America's North Shore Journal » Entries tagged with "malaria"
Budget cuts at the CDC have mosquitoes cheering
Filed under: Original writing, Public Health issues, Reporting
The hidden horror in the closet
[begin Rod Sterling narrative] It was a typical summer morning for new high school graduate Mary Doe. She donned a robe from her closet and went down the hall to fix breakfast. Little did she suspect what would follow her out of that closet. It followed her into the kitchen, with only one thing in mind. Her blood. Mary Doe was about to be the subject of a vicious attack. It wanted blood, her blood, to make … Read entire article »
Filed under: Americas North Shore, Malaria, Medicine, Original writing, Reporting
Fighting malaria with microscopes
Inside Rachuonyo district hospital, Simba Mobagi peers through his laboratory’s only microscope at a sick woman’s blood sample. The 33-year-old laboratory technologist’s goal – rapidly identifying malaria parasites. Dozens more samples await his eyes. Each represents a patient suffering outside on wooden benches. Mogabi takes little time to ponder his workload. He quickly finds malaria parasites, marks his findings on a pink patient record and moves to the next slide. Much to his surprise, a U.S. Army officer … Read entire article »
Army continues malaria fight
The Army has been fighting malaria forever. Some of the greatest achievements in public health were made possible by U.S. Army doctors such as Walter Reed. Researchers at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research here are discovering new ways to combat and prevent the spread of malaria. “Every conflict the U.S. has been in we’ve been faced with malaria,” said Army Col. Christian Ockenhouse, director of the U.S. Military Malaria Vaccine Program, during an April 14 … Read entire article »
Filed under: Humanitarian Assistance, Medicine, Military, Public Health issues
2 MEB Gets Ready For Afghanistan
Combating insurgency in Afghanistan is not the only challenge awaiting the Marines and sailors of the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade. In addition to enemy combatants, Marines deploying to Afghanistan’s Regional Command-South will also face a number of potential health threats. The Central Asian country has been labeled by the World Health Organization as one of the least developed countries in the world, with 70 percent of the population living in extreme poverty and health vulnerability. Several food-, water-, … Read entire article »
Filed under: Afghanistan, Marines, Military, War on Terror
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