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SETAF-AF Civil Affairs in Ghana - MEDCAP
The U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF) Civil Affairs Team in Ghana partnered with the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) to provide de-wormer and personal hygiene products to Sunson community members as part of the MEDCAP. Stachura emphasized the importance of teamwork in the operation's success.
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Read more at DVIDS
Gun Violence and Public Health
In 2021, for the second year, more people died from gun incidents — 48,830 — than in any year on record, according to a Johns Hopkins University analysis of CDC data. It’s no secret that many strategies proposed today — from school metal detectors to enhanced policing, to the optimal timing and manner of safely storing guns — have limited scientific ballast because of a lack of preventive know-how.
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Read more at Kaiser Health News
Mental Health in the DRC
We retrieved 384 studies after reading the titles and the abstracts for not investigating mental health disorders. Eighty-nine full-text studies were assessed and 39 articles were excluded for several reasons such as not using participants who were in the DRC; some studies looked at the mental health of refugees who were settling in other countries; and protocol studies were also excluded. Overall, 19 of 50 studies were cross-sectional and investigated the association between key factors.
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Read more at Nature.com
COVID-19 - A Case Study
a cross-sectional study involving front line HCWs from designated COVID-19 units, emergency departments, and infectious diseases units in Dar es Salaam -Tanzania. This study recruited 200 exposed HCW based on their availability during the period of May and June 2022. Participant’s information, clinical and laboratory tests Data such as age, sex and departments at which they were working were collected.
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Read more at Nature.com
DeMar DeRozan and Kevin Love Still Have Things to Say
It's been six years since they went public with their challenges regarding mental health. DeRozan and Love instantly became catalysts that sparked a shift toward destigmatizing mental health issues in the NBA. The series continues Tuesday with Dwyane Wade and has another episode coming in two weeks with Damian Lillard.
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Read more at Arkansas Online
Exercising While Wearing Foundation Can Change Our Skin's Characteristics
Exercising while wearing foundation may affect the health of the skin by changing its pore size and the subsequent release of sebum, which plays a role in keeping it healthy. The researchers recruited 43 college students, 20 men and 23 women at Texas A&M University, San Antonio. They then measured skin variables on different areas of their faces.
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Read more at New Scientist
Ayurvedic Guidance on Nurturing Gut Health for Women
Ayurveda emphasises strict dietary disciplines as the first line of treatment as one can suffer from illness if the digestive fire is not good and the food is not digested properly. In an interview with HT Lifestyle, Dr Uma V, Assistant Research Officer and Physician at AVP Research Foundation, shared, "Women's digestive experiences may vary from men due to unique life events such as menstruation, menopause, and motherhood"
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Read more at Hindustan Times
BroncoBOLD Idaho High School Ambassador Program
Boise State Athletics is seeking four Idaho high schools to participate in the second year of the BroncoBOLD High School Ambassador Program. The three-year program provides the education and tools to support motivated high school students and administrators to become active leaders and advocates of mental health on their campus and in their community. Applications are due by April 15 at 5 p.m. (MT).
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Read more at broncosports.com
The BlackCat Ransomware Group Is Getting Closer and Closer to Recovering Services
BlackCat is known as a “ransomware-as-service” collective, meaning they rely on freelancers or affiliates to infect new networks with their ransomware. BlackCat’s website now features a seizure notice from the FBI, but several researchers noted that this image seems to have been merely cut and pasted from the notice the FBI left in its December raid. LockBit threatened to release Fulton County’s data unless paid a ransom by Feb. 29.
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Read more at Krebs on Security
Horwich Health Hub to be completed by this summer
The new Horwich Health Hub has been a much-debated development on Market Street i since it was first proposed in 2016. Documents put before Bolton Council show that the authority had approved funding for £650,000 for the car park. The finished hub will be made up of two GP surgeries, a pharmacy and specialist clinics for mental health and physiotherapy.
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Read more at The Bolton News