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A nurse who contracted Ebola while working in West Africa is now "critically ill" with complications arising from the infection. Pauline Cafferkey was readmitted to a specialist isolation unit at the Royal Free Hospital in London last week. The hospital said in a statement that her condition had deteriorated. Ms Cafferkey, 39, from Cambuslang in South Lanarkshire, contracted Ebola while working at a treatment centre in Sierra Leone last year. She spent almost a month in isolation at the Royal Free at the beginning of the year after the virus was detected when she arrived back in the UK. She was later discharged after apparently making a full recovery, but it was discovered last week that Ebola was still present in her body. She is being treated at the specialist infectious diseases unit at the Royal Free Hospital Bodily tissues can harbour the Ebola infection months after the person appears to have fully recovered. A statement released by the hospital said: "We are ...

Ebola persists in the semen of male survivors much longer than previously thought, a study shows. The report in the New England Journal of Medicine found two-thirds of men had Ebola in their semen after six months, and a quarter after nine. A separate study, in the same journal, reports Ebola being spread through sex with a survivor six months after their symptoms had started. Men who have survived Ebola are being encouraged to wear condoms. Previous outbreaks of Ebola had shown the virus was present in semen for 82 days after the onset of symptoms. However, with huge numbers of Ebola-survivors now in West Africa, there is concern about how long the virus persists and if that poses a threat. Spread One study, led by the US Army Medical Research Institute, documents the first "evidence of sexual transmission of Ebola virus". The researchers analysed the genetic code of the virus in a man's semen and the blood of his female partner in Liberia and showed it was "co...

UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibé and UNAIDS International Goodwill Ambassador Victoria Beckham have completed a joint visit to Ethiopia to increase awareness about HIV and to underline the need to accelerate the international response to end the AIDS epidemic by 2030. At the start of their visit, Mr Sidibé and Ms Beckham went to the Alem Children Support Organization, a privately run centre that provides assistance to orphans and underprivileged children affected by HIV, enabling them to access health-care services and attend school. On the second day, they travelled to the ALERT hospital in Addis Ababa and met mothers, babies and children affected by HIV. During the visit, they also attended a youth group meeting, at which young people come together to lend each other mutual support. Later, Mr Sidibé and Ms Beckham spent the afternoon at Entoto Beth Artisan, a local business that employs around 120 women living with HIV to make leather goods and traditional jewellery. Quotes...

Brian Ochieng Odhiambo is the medical worker who spent 18 hours in an ambulance attending to Alex Madaga, the road accident victim who was kept waiting because the Kenyatta National Hospital did not have an ICU bed for him. Brian and Madaga’s paths crossed on Monday October 5 at around 9pm. Brian is a student at St John Ambulance and works for Swift Paramedics Ambulance services based in Jamhuri Nairobi. His job at Swift is to handle emergency cases such as assisting victims of road crashes. “I had got into my shift at around 6pm and I was having supper when the call from Kikuyu Mission Hospital came through for the referral.” Kikuyu has no ICU services and, as such, a referral was unavoidable in Madaga’s case because he was seriously injured when he was hit by a vehicle on Waiyaki Way, Nairobi, while on his way home. “We dashed out of our base on Ngong Road and in about 20 minutes or so, we were at the casualty (at Kikuyu) and when I saw his injuries I knew we had to move fast,” he...

Abubakari II (also Abu Bakari, Abu Bakr II and Mansa Musa II) Western scholars have, by and large, dismissed the assertion that Africans had contact with the Americas long before Columbus. But scholars such as Ivan Van Sertima and Cheikh Anta Diop rejected this in the books They Came Before Columbus (1976) and The African Origin of Civilization: Myth or Reality (1974). But they were not alone. Decades before, respected Harvard lecturer Leo Wiener, a Russian-born scholar of Polish-Jewish heritage who was a polyglot skilled in more than 20 languages, noted the African presence in his 1920 book Africa and the Discovery of America. Around 2000, Malian historian Gaoussou Diawara, author of Abubakari II, available in French, along with other African researchers, began to explore the history of Abubakari, who once ruled the Mali Empire in West Africa, and to proclaim him the main force behind the African arrival to the Americas prior to Columbus. Abubakari is said to be the son of Kolonka...

Watsup TV has taken it upon themselves to premiere Lil Shaker Yellow Sisi video at the paparellis, opposite University for Professional Studies,this Friday, 16 October 2015. Lil Skaker has been a house hold name for many music lovers across the country, with his dynamic rapping skills and eccentric lyrics makes him a unique figure in the Ghanaian Music Industry. Yellow Sisi video featuring another house hold name artist in the industry, and it's none other than Pappy Kojo aka Fante Vandam. Pappy kojo has for the past one year gain the attention of both music lovers andco musicians. Other artists coming for the premiering are EL, pappy Kojo, Gasmilla, Joey B, Raquel, Gemini, Episode, Magnom, Peace Hyde and Stargo. Call 0246510246 for an invite. The event is supported by Viasat 1 Ghana, Ghone TV, Red bull, Gh Joy, Event Guide, Live fm and BBnZ live. Watsup TV is really taking entertainment in Ghana seriously, with their viewers growing each and every day and their social me...

"Being Mary Jane" star Gabrielle Union has a lot going on in her life, with a career that's going strong and a marriage that keeps her smiling. And while she doesn't yet have children of her own, she believes it's important that she and other women don't feel guilty about that. And they shouldn't give up. "If you happen to have issues with fertility as you've gotten older and you happen to have a career, all is not lost," she explained during a Monday morning visit to TODAY. "There is so much hope, there are so many options." In an interview with Redbook last month, Union, who's married to NBA star Dwyane Wade, said, "So far, it has not happened for us. A lot of my friends deal with [struggles to have a baby]. There's a certain amount of shame that is placed on women who have perhaps chosen a career over starting a family younger." But on TODAY, Union stressed how important it is not to feel that shame. ...

Amitabh Bachchan, one of the prominent Indian film actors of Bollywood was born today, 73 years ago on October 11, 1942. He is known for his dominance in Indian cinema in the 1970s and 1980s. Amitabh Bachchan, also referred to as 'Big B' is one of the most influential actors in the history of Indian Cinema. Amitabh Bachchan has appeared in about 180 films and his career has spanned for more than 46 years. French director Francois Truffaut called him 'One-Man Industry'. Some unknown facts that you must know about Amitabh Bachchan: Amitabh Bachchan was named Inquilab, which was inspired by the phrase, 'Inquilab Zindabad' Amitabh Bachchan's father, Harivansh Rai changed his surname, Srivastava. Harivansh Rai adopted the pen name Bachchan to publish all his works Amitabh Bachchan wanted to become an engineer and wanted to join the Indian Air Force Amitabh Bachchan is an ambidextrous. He can write with both his hands, equally well Amitabh Bachchan made ...

According to the World Bank, the number of people living in extreme poverty will fall below 10 percent in 2015. There are about 1 billion people living in extreme poverty and according to the report released by the World Bank, the number of people who survive on Rs 125 a day will drop from 12.8 percent to 9.6 percent this year. According to the organisation, the world poverty is moving closer to the goal of ending poverty by 2030. Here is a list of some of the poorest countries in the world: Democratic Republic of the Congo With the lowest GDP per capita than any other country, Democratic Republic of Congo comes in first in the list of poorest countries in the world. The civil war it went through has also made it the poorest. The nation also faces the problem of human rights. Zimbabwe Zimbabwe has a lower poverty rate and better social indicators than most African countries. Poverty is more common in rural areas (31 percent) than in urban areas (10 percent), and the majority of Z...

Sometimes the issues we report or write about just don't make sense. We also report or write about the bad and ugly side of people and ignore the good and best part of theses me people. We the people look up to the newspapers, radio and television stations to give us the good, bad and ugly side of the same story. The most annoying part is the headline. Is Sarkodie the first person to be called by the police or CIA for investigation, is he the first person to buy a stolen car. Okay now Sarkodie is touring Europe, thus Germany,France,Italy,Switzerland,Holland,Austria,Belgium,Great Britain. definitely this is entertaining news, so why are the media houses not writing about this tour of his. Not only Sarkodie, Wiyaala is again another victim of the bias reporting, recently the young Africa lionesses performed at Kampnagel is a theatre in Hamburg, Germany. Kampnagel is Germany’s largest production and performance facility for national and international freelance artists and is on...

With Spectre a little over a month from release, speculation has already started to build about whether or not Daniel Craig will return to play James Bond again in the 25th installment of the series. Just don't ask him that question just yet. "Now? I'd rather break this glass and slash my wrists," Craig tells Time Out London when asked about returning for another Bond movie. "Not at the moment. Not at all. That's fine. I'm over it at the moment. We're done. All I want to do is move on." In an honest interview in which the actor admits that he "begged" director Sam Mendes to return after 2012's Skyfall, Craig says that playing the British secret agent was "a drag." ("The best acting is when you're not concerned about the surface," he explains, "and Bond is the opposite of that. You have to be bothered about how you're looking.") Craig added that he hadn't given a potential return to the ...