Sub-Saharan Africa news in brief: 25 Feb–12 Mar 2008

以下是2008年2月25日至12月12日的撒哈拉以南非洲或大约撒哈拉以南非洲的新闻。

根据发表在柳叶刀。研究人员说，家庭护理可以克服人员短缺，设备齐全的诊所以及人们的房屋和卫生中心之间的长距离。更多的>>*

The digital gap between males and females in Africa — with women excluded from the benefits of information communication technology — is as damaging as the digital divide between Africa and the rest of the world, argues Wole Olatokun of the Africa Regional Centre for Information Science at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria.更多的>>

加纳阿苏蒂菲地区约有4,000名小农户种植200万Musa— banana and plantain — seedlings developed using new micro-propagation techniques developed by the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture. Seeds were distributed by the University of Ghana, the Crop Research Institute and the Ministry of Agriculture, in a move to link scientific and market developments.更多的>>

Patients at Uganda’s largest hospitals, Mulago and Mbarara, have benefited from a shift towards free routine rapid HIV testing, as well as counselling for all patients and their family members, according to a study. Testing was accepted by 98 per cent of patients, the study reveals. Staff identified many undiagnosed HIV infections and HIV discordant couples.更多的>> [147KB]

An analysis of solid waste generation in Oyo city, Nigeria, found that 75 per cent of the waste in was organic in nature, with nearly 20 per cent animal dung. Reporting in废物管理与研究, Abdel Ofun from Obafemi Awolowo University in Nigeria, estimates that up to 20 hectares of landfill will be needed if alternatives are not explored.更多的>>

参加马拉维免费反视病毒计划的82,000人的首次系统审核发现了诊所数据库中的巨大差距。与卫生部的数据进行了比较，显示一线药物组合的人数最高为12％，以及其他不准确性。简单的激励措施，例如良好数据证书，提高了数据质量。更多的>> [137KB]

研究人员表明，一种新的，更敏感的结核病筛查方法（TB）适用于免疫系统对标准皮肤测试和高风险区域无反应的人。塞内加尔达卡（Dakar）的范恩（Fann）和勒丹特（Le Dantec）医院的科学家追踪了285名受HIV感染的塞内加尔成年人，没有TB的可见迹象。更多的>>

国家激光中心南非科学与工业研究委员会在比勒陀利亚，已与格雷厄姆斯敦的罗德大学签署了一份谅解备忘录，以开发有前途的癌症治疗。一个项目涉及光敏药物，对基于人类细胞的人造活组织进行了测试。更多的>>

非洲联盟农村经济和农业部门的艾哈迈杜·巴巴加（Ahmadu Babgana）敦促东非政府发展能够迅速干预的能力，beplay下载官网西西软件以迅速干预禽流感和人类流感。Babgana在埃塞俄比亚的一个研讨会上概述了一项策略时说，鸟类流感对非洲大陆构成了“巨大风险”。更多的>> [43KB]

性发育障碍的非洲儿童（导致性欲模棱两可）被嘲笑并被认为是迷惑的。在一篇文章儿童保健杂志, psychiatric staff at Chris Hani Baragwanath hospital in Soweto, South Africa, describe the difficulties in deciding when, and whether, to subject children from large, lower socio-economic classes to surgery.更多的>>

Compiled by Christina Scott. Additional reporting by Fred Baffour Opoku.

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