortion has been gradually strengthened since the Veil law of 1975, in practice, obstacles persist, making access unequal in the territory. ” Just this morning, I…
The organization of the first ladies of Africa celebrates its 20 years in Kinshasa
The Organization of African First Ladies for Development (OPDAD) celebrated Saturday in Kinshasa, the twenty years of its existence. The history of the structure dates back to the early 2000s…
A bus to facilitate breast cancer screening
A bus to facilitate breast cancer screening is touring Europe. Passing through France, he stopped in Nanterre, at the hospital of Saint-Anne in Paris, and in Marseille. And targets women…
HHC, derived from cannabis, banned in France
Until then sold freely, products based on hexahydrocannabinol (HHC), a molecule derived from cannabis, will be banned from Tuesday June 13 in France, the health authorities considering that they present…
“Asian medicine, the art of balance” at the Guimet museum in Paris
This is the first major exhibition in France devoted to Asian medicines: Indian, Chinese and Tibetan. Through 300 works of art – sculptures, paintings, drawings, furniture, ritual and therapeutic objects…