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Mashup Score: 1Jonathan's Miracle Feet - 2023 Universal Health Coverage "GRAND PRIX" Health for All Film Festival - 11 month(s) ago
Sierra Leone / Disability, clubfootDirected by Mamihasina Raminosoa and Nantenaina Rakotondranivo from Madagascar for the NGO Miracle Feet / DocumentaryMore …
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Mashup Score: 7Source: YouTubeCategories: General Medicine News, Latest HeadlinesTweet
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Mashup Score: 3It would take 23 million years for evolution to replace Madagascar’s endangered mammals - 1 year(s) ago
90% of the plants and animals on Madagascar are found nowhere else on Earth, but this treasure trove of evolution is under serious threat due to habitat loss, over-hunting, and climate change. In this study, researchers examined how long it took Madagascar’s unique modern mammal species to emerge and estimated how long it would take for a similarly complex set of new mammal species to evolve in…
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The island of Madagascar—one of the last large land masses colonized by humans—sits about 250 miles (400 kilometers) off the coast of East Africa. While it’s still regarded as a place of unique biodiversity, Madagascar long ago lost all its large-bodied vertebrates, including giant lemurs, elephant birds, turtles, and hippopotami. A human genetic study reported in the journal Current Biology on…
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Mashup Score: 18WHO | Regional Office for Africa - 2 year(s) ago
Antananarivo – When tropical cyclone Batsirai hit Madagascar on 5 February 2022, the country was already grappling with multiple health emergencies.
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When cyclone Batsirai hit #Madagascar 🇲🇬, Dr Andriamahefason Navalona, a member of WHO's emergency response team, was deployed to help restore healthcare services & provide emergency medical supplies. #ItTakesAVillage to support people affected by crises👉https://t.co/kSuE9Ld4Ow https://t.co/RaU7wcvGyC
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Mashup Score: 2Impact of health system strengthening on delivery strategies to improve child immunisation coverage and inequalities in rural Madagascar - 2 year(s) ago
Background To reach global immunisation goals, national programmes need to balance routine immunisation at health facilities with vaccination campaigns and other outreach activities (eg, vaccination weeks), which boost coverage at particular times and help reduce geographical inequalities. However, where routine immunisation is weak, an over-reliance on vaccination campaigns may lead to…
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Mashup Score: 11WHO continues to support countries to fight COVID-19 - 3 year(s) ago
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, WHO remains active around the world to support vaccination and information campaigns, deliver supplies, protect the vulnerable, maintain essential health services and more. WHO is able to continue its work to fight the pandemic around the world thanks to the continued generous support from its donors and partners.WHO, diplomatic community and private…
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Mashup Score: 5Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis surveillance and cascade of care in Madagascar: a five-year (2012–2017) retrospective study - 4 year(s) ago
In Madagascar, the multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) surveillance programme was launched in late 2012 wherein previously treated TB cases and symptomatic MDR-TB contacts (hereafter called presumptive MDR-TB cases) undergo drug susceptibility testing. This retrospective review had per aim to provide an update on the national MDR-TB epidemiology, assess and enhance programmatic performance…
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Congratulations to Mamihasina Raminosoa and Nantenaina Rakotondranivo from #Madagascar for winning the #Film4Health GRAND PRIX in the Universal Health Coverage category. Their film “Jonathan's Miracle Feet" talks about rehabilitation. #HealthForAll https://t.co/xPyFpGQY2s