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Mairo’s vital role in defeating severe malaria as a children’s health nurse
Mairo is the matron of an emergency paediatric unit at a hospital in Nigeria. She is part of a team caring for seriously ill children experiencing severe malaria. Caregivers anxiously wait by bedsides, hoping treatments will work and their loved ones make a full recovery. Severe malaria is a medical emergency resulting from delayed treatment … Continued
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Improving patients’ medical course and reducing AMR with NGS and digital pathogen detection
Digital pathogen detection and NGS technology can quickly and accurately pinpoint the cause of infection, so patients can quickly receive more targeted and effective therapies. “Microbiological diagnostics in medicine are complex and diverse,” explains Dr med. Klaus Rensing, MBA, VP Medical Affairs at Noscendo, a provider of software-based pathogen identification technology. “Meaning, pathogens that cause … Continued
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Link between fatal disease noma and extreme poverty
Noma is a devastating disease linked to extreme poverty. Discover the WHO’s urgent call for awareness, funding and collaboration and how to make a difference. On 15 December 2023, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that noma has been included in the list of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). This recognition spurs hope in the small … Continued