Tag: Health and medicine
In Senegal, the “Global Mercy”, the largest civilian hospital ship in the world, inaugurated in Dakar
It was inaugurated on Monday May 30 by Senegalese President Macky Sall and his counterparts from Guinea-Bissau and the Comoros. The boat of the Christian NGO Mercy Ships will provide…
a marathon of actions to raise awareness on the issue of menstrual periods
On the occasion of World Menstrual Hygiene Day on Saturday 28 May, several West African feminist associations organized this weekend a marathon of actions, initiatives and popularization, which they named…
inform to fight received ideas
This Saturday, May 28, is World Menstrual Hygiene Day. Plan international is an NGO that works for equality between young girls and boys. According to a study conducted with OpinionWay,…
Road safety and health: prohibited diseases
My child is epileptic. My cousin is autistic. My mother suffers from Alzheimer’s disease… So can they drive a car or pass the licence? In France, the law has just…
Sports activities at work, or the opportunity to improve the state of health of employees
In recommendations published last March, the National Academy of Medicine judges “ important to consider the level of physical activity and physical inactivity at work as determinants of health “.…
in the Bas-Rhin, hospitals fear the worst for the summer
As summer approaches, public hospitals are preparing for a difficult summer. In the south-west of France, some emergency services will close at night for lack of staff. In Strasbourg, the…
Concern of caregivers and emergency physicians: “We lack staff in all categories”
This is one of the hot issues awaiting the new government of Elisabeth Borne. Hospitals face a lack of staff and resources in the emergency services. The disruption of access…
health authorities urge vigilance against monkey pox
In the United States, authorities are calling for vigilance over monkeypox as at least one case has been detected in the country. With our correspondent in New York, Loubna Anaki…
Israel records monkeypox case in man returning from Europe
In Israel, a first case of monkey pox has been detected. Guidelines have been issued to doctors across the country to report other possible cases. With our correspondent in Jerusalem,…
Monkey pox: “This human-human contamination is new and atypical”
The Directorate General of Health confirmed this Friday a first case of monkey pox in Île-de-France. This is a 29-year-old man who has no history of travel to West Africa,…