Mosquitron Review Mosquitron Review: During the summer, outdoor activities like hiking, sunbathing, and barbecuing become a norm for virtually everyone. With these adventures come harmful mosquitoes. These pests, which thrive in summer, can put a damper on anyone’s enjoyment in hot weather. There are other ways to deter mosquitoes, the …
Read More »The war against Tigray: a modern humanitarian crisis in Ethiopia
PARIS, France – Ethiopia is located in the Horn of Africa. It has the second highest population in Africa with around 112 million inhabitants. Although Ethiopia is considered the fastest growing economy in Africa, âit is also one of its poorest nations.âInternal political conflicts have led to a deep humanitarian …
Read More »6 common greenhouse pests and how to manage them
Outbreaks of pests and diseases in a greenhouse are a serious pain and can get out of hand if not treated properly. Outbreaks of pests and diseases in a greenhouse typically require three main factors: a susceptible host plant, the presence of a pest or disease, and an environment conducive …
Read More »Vaccination against malaria: the success of Heavenly Joy Atta
Sussan Heavenly Joy Atta, the first child to receive the malaria vaccine in metropolitan Cape Coast in 2019 at the age of one, is warm and doing very well. Joy, who is now two and a half years old, has successfully completed the four full doses of the malaria vaccine …
Read More »The best vaccine news this spring may be in the fight against malaria, not COVID-19
Malaria test shows positive result for Tigrayan refugee Hareg, 23, from Mekelle, Ethiopia, administered by surgeon and doctor-turned-refugee, Dr Tewodros Tefera, at the Sudanese Red Crescent clinic in Hamdayet, in eastern Sudan, near the border with Ethiopia, on March 17, 2021 (AP Photo / Nariman El-Mofty) Nariman El-Mofty / The …
Read More »A motorhome made in mini? it’s possible – Explica .co
Updated Friday, May 21, 2021 – 13:58 The tents are made of fiberglass and do not weigh 60 kg. They cost 3,389 euros. Many pedigree “ motorhomes ” would gasp if we showed upin a campsite with a Mini whose roof protrudes what looks like a simple trunk. Especially when …
Read More »The Covid pandemic has exacerbated weaknesses in health systems, especially in poor countries
In many poor countries, the pandemic has had fatal consequences for people in need of health care. Children did not get the required vaccinations, women had to give birth at home rather than in a clinic, more women died due to complications in pregnancy and childbirth, access to contraception has …
Read More »Landmark malaria vaccine 77% effective and tackles one of the world’s biggest killers of young children
Dunpharlain, CC license Mosquitoes are one of the deadliest animals on the planet because they spread yellow fever, dengue, encephalitis and malaria, which killed 400,000 people in 2019. Now, clinical trials of the promising R21 vaccine in Burkina Faso may be an effective tool against the disease, as it triggers …
Read More »Mosquito-borne disease risk rises in Orange County, health officials say
Orange County, Florida – The Florida Department of Health in Orange County warns of an increase in mosquito-borne disease activity in the region. DOH-Orange said several sentinel chickens from the same flock had tested positive for infection with Eastern Equine Encephalitis virus. EEE is a rare but serious and often …
Read More »Mini offers rooftop tents for Cooper SE, Countryman All4 Hybrid
Mini isn’t the automaker you’d expect to enter the camping world, but that’s exactly what it did. The eccentric brand offers rooftop tents for two of its models: the Mini Countryman All4 plug-in hybrid and the fully electric Mini Cooper SE. Tents aren’t spacious places, but they allow two to …
Read More »Kenya: How a flooded village uses simple tactics to weather the storm
For the past year, Grace Onyango and dozens of villagers in Chuowe Beach, Homa Bay County, have not had a permanent home. Following heavy rains in parts of the country from the end of 2019 to the best of 2020, hundreds of homes, schools and farms were flooded, forcing residents …
Read More »Stolen mosquito nets worth 398,000 shillings recovered – Kenya News Agency
Police recovered a batch of stolen mosquito nets in Nyando sub-county that is suspected of being part of a consignment that was recently stolen from health facilities in Nyang’ande and Rabuor. Confirming the breakthrough, Kisumu County Police Commander Samuel Anampiu said Obunga police in Kisumu relied on intelligence and raided …
Read More »Good news emerges about a malaria vaccine
In Africa and elsewhere, COVID-19 dominates media attention. Yet malaria has probably killed four times more than COVID-19 in the past year in Africa. The disease is caused by a parasite, plasmodium, not a virus or bacteria. The disease does not confer any immunity and an individual can catch it …
Read More »Telangana Man turns tree into ‘isolation room’ after struggling to find one in village
In villages far from modest homes, a much more serious but widespread problem has been the lack of space for seclusion and in the Nalagonda district of Telangana, an 18-year-old man, Shiva, built himself a bathroom. ‘seclusion, instead a bed over a tree on the area near his house, using …
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