Just weeks after a military offensive against elephant poachers in Bouba N’Djida National Park in the north of Cameroon, 12 suspected poachers have been arrested and 14 elephant tusks confiscated close to protected areas in the southeast of the country. In February, close to 450 elephants were slaughtered in Bouba N’Djida National Park by poachers […]
PLoS Medicine publishes two research articles with new data that should help women and clinicians make better informed decisions about childbirth. These studies touch on a highly emotive and controversial area–the risks associated with planned mode of birth. The research findings stay well away from recent debates, widely publicized in the media, around whether a […]
More than 200 state health department leaders gathered in Atlanta in early March to inaugurate the Coordinated Chronic Disease Program. Chronic diseases–such as arthritis, heart disease, cancer, and diabetes are the leading causes of death and disability in the United States, accounting for 70% of all deaths and about 75% of the $2.6 trillion the […]
The neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) are highly endemic but patchily distributed among the 20 countries and almost 400 million people of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, and disproportionately affect an estimated 65 million people living on less than US$2 per day. Great strides have been made towards elimination of several endemic NTDs, […]
Each year, CDC recognizes World TB Day on March 24. Tuberculosis, also called as TB, is one of the world’s deadliest diseases and has been affecting people for thousands of years. It’s estimated that 2 billion people – one third of the people in the world – are infected with tuberculosis. Each year, nearly 9 […]
The Slow Loris, one of the 25 most endangered primates in the world, shot to fame after various videos of the animal’s cute antics on YouTube went viral. A public enamored by its cute and cuddly appearance is fueling the illegal trade with little realization that Slow Loris infants are often stolen from their mothers […]
The Lead Contamination Control Act of 1988 has authorized the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to initiate program efforts to eliminate childhood lead poisoning in the United States. As a result of this Act, the CDC Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program was created, with primary responsibility to: Develop programs and policies to prevent […]
Nineteen Indian Star Tortoises seized in Indonesia’s largest airport, Jakarta’s Soekarno Hatta, in November last year, have been returned to India, their country of origin. It is the first occasion tortoises seized in Indonesia have been returned to India. “Although the number of tortoises represents a tiny fraction of those being trafficked, their repatriation is […]
National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day has just passed, a day to recognize the special risks HIV/AIDS pose for women and girls, and to raise awareness of the disease’s impact on them. HIV among Women and Girls National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day is a time (March 10) each year when organizations and […]
Enrique Gomez De Molina, a taxidermist based in Miami Beach, Florida, has been sentenced to 20 months in jail for his role in trafficking endangered wildlife and for using parts of endangered birds and other animals to create bizarre “Frankenstein” hybrids. Between late 2009 and February 2011, Enrique Gomez De Molina had attempted to import […]
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