Brucellosis

In September 2018, on the sidelines of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) summit in Beijing, China’s First Lady, Professor Peng Liyuan, and her fellow First Ladies from Africa lit up a Reb Ribbon at the centre of the meeting hall, officially launching the Joint Initiative of the China-Africa Thematic Meeting on HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control . The 2018 FOCAC summit gathered together over 20 African Heads of State and First Ladies to discuss closer partnership between China and African countries, including on health-related matters. During the thematic meeting, Professor Peng announced a three-year HIV prevention campaign among adolescents to begin in 2019 as well as a community health promotion programme involving China, several African countries and international organizations, including UNAIDS. For more than 10 years, Professsor Peng has had a particular interest in reducing the impact of HIV among children and adolescents, especially among children orphaned by...

WASHINGTON, Jun. 25 /CSRwire/ - The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has awarded Pact and a consortium of leading global HIV/AIDS partners a five-year, $195 million grant, Adolescents and Children HIV Incidence Reduction, Empowerment and Virus Elimination (ACHIEVE). ACHIEVE will focus on priority PEPFAR countries across Africa, Southeast Asia and the Caribbean. The Pact-led consortium includes core partners Jhpiego, Palladium, No Means No Worldwide, and WI-HER, and will be supported by a network of global and local strategic resource partners. ACHIEVE seeks to achieve and sustain HIV epidemic control among pregnant and breastfeeding women, adolescents, infants, and children. It will work to prevent and respond to gender-based violence, and empower youth to own their own future. To ensure that the consortium’s efforts are sustainable, the project will develop the capacity of local organizations to directly receive USAID funding in line with PEPFAR’s 70/30 localization ...

By the end of the 1980s, the CDC had acknowledged 100,000 reported cases of AIDS in the United States — a number that represented only the minimum amount of infected people due to widespread unreported cases and common misdiagnosis. With the virus disproportionally affecting the LGBTQ community and with the price of treatment inflating to unreasonable levels, the fight against AIDS was not just a public health emergency, but also a flashpoint for LGBTQ civil rights. In 1987, during a panel discussion at the Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center in New York City, writer Larry Kramer addressed his audience by asking, “Do we want to start a new organization devoted to political action?” The answer was the beginning of ACT UP (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power), a grassroots political group whose guerrilla tactics and confrontational protest methods were used to wage war against policymakers, pharmaceutical companies, and the media alike. Inspired by the radical dissidence of the 196...

A key harbor in the African nation of Djibouti is safer from flooding threats thanks to Japanese drone provider  Terra Drone Corporation . The company’s European division recently completed a five-day aerial survey of the Doraleh , one of Djibouti’s busiest ports. The high-resolution photogrammetric pavement assessment covered the city’s quay walls and sea defense revetments . Terra Drone launched a multi-rotor UAV at an altitude of 246 feet – a mission the company said was a challenge because the height of container cranes at the site was even more than the height at which the drone’s flight path – depending on the position of the boom, the cranes could soar up to 280 feet. The flight data will allow Djibouti officials to identify the high and low spots of the harbor pavements. Topographic data will guide the creation of a new drainage plans for port owners. The aerial photogrammetric pavement assessment will also be used to inspect the overall condition of the port. A Terra D...

Market Highlights: Brucellosis is a zoonotic infection caused by the species of Brucella bacteria. The bacteria is transmitted from animals to humans through infected food products, direct contact with an infected animal, or inhalation of aerosols. The disease is known by many names, including Mediterranean fever, Malta fever, gastric remittent fever, and undulant fever. Usually, humans are accidental hosts, but brucellosis still continues to remain a major health concern worldwide. Brucellosis is a has a high degree of morbidity in humans worldwide. According to WHO data about 500,000 cases of this disease are registered in the world every year. Usually, Brucella abortus is associated with the disease in cattle and bison, Brucella suis with the disease in swine, and Brucella melitensis with the disease in sheep and goats. Under appropriate conditions, brucellosis can be caused in one species by a Brucella organism associated with other host species. Favorable government policies for...

Researchers aim to target group 3 innate lymphoid cells to enhance the immune system against the tuberculosis bacteria before it inhabits the body. FREMONT, CA – There is little error in referring to Tuberculosis (TB) as the harbinger of death, as it stands ninth in the global cause of death index, more so than any other infectious disease. Even if the drug resistance of TB does not render the treatment almost ineffective, the toxicity of the drugs will slowly but surely deteriorate the internal organs. Hence, it has become imperative to develop new, safer drugs or enhance the existing medications for treating TB. The first step toward this end has been taken by a team of researchers from Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis and Africa Health Research Institute, South Africa. The team began the screening of chemical compounds to evaluate their ability to strengthen the activity of ILC3 and augment the immune response to the disease. According to the researchers,...

A malaria-focused program just awarded — “Strengthening Surveillance, Monitoring and Evaluation for Malaria Control and Elimination” — will provide $36 million in new funding for MEASURE Evaluation, housed at the Carolina Population Center of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The award comes from the United States Agency for International Development, which funds MEASURE Evaluation—a global health project. The funds and program work supplement MEASURE Evaluation’s main USAID award. This new award will be used over five years (from June 2019 to June 2024) to strengthen malaria information systems and build the capacity in countries supported by the U.S. President’s Malaria Initiative for malaria surveillance, monitoring and evaluation. Malaria is a major cause of death worldwide, with an estimated 219 million cases and 435,000 deaths in 2017, primarily in Africa. Increasing the capacity of national malaria programs, ministries of health and communities to collect, anal...

The Centre has approved Rs 13,343 crore for the National Animal Disease Control Programme for Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) and Brucellosis for the next five years. Minister of State for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Sanjeev Kumar Balyan, gave the information in a written reply in Lok Sabha on Tuesday. The amount of Rs 2683 crore is proposed for the Financial Year 2019-20. FMD control programme envisages 100 per cent vaccination coverage of cattle, buffaloes, sheep, goats and pigs at six months interval in the entire country. Further, animals will be identified using unique animal identification ear tags. The programme also includes de-worming of targeted population of livestock twice a year as one of its activities. Under Brucellosis control programme, 100 per cent vaccination coverage of female cattle and buffalo calves (4-8 months of age) once in a life time. (This story has not been edited by Business Standard staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated...

The first to die left behind little more than their names and brief stories of chaotic, terrifying deaths. Individual by individual, they went from being seemingly well to perplexingly ill in a matter of months. Stripped of energy, they succumbed to strange infections, and their youthful physiques melted away until they looked like aged skeletons covered in sagging skin. No one could believe the men were dying. Not the sick. Not their friends. Not their doctors. By some counts, Rick Wellikoff was the fourth person in the United States to die because of AIDS, but no one understood in 1980 that that’s what had killed him. During the fall of 1979 this grade-school teacher in Brooklyn, New York, sought medical advice about the hardened lymph nodes and odd purple skin rash he’d developed. After some testing, doctors diagnosed his rash as Kaposi’s sarcoma, but that was odd because this type of cancer, otherwise known as KS, usually occurred in aging men of Mediterranean ancestr...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - The West Virginia Supreme Court released a series of videos aimed at helping domestic violence victims obtain protective paperwork. The Charleston Gazette-Mail reports a four-part series was released on the West Virginia Judiciary website and YouTube on Monday. The goal is to make the process of obtaining domestic violence petitions less intimidating and easier to understand. Chief Justice Beth Walker said domestic violence petitions accounted for 25.8% of filings in the magistrate courts in 2017. Walker noted that filing for a petition is completely separate from that of a criminal case involving domestic abuse. She says the video helps clear up those types of misconceptions. The outlet says about 34 people died as a result of domestic violence in West Virginia between Oct. 1, 2017, and Sept. 30, 2018. ___ http://bit.ly/2Ng6lsY

Economics will take center stage at the U.S.-sponsored workshop in Bahrain starting Tuesday. The Trump administration hopes that the unveiling of the economic component of its so-called deal of the century will encourage regional and international investment in the Palestinian economy, thus helping to overcome hurdles to a political agreement and advance Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking. The initiative has faced strong resistance from Palestinians who doubt U.S. intentions. Nevertheless, the Trump administration has sought to enlist a mix of government officials and business leaders from the Middle East, Asia, and Europe. Many international partners have been lukewarm toward the initiative, however, including traditional U.S. allies, such as Egypt and Jordan. Their reticence makes sense: The idea that economic inducements can succeed where diplomacy cannot has had a pretty dismal track record over the last century. Jared Kushner’s current plan is likely to fail like so many before it...

Video Player Close SUVA, June 25 (Xinhua) -- Fiji faces a major shortage of locally produced milk due to the recent outbreak of brucellosis and tuberculosis (TB). Fiji Cooperative Dairy Company Limited Chief Executive Kushmendra Prasad said Tuesday the local dairy industry is fighting a battle as approximately half of the cattle have been removed from farms, leading to a reduction in the production level, he said, adding that the production fell from nine million liters to 5.2 million liters. He said the production of fresh milk has been on the decline for about seven years and the recent outbreak has resulted in increased cost of production in running farms. Meanwhile, local media reported that Fijian consumers said they're being affected by the increased price of locally produced milk and associated products as they have children at home who consume milk on a daily basis. Fiji's Ministry of Agriculture had earlier tested 33,839 cattle for Bovine Tuberculosis and more...

PHILADELPHIA - Most people know Chlamydia as the venereal disease that can cause infertility if left untreated. But for researchers studying the causative agent, Chlamydia trachomatis, it's a bacteria with intriguing properties. Rather than grow and replicate in the blood or other bodily fluids, C. trachomatis get inside cells where they multiply. In most people, this trait keeps the bacterium from being detected by the immune system, and helps the disease fly under the radar; not everyone infected with Chlamydia will show symptoms of the disease. But managing to stay alive inside an infected cell is no small feat for bacteria. Researchers at Jefferson (Philadelphia University + Thomas Jefferson University) are studying the tricks developed by Chlamydia to survive inside its host cell. C. trachomatis pathogenicity relies on the creation of an intracellular parasitic niche called an "inclusion," which is made from the outer membrane of the host cell. When a human ce...

Scanning electron micrograph of Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria, which cause TB. Credit: NIAID A large clinical trial to assess treatments for preventing people at high risk from developing multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) has begun. The study is comparing the safety and efficacy of a new MDR-TB drug, delamanid, with the decades-old TB drug isoniazid for preventing active MDR-TB disease in children, adolescents and adults at high risk who are exposed to adult household members with MDR-TB. Study participants are at high risk for MDR-TB because they either have latent TB infection, immune systems suppressed by HIV or other factors, or are younger than age 5 years and therefore have a weak immune system. Most household members of people with MDR-TB are likely to acquire latent TB infection, in which the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis lives in the body without making a person sick. Without adequate preventive care, many of these individuals will progress to active M...

Market Highlights: Brucellosis is a zoonotic infection caused by the species of Brucella bacteria. The bacteria is transmitted from animals to humans through infected food products, direct contact with an infected animal, or inhalation of aerosols. The disease is known by many names, including Mediterranean fever, Malta fever, gastric remittent fever, and undulant fever. Usually, humans are accidental hosts, but brucellosis still continues to remain a major health concern worldwide. Brucellosis is a has a high degree of morbidity in humans worldwide. According to WHO data about 500,000 cases of this disease are registered in the world every year. Usually, Brucella abortus is associated with the disease in cattle and bison, Brucella suis with the disease in swine, and Brucella melitensis with the disease in sheep and goats. Under appropriate conditions, brucellosis can be caused in one species by a Brucella organism associated with other host species. Favorable government policies for...

LOS ANGELES, June 25, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The global malaria diagnostics market is estimated to grow at CAGR above 5.9 % over the forecast time frame 2019 to 2026 and reach the market value around USD 900 million by 2026. An increased incidence of tropical illness in endemic nations, new diagnostic methods are developed and increased investments are anticipated to boost market growth by regional governments and private sector investors. Malaria is one of life's most common threateners, often caused by altering climate, low economic growth, poor health infrastructure and a absence of access for sophisticated therapy in tropical and subtropical areas. Free Download Sample Report Pages for Better understanding@ https://www.acumenresearchandconsulting.com/request-sample/1465 There are also anticipations to fuel market growth in the near future, with an increasing amount of governments ' projects and market participants investing. Major businesses are conducting numerous mal...

In a breakthrough study from the University of Maryland, a team of researchers have discovered that a genetically modified fungus can be used to rapidly kill up to 99% of malaria mosquitoes. The study involved trials in the West African country of Burkina Faso and found that after introducing a fungus that was genetically modified to produce spider toxins, mosquito populations were almost completely wiped out within 45 days. Spread via bites from female mosquitos, the malaria disease kills more than 400,000 people every year, with most deaths in sub-Saharan Africa and India. Around the world, there are around 219 million reported cases of malaria. While the results of the study were dramatic, the researchers assert the goal is not to wipe out mosquitos altogether, but to control populations and help stop the spread of malaria. Harnessing the toxicity of funnel-web spiders Working together with the IRSS research institute in Burkina Faso, the University of Maryland team explored th...

DES MOINES — A new hire in the state agriculture department will focus on companion animals. The hire comes after a legislative session in which a proposal to strengthen Iowa’s animal cruelty laws had momentum but ultimately failed, and after numerous incidents of animal cruelty by commercial dog breeders and animal hoarding throughout the state. Animal welfare advocates say they are encouraged by the hire in the ag department’s veterinary office and are hopeful it is a first step toward addressing Iowa’s poor national ranking for state animal protection laws. Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig recently announced the hire of Dr. Katie Rumsey as an assistant state veterinarian and said Rumsey will oversee companion animal regulatory programs. Another assistant state veterinarian will focus on farm animal programs, leaving Rumsey to focus on laws and programs that deal with pets. Naig said he made the decision as he looked at the entire ag department and how it could operate...

A new hire in the state agriculture department will focus on companion animals. The hire comes after a legislative session in which a proposal to strengthen Iowa’s animal cruelty laws had momentum but ultimately failed, and after numerous incidents throughout the state of animal cruelty by commercial dog breeders and animal hoarding. Animal welfare advocates say they are encouraged by the hire in the ag department’s veterinary office and are hopeful it is a first step toward addressing Iowa’s poor national ranking for state animal protection laws. Iowa agriculture secretary Mike Naig recently announced the hire of Dr. Katie Rumsey as an assistant state veterinarian and said Rumsey will oversee companion animal regulatory programs. Another assistant state veterinarian will focus on farm animal programs, leaving Rumsey to focus on laws and programs that deal with pets. Naig said he made the decision as he looked at the entire ag department and how it could operate differently...