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Opportunity for Africa lies beyond the continent’s youth boom: It’s also in the ‘silver surge’
13 Dec 2024 16:37 GMT
… of elderly Sub-Saharan Africans receive pensions, leaving … productivity lost annually to diseases among seniors.
Expanding … recent 2025 Africa Tech Festival demonstrated that African tech firms … deliveries of medicine to rural elders in Rwanda demonstrate how …
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Climate change fuels African floods that hit harder in vulnerable regions
13 Dec 2024 12:59 GMT
… Existing conflicts, poverty, aging infrastructure and socioeconomic inequalities … a heightened stage in Africa’s climatic vulnerability. … side for relocation, medical care and any other … deadly landslides recorded in Cameroon aggravate existing vulnerabilities. …
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Tips from African Journalists on Cross-Border Investigations
06 Dec 2024 10:59 GMT
… to Africa, with a panel of African journalists discussing groundbreaking investigations in Cameroon … linked to health issues including Parkinson’s disease. The investigation connected the … in general, will help ensure Africans have access to quality and …
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Immunological Efficacy and the Impact on Weight of Dolutegravir-Based Regimen in Antiretroviral Therapy (ART)-Naïve Patients with HIV Infection
07 Nov 2024 09:03 GMT
… virus (HIV) infection caused acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), an immunodeficiency disease … antiretroviral therapy experienced geriatric patients living with … treatment-naïve patients with advanced HIV infection … trial in Cameroon. Lancet HIV …
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Gorilla with serious health issues at Boston zoo to undergo medical examination
05 Dec 2024 05:18 GMT
… any, options are for treatment,” said Dr. Christopher … Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Republic of Congo, Angola and Central African Republic and … do to help the geriatric gorilla.
BOSTON — … are managed by medication.
Cardiac disease is the …
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Mount Sinai International to Address African Health Ministers and Pan-African Health Care Leaders at Inaugural International Health Ministerial Summit in Rwanda
04 Dec 2024 00:56 GMT
… Summit in Kigali, Rwanda, on Wednesday and Thursday … delegates about the current African health care landscape, … solutions from birth through geriatrics, leveraging innovative approaches … patients’ medical and emotional needs at the center of all treatment …
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Sex Differences in the Prevalence of Geriatric Syndromes Among Older People Living with HIV Attending an Urban Outpatient Clinic in Kampala, Uganda
26 Nov 2024 12:17 GMT
… Infectious Disease Institute; MoCA, Montreal cognitive assessment; NCDs, noncommunicable diseases; PHQ, patient … treatment of non-communicable diseases and geriatric syndromes in the HIV aging … virus infection: a pilot study in Zambia, Africa … Prev Alzheimer’s …
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Prevalence of Hyperuricemia and Rheumatoid Factor Positivity Among Patients Aged 35 and Above in Huye District, Southern Province of Rwanda
25 Nov 2024 18:03 GMT
… diseases but only self-reported the absence of preexisting medical … in rheumatoid arthritis patients, despite strong preclinical … rheumatological disorders in Rwanda’s aging population.
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… vulgaris L.) from Central Africa. Theor Appl Genet. …
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Pattern of Spheroidal Degeneration of Cornea and Its Association with Other Eye Diseases at Anterior Segment Clinic in Menelik II Tertiary Referral Hospital
23 Nov 2024 08:44 GMT
… primary form is associated with aging in a normal eye, … Source Population
All consecutive patients with eye diseases in Menelik II tertiary … Islands and South West Africa.14,15 The higher … of the cornea in North Cameroon. Prevalence and clinical appearances. …
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A Historic Day for Older People and Human Rights Across Africa
04 Nov 2024 13:47 GMT
… support an aging population.
Population aging in Africa and … access to medicines, high rates of infectious disease, and a … states ratifying are Rwanda, Angola, Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Nigeria, Ethiopia, … diplomatic partners of African governments and civil …