News May 2021
AHO to adopt 3D scans to speed heart disease diagnosis in Africa
According to Graciano Masauso, President of AHO, the technology known as HeartFlow turns a regular CT scan of the heart into a 3D image allowing doctors to diagnose life-threating coronary heart disease in just 20 minutes.
Read MoreAHO is seriously concerned about an alarming Increase Of Gender-Based Violence In Cameroon
According to various United Nations (UN) and human rights organization reports, there has been a dramatic increase in sexual violence and assault cases towards women in the Anglophone Northwest and Southwest regions of Cameroon.
Read MoreHeart disease and what Black women in their 20s and 30s can do to prevent it
High blood pressure, a heart disease risk factor, is “a huge thing” for many Black women. This population had high rates of risk factors as early as in their 20s and 30s that put them on the trajectory to develop heart disease.
Read MoreSnake bite is a neglected topical disease but snake vernom saves life
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), five million snakebites occur around the world every year
Read MoreManaging fertility challenges in patients with Sickle Cell Disease (SCD)
Women with Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) should be seen before conception (per conception consultation) by a sickle cell specialist care giver to receive information about how this condition affects pregnancy and effect of pregnancy on the patient with this disease, and also how to improve overall outcome for mother and the baby.
Read MoreDiabetes “Silent pandemic” 3 times more deadlier than COVID-19
'Silent pandemic' rages on, claiming more lives, weighing down healthcare systems
Read MoreDiabetes and Cataracts
Diabetes is a condition in which your body doesn’t make enough insulin or doesn’t use insulin properly. Insulin is a hormone that allows sugar to enter the cells in your body. If your body has problems with insulin, glucose can accumulate in your bloodstream, resulting in high blood sugar.
Read MoreMalaria forgotten as COVID steals the limelight
Malaria is an example of where the needs of the Global South, or developing world, clash against the interests of the Global North, or developed world.
Read MoreTB Skin Test
A TB skin test shows if your immune system has responded to the bacterium that causes tuberculosis (TB). It is also called a PPD test, tuberculin test, or Mantoux test.
Read MoreVaccination stalled in Africa
While India battles a catastrophic second wave of Covid-19 infections, health officials in Africa are watching with alarm as their immunisation campaigns, heavily dependent on vaccine imports from the subcontinent, stutter to a halt.
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