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Mauritius: The H1 N1 flu Epidemic - What the Doctors say
Fri, 23 Jul 2010 16:52:44 +0100 | AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine
Three medical practitioners give their opinions on the way the H1 N1 flu epidemic has been handled by the authorities and how a worsening of the situation could be prevented. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)

Mauritius: National Audit Office Report - Money Out of The Window
Fri, 23 Jul 2010 16:52:42 +0100 | AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine
Some years ago, the director of the National Audit Office (NAO) made headlines when he wrote about the unhygienic conditions in which food was prepared for in-patients in one of our public hospitals. He wrote about the rats he saw in one of the kitchens and said that it was unacceptable that food was served cold to patients when all hospitals are equipped to keep it hot. More than four years later, food is still being served cold to children, adults and senior citizens who are bed-ridden in our hospitals. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)

Cinq Mondes at La Plantation d'Albion, Mauritius
Fri, 23 Jul 2010 14:13:46 +0100 | Telegraph Health
Spa Spy: our health sleuth investigates the curative claims of wellbeing retreats worldwide. (Source: Telegraph Health)

RIGHTS: Poor Foreigners Working Like "Modern Slaves" in Mauritius
Sat, 03 Jul 2010 06:57:03 +0100 | IPS Inter Press Service - Health
Workers from Bangladesh have helped Mauritius to achieve the economic success and world market share that the Indian Ocean island state boasts about. But many live and work in conditions described as akin to "modern slavery", apart from facing discrimination, the denial of labour rights and even violence. (Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health)

Geographic variation in the damselfish-red alga cultivation mutualism in the Indo-West Pacific
Thu, 17 Jun 2010 23:00:00 +0100 | BMC Evolutionary Biology - Latest articles
Conclusions: Cultivation mutualism between the damselfish S. nigricans and algae of Polysiphonia was maintained throughout the Indo-West Pacific, although algal crop species and the mode of cultivation (e.g., presence/absence of selective weeding, the species composition of algal turfs) varied among localities. This finding implies that damselfish utilize indigenous Polysiphonia species in newly colonized habitats in different ways, and therefore the algal composition and means of cultivation have diverged. (Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology - Latest articles)

Mortality, all-cause and CVD, over 15 years in multi-ethnic Mauritius: the impact of diabetes and intermediate forms of glucose tolerance.
Mon, 07 Jun 2010 23:00:00 +0100 | Diabetes Care
Conclusion- This is the first study in a developing country of the impact of glucose intolerance on mortality in an African population, and one of the first studies of a South Asian population. It shows that the impact on mortality in these populations in Mauritius is comparable to that seen in developed countries. These results are important in a global context for future health policy in the light of the impact of the rapid increase in prevalence of diabetes, especially in developing nations. PMID: 20530745 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Diabetes Care)

Mauritius: Interview with Véronique Le Clézio President of Association Visa
Fri, 04 Jun 2010 14:22:20 +0100 | AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine
Véronique, your name in Mauritius has become synonymous with antitobacco lobbying.What is your feeling today (Monday) on World No Tobacco Day? (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)

The remains of the dodo
Sat, 29 May 2010 23:05:33 +0100 | Guardian Unlimited Science
Why human history's most famous extinct animal is the centrepiece of celebrations to mark the 150th anniversary of Oxford University's Museum of Natural HistoryHome of the best preserved remains of the dodo, Oxford University's Museum of Natural History is about to gain a new lease of life. The building – which contains some of Britain's earliest natural history specimens including the first scientifically described remains of dinosaurs – is at the centre of celebrations that started this week to mark its 150th anniversary. Events include lectures by Sir David Attenborough and the unveiling of a plinth to commemorate the debate on evolution between Thomas Huxley and Bishop Sam Wilberforce, which took place in the building in 1860. However, most of the celebrations will focus on the mus...

Mauritius: Mauritian Harm Reduction Programs Address Health Not Morality to Combat HIV and Hepatitis C
Fri, 28 May 2010 22:22:51 +0100 | AllAfrica News: HIV----- and STDs
Mauritius is the first African country with a government regulated syringe exchange program. (Source: AllAfrica News: HIV----- and STDs)