De indianske folk i Bolivia foretrækker medicinmænd frem for læger. Det har fået hospitalerne til at lade medicinmændene og deres alternative medicin flytte ind på sygehusene. Se Lise Hermansens webdokumenter her: https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/webfeature/medicinmand
ABSTRACT: Pesticide misuse by farmers poses health risks to consumers. This study assessed the level of dithiocarbamate residues in tomatoes acquired from 20 farmers and 25 market vendors in Wakiso District, how simple washing affects these residues, and the potential chronic health risk for Ugandans eating such tomatoes. Results revealed that mancozeb was the only reported dithiocarbamate, […]
Integrated pest management (IPM) with an increased used of ecological farming methods and less and safer use of pesticides offers solutions to reduce risks of developing pest resistance, human poisoning, and environmental pollution. Despite being promoted by Food and Agriculture Organization and others, it has not spread readily in low-income countries. This article presents the […]
Bolivia does not have a surveillance program for pesticide residues in food. The few published studies have suggested that pesticide contamination in food may present a public health problem. Data are lacking for all foods except tomatoes and breast milk. In this study 10 potato, 10 onion, and 10 lettuce samples from La Paz were […]
Small-scale farmers in developing countries use hazardous pesticides taking few or no safety measures. Farmer field schools (FFSs) teaching integrated pest management (IPM) have been shown to reduce pesticide use among trained farmers. This cross-sectional study compares pesticide-related knowledge, attitude, practice (KAP), potential exposure, and self-reported poisoning symptoms among 35 FFS farmers, 44 neighboring farmers, […]
Pyrethroid pesticides have been suggested to be a cause of Parkinson disease and other neurodegenerative diseases. To investigate this, a cross-sectional study was conducted among 120 Bolivian public health vector program spray men, primarily exposed to pyrethroids. Pesticide exposure and central nervous system (CNS) symptoms were determined by a structured interview, whereas neuromotor and neurocognitive […]
GEUS har udgivet en video om en produktiv og miljø-ren metoder til at fremstille guld i små og mellemstore miner. Metoden, kaldet Borax-metoden efter et rengøringsmiddel centralt i processen, vinder frem via et Diálogos-projekt i Filippinerne. Se videoen her
Internship experience in Uganda on the project “Pesticides, Health and Environment” The project was developed by Diálogos in collaboration with Uganda National Association of Community and Occupational health (UNACOH).
Af Annie Oehlerich, antropolog. Den traditionelle healer er ofte det første valg, når sygdommen rammer. Erfaringerne viser at sundhedsforholdene forbedres markant, når det traditionelle og biomedicinske system samarbejder. Artiklen fokuserer på Diálogos sundhedsprojekter i Uganda og Bolivia og forklarer hvorfor forfædreånder og ritualer kan indvirke på sygdom og sundhed i en kulturspecifik sygdomsfortælling. Diálogos sundhedsprojekter […]
Af Louise Hindenburg Karamoja-projektgruppen Vores samarbejdspartner har fået en ny projekt direktør. Han er en tandlæge, som har taget orlov fra sit arbejde på hospitalet for at arbejde for KIMHECOP. Sidste projektbesøg viste, at vi næsten er i hus med alle de opsatte mål: Befolkningen ved mere om sundhed og hygiejne, og mange flere kvinder […]
