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Wed, 2015-11-18 19:31 — Anonymous (not verified)
Country: 
Nigeria
Primary Purpose: 
patient education and behavior change
Lead Implementers: 
IHVN; University of Maryland; FMOH
Open Source: 
No

Mailafiya Project

Wed, 2015-11-18 19:31 — Anonymous (not verified)
Country: 
Nigeria
Primary Purpose: 
patient data from mobile clinics
Lead Implementers: 
Intel; FMOH; FCT
Open Source: 
No

Tuberculosis Smart Phone Support Supervision

Wed, 2015-11-18 19:31 — Anonymous (not verified)
Country: 
Nigeria
Primary Purpose: 
disease diagnosis; surveillance and reporting (TB)
Lead Implementers: 
Abt Associates
Lead Developers: 
Abt Associates; Avid Database Solutions
Open Source: 
Yes

mediFIX

Wed, 2015-11-18 19:31 — Anonymous (not verified)
Country: 
Nigeria
Primary Purpose: 
health facility resource management and disease surveillance
Lead Implementers: 
iQube
Lead Developers: 
iQube
Open Source: 
No

GxAlert

Wed, 2015-11-18 19:31 — Anonymous (not verified)
Country: 
Nigeria
Primary Purpose: 
disease surveillance and reporting (MDR TB)
Lead Implementers: 
Abt Associates; FMOH; Cepheid; MSH
Lead Developers: 
Abt Associates
Open Source: 
Yes

Healthy Moms; Healthy Babies: Safe Motherhood Alliance

Wed, 2015-11-18 19:31 — Anonymous (not verified)
Country: 
Nigeria
Primary Purpose: 
patient education and behavior change through CCT (prenatal care)
Lead Implementers: 
CHAI
Open Source: 
No
Notes: 

Indicates mobile platform compatibility; but is this a platform?

To Prevent Malaria in Humans, Scientists Try Protecting Pigs

Thu, 2015-11-05 18:58 — Carrielaj

 New York TImes, November 2, 2015

Global Health By  

 Turning everyone in a village into a walking mosquito bomb, many scientists agree, could stop or slow transmission of malaria, yellow fever, dengue, chikungunya and other diseases.  Read complete article in the link below.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/03/health/to-prevent-malaria-in-humans-scientists-try-protecting-pigs.html?_r=1&WT.mc_id=SmartBriefs-Newsletter&WT.mc_ev=click

 

 

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Global
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Guinea
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Ebola Returns: 2nd Case of Relapse Raises Questions

Mon, 2015-10-26 01:22 — Maeryn Obley

A microscopic view of the Ebola virus. Credit: CDC/Cynthia Goldsmith/Public Health Image LibraryImage: A microscopic view of the Ebola virus. Credit: CDC/Cynthia Goldsmith/Public Health Image Library

livescience.com - October 20th, 2015 - Ashley P. Taylor

Scottish nurse Pauline Cafferkey — who became sick with Ebola about a year ago and recovered, but then became very ill again last week with what may be a relapse of the deadly virus — is now improving.

"Pauline Cafferkey's condition has improved to serious but stable," representatives from London's Royal Free Hospital said in a statement Monday (Oct. 19).

Hospital representatives said on Oct. 9 that the nurse had developed an "unusual late complication" of the virus, and reported last week that she was "critically ill."

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Global
Africa
Guinea
Conakry
Liberia
Nigeria
Sierra Leone
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Contagion
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Mystery Deaths in Sierra Leone Spread Fear of Ebola Relapses

Fri, 2015-10-23 01:14 — Kathy Gilbeaux

submitted by George Hurlburt

      

Sierra Leonean doctors practice wearing protective clothing in the Ebola Training Academy in Freetown, Sierra Leone, December 16, 2014. Reuters

uk.reuters.com - by Kemo Cham and Emma Farge - October 21, 2015

. . . the case of Scottish nurse Pauline Cafferkey – the first known Ebola survivor to have an apparently life-threatening relapse – has revived concerns about the health of some 17,000 survivors in Sierra Leone, neighbouring Guinea and Liberia.

Doctors and health officials in Sierra Leone told Reuters that a handful of mystery deaths among discharged patients may also be types of Ebola relapses, stirring fear that the deadly virus may last far longer than previously thought in the body, causing other potentially lethal complications.

Diagnoses have not been made, partly because of a lack of relevant medical training and insufficient equipment for detecting a virus that can hide in inaccessible corners of the body - such as the spinal fluid or eyeball. In Cafferkey's case, the virus in her brain caused meningitis.

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Nigeria
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Problem
Situation Report

The Chains of Mental Illness in West Africa

Mon, 2015-10-12 03:05 — Kathy Gilbeaux

submitted by George Hurlburt

         

Yaovi Gaffa, 20, chained in a room at a prayer camp near Lomé, Togo, in April. Chaining is a last resort for families in West Africa where psychiatry is virtually unknown. Credit Joao Silva/The New York Times

nytimes.com - by Benedict Carey - October 11, 2015

KPOVÉ, Togo — The church grounds here sprawled through a strange, dreamlike forest. More than 150 men and women were chained by the ankle to a tree or concrete block, a short walk from the central place of worship. Most were experiencing the fearsome delusions of schizophrenia.

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