The world’s remaining mountain gorillas, which number roughly around 900, can be found in the dense forests of equatorial Africa. Most live in in the Virunga Mountains - spanning Rwanda, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) - as well as in the heavily protected Bwindi Impenetra...
This chapter covers emerging zoonotic diseases, with a focus on the current understanding of how and where zoonotic pathogens circulate, their pathways to emergence, potential for sustained human-to-human transmission, and gaps in our knowledge. The first cluster of infections among people may be re...
A holistic approach to providing health education and services integrates the Social Determinants of Health (SDH)—an approach Healthy Teen Network calls Youth 360° —to recognize that where youth live, learn, and play matters. Long promoted by such stalwarts in the public health field as the ...
There are only a handful of places in Africa where you can go on a gorilla trekking safari. The prime destinations to see gorillas in the wild are Uganda, Rwanda, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and the Republic of Congo (Brazzaville). Uganda and Rwanda are most famous for mounta...
trying to remember which toppings they use where (oddly, SAfrican and American pizza toppings arepretty different). I lean in for a hug or a kiss on the cheek at inappropriate moments. But the thing that takes me probably the most time to reprogram are my default settings: do you default...
I lean in for a hug or a kiss on the cheek at inappropriate moments. But the thing that takes me probably the most time to reprogram are my default settings: do you default left or right? Don’t worry, this doesn’t seem to be a problem when driving – the steering wheel on the...
but we do now have a lot of evidence about the negative psychological effects of labeling people. No other field of medicine would allow such pseudoscience, and it’s time to say enough is enough. For that reason I often encourage people who contact me through my site to reject the diagnos...
Ants Nest in South Africahave a few resident rhinos with 24/7 patrol. African Lion Right behind the elephant, the Lion is unmistakable around the world. They are considered the “king of the jungle” and Africa’s top predator. This is despite the fact that lions do not live in the jun...
In addition, people who did not take the smallpox vaccine were more likely to be infected than others. The exact pathogenesis and mechanisms are still unclear; however, most identified cases are reported in men who have sex with other men (MSM). According to the CDC, transmission can happen...