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A man’s likelihood of accumulating fat around his heart – an important indicator of heart disease risk – may be better determined if doctors consider his race and ethnicity, as well as where on his body he’s building up excess fat, reveals an international evaluation led by the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health.

The findings, published online today in the International Journal of Obesity, indicate that it may be useful to take racial and ethnic differences into account wh

The Visa Oshwal Convention Centre in Nairobi will once again host the 2nd Medic East Africa Exhibition & Congress (MEA), which is the largest healthcare event in East Africa to date, and exclusively supported by the Ministry of Health. This year's event will take place from 23-25 September 2014 and the exhibition will offer a unique platform to leading manufactures, dealers and distributors and service providers from the healthcare and medical laboratory industry to meet their targeted audience.

New Democracy Productions Release Liberia Documentary to Raise Funds for Ebola Aid

“Liberia: Emerging from the Shadows?” details the troubled country’s economic and health concerns, many of which contribute to its current crisis, an ebola epidemic. Director Wayne Schoenfeld seeks to raise funds for ebola treatment by increasing awareness of the region’s difficulties with this poignant Liberia film.

Director Wayne Schoenfeld and New Democracy Productions release “Libera: Emerging from the Shadows?

A team of 15 IBM (NYSE: IBM) experts today presented its recommendations to Ethiopian leaders on a range of critical projects aimed at supporting Ethiopia's national Growth and Transformation Plan.

The business and technology experts from 10 different countries spent four weeks on the ground in the country's capital Addis Ababa, working with government ministries and NGOs to help them attract foreign investment, deliver healthcare services, and track economic growth. They explained the latest, m

American University of Nigeria Announces #EducateOurGirls Campaign to Provide Scholarships for Nigerian Girls Who Escaped from Boko Haram

The American University of Nigeria announces the formation of the American University of Nigeria Foundation and the #EducateOurGirls campaign to raise funds to provide full scholarships to the young Nigerian girls who escaped Boko Haram as well as other vulnerable children in the northeast of Nigeria. Eleven of the girls are beginning their studies at Americ

 An unabated influx of illegal aliens along the southern border of the United States is causing a health crisis in the border region. Actions by the Obama Administration to disperse illegals across America while providing an incentive for more illegals to come could lead to a nationwide health crisis that is likely to manifest itself first within our public schools.

Members of the Project 21 black leadership network say President Barack Obama's support of amnesty for illegal aliens and his 2012 e

About two and half decades after the Kampala Declaration on Intellectual Freedom and Social Responsibility (1990) the situation of academic freedom in African universities, especially as issues of gender and academic engagement is more perilous. As institutions broadened access to women; as students and academics, new developments have emerged that threaten erode any gains achieved thus far. The deepening of neo-liberal cultures in African universities, with their deep emphasis of market mechani

« Tout système d'éducation est une manière politique de maintenir ou de modifier l'appropriation des discours, avec les savoirs et les pouvoirs qu'ils emportent avec eux » (Foucault, 1969). Les systèmes éducatifs africains, et de façon plus précise, les universités, n’échappent pas à une telle logique et font elles-aussi l’objet de nombreuses appropriations par les pouvoirs, qu’ils soient politiques ou économiques, dans des perspectives qui sont parfois une atteinte flagrante aux libertés académ

[By: Dr Dennis Regling] Getting students excited about science can be a challenge. If it is seen as memorization and bookwork many students will develop a fast aversion to it.

Our job as educators is to make science relevant to the young learner. One of the goals of STEM education is to integrate science, technology, engineering and math into all our lessons in natural and challenging ways.

Here is but a short list of ways we can create a positive attitude about science in our students:

1) Visual d

It's that time of the year again, time to go back to school shopping. As another summer comes to an end and a new school year is quickly approaching, parents are beginning to prepare their kids for a successful year at school and this often means the purchasing of a new backpack. With so much to do in order to prepare for the upcoming school year, few stop to think about backpack safety for kids. Did you know that carrying a heavy backpack to school just may be causing health problems for your k

Well-known global business leader, financier, entrepreneur, investment guru and philanthropist Tony Elumelu is heading up a high-level list of power experts who will address this year’s West African Power Industry Convention (WAPIC) from 18-19 November. During the 11th edition of this long running conference and expo, WAPIC will once again gather government, utilities, consultants and investors to discuss the challenges of local markets, capacity building and investment.

Says WAPIC’s programme di

Pastor Roosevelt Watkins (at the mike) Pastor Roosevelt Watkins, national president of MAADD, held a press conference Thursday at the Blue1647, located at 1647 South Blue Island, Chicago, IL, to unveil two new programs. The first program is the Tech Trybe, a “Greek Squad for the community” with the goal to refurbish computers and other devices, which will be resold, and “Community Hackathon,” which will create teams of youth whose goal is to create apps in various categories in an effort to impr

The Yara Prize honors leadership for the future of farming

 

The Yara Prize 2014 is being awarded to Professor Tekalign Mamo Assefa. Currently state minister and adviser to the Ethiopian Minister of Agriculture, Professor Mamo has long been a key contributor to the country’s food security, soil health, and natural resources programs.

Oslo, Norway (PRWEB UK) 26 August 2014

For 2014, the Yara Prize Committee has focused on the future of farming in Africa. Special attention has been given to food a

Beauty Africa Exhibition & Conference 2014 perfect platform to empower, inspire & educate women about beauty.

he Beauty Africa Exhibition & Conference is launching for the first time in Lagos, Nigeria this year. Beauty Africa is organised by Informa Life Sciences Exhibitions and will be held at the Eko Hotel & Suites on 7-9 October 2014. Global beauty experts at the event will discuss the hottest topics, trends and innovations within the beauty, hair care, skincare, spa and wellness industry in A

First and foremost, we want to express our deepest sympathies to the family and friends of Michael Brown – another young black man, another victim of violence.  While the details surrounding his death are still unclear, the fact remains that a mother and a father lost a son and the Ferguson community lost the possibility that his life could bring. We want to reiterate President Barack Obama'searlier sentiments calling for peace and an end to the violence in Ferguson. Though there is a clear feel

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Investigative reporter Charles Piller comments in The Nation on how the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation investment portfolio subverts its international good works

Susan Desmond-Hellman, new CEO of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, inherits an investment portfolio that has placed more than $2.5 billion in a rogue’s gallery of arms dealers, alcohol manufacturers, and oil and mining companies, among others – all doing great harm in Africa and elsewhere in the developing world, precisely where th

Was being brown Michael  Browns problem?

It was a warn sunny day in July of 1999. The city was Fort Wayne, a medium sized town in the northeastern corner of Indiana. My mother saw me off and wished me well, as I drove due east to visit a college in an effort to ascertain a basketball scholarship. Paying for college was not even an option. If it were not for this great nation, and it’s commitment to higher education, I would have never been able to attend.

I am the son of a single mother, who wor

WHAT TO DO IF YOU’RE STOPPED BY THE POLICE 

• Stay calm and in control of your words, body language and emotions.
• Don’t get into an argument with the police.
• Never bad-mouth a police officer.
• Remember, anything you say or do can be used against you.
•  Keep your hands where the police can see them.
•  Don’t run.
•  Don’t touch any police officer.
•  Don’t resist even if you believe you are innocent.
• If you complain at the scene, or tell the police they’re wrong, do so in a non-confrontational way that w