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Dikembe Mutombo will be keynote speaker at the Fulbright Academy 2013 Summit in Montego Bay Jamaica, May 24-26. Roswell, Georgia (PRWEB) May 06, 2013 The Board of Directors of the Fulbright Academy announced today it will partner with the Dikembe Mutombo Foundation (DMF) on its 2013 Global Health Summit in Montego Bay, Jamaica. The organizations will work together in the future to contribute to malaria prevention efforts in the Congo. The DRC has one of the highest mortality rates for...
Dikembe Mutombo will be keynote speaker at the Fulbright Academy 2013 Summit in Montego Bay Jamaica and the Dikembe Mutombo Foundation will partner with the Academy at the 2016 Summit in Kinshasa, DRC. Roswell, Georgia (PRWEB) May 02, 2013 The Board of Directors of the Fulbright Academy announced today it will partner with the Dikembe Mutombo Foundation (DMF) on its 2016 Global Health Summit in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The organizations will work together to...
Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Update 4 (April 20, 4:00 p.m.) Excessive wind levels have forced NASA and Orbital to once again delay the launch of the Antares Rocket. Today’s 5:00 p.m. EDT launch has been scrubbed and the team will try again for a Sunday afternoon launch at 5:00 p.m. Mission managers decided to pull the plug on today’s launch after high-altitude wind speeds were found to exceed range safety restrictions. NASA TV coverage will begin at 4:30...
Lawrence LeBlond for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online The new bird flu strain that has so far killed 11 people in China has been showing signs that it is quickly adapting to mammalian (particularly human) hosts, according to a new study led by Masato Tashiro of the Influenza Virus Research Center at the National Institute of Infectious Diseases (NIID) in Japan, along with Yoshiro Kawaoka of the University of Wisconsin-Madison (UWMadison) and the University of Tokyo. Despite the...
Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online New statistics show that the elephant population in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has declined by 37 percent in the last five years. According to wildlife surveys by the Wildlife Conservation Society and DRC officials, only 1,700 elephants now remain in the DRC, which holds the largest remaining forest elephant population. Scientists at WCS warn that if people continue to poach forest elephants in DRC, then the species...
Connie K. Ho for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Researchers in the United Kingdom recently conducted a literature review that revealed women should wait a minimum of 12 months after weight loss surgery before trying to get pregnant. The review evaluated the advantages, safety, and difficulties of bariatric surgery. It also looked at the multidisciplinary management of patients prior to, during, and after pregnancy. The findings of the review were recently featured in The...
NEW YORK, Jan. 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Spine Africa Project (SAP) has appointed Dr. Denis Mukwege, MD, as Vice President, and Dr. Roger Luhiriri, MD, as Executive Director. Drs. Mukwege and Luhiriri have been influential in raising international awareness of health issues and human rights violations in the regions of the eastern Congo. Their advocacy will bolster the efforts of the Project to raise funds to provide medical outreach and training and to build education...
LONDON, Dec. 7, 2012 /CNW/ - Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation PLC ('ENRC or, together with its subsidiaries, the 'Group') today announces the proposed private acquisition by its wholly owned subsidiary, ENRC Congo BV, of the remaining 49.5% of the share capital of Camrose Resources Limited ('Camrose'), as well as the outstanding minority shareholdings in certain Camrose subsidiaries, for an aggregate cash payment of US$550 million (together, the 'Acquisition'). The...
NEW YORK, Nov. 20, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- International humanitarian organization Concern Worldwide calls for stronger protection of civilians and safe access to deliver humanitarian assistance after rebel forces besieged Goma, the capital city of North Kivu province in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo today. The violence is likely to forcibly displace thousands and threatens to trigger a humanitarian crisis if aid organizations are not able to reach those most affected...
This week's fighting in Goma the latest in staggering increase in violence BOSTON, Nov. 20, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Communities in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo are being preyed on mercilessly by rebel groups and local militias, as well as their own government's troops and officials, in a vicious cycle of exploitation and abuse according to a new report by international agency Oxfam. The report is launched as fight engulfs the town of Goma in North Kivu,...
