Anders Kelto

Anders Kelto appears in the following:

If Everybody Had An Ocean, Could We Surf Our Way To Mental Health?

Tuesday, December 02, 2014

The teenager's dad was beating his mom. So the kid fell into a funk. His grades plummeted, he joined a gang, he got into fights. Then he discovered surfing therapy.

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Your Odds Of Surviving Cancer Depend Very Much On Where You Live

Monday, December 01, 2014

The largest study of cancer patients reveals a huge gulf in survival rates around the world. And in some countries, there may only be one cancer doctor for the entire population.

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The Guy Who Delivers HIV Medicine On His Bicycle

Monday, November 17, 2014

A South African teenager got tired of waiting in the clinic for his grandparents' HIV meds. So he came up with a solution. All it took was a bicycle.

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Yes, Doctor, I Took My Anti-HIV Meds (But Really, I Didn't)

Thursday, November 13, 2014

For years, health researchers have been excited about two new weapons in the war on HIV — a vaginal gel and a pill. Both reduce the likelihood of HIV transmission during intercourse and could give young women in Africa, where the virus is especially prevalent, a new way to protect ...

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Grannies Taking Care Of Grannies Is Good For Everyone

Tuesday, November 04, 2014

Who better to check on the health of older folks than other older folks? That's what AgeWell Global, an innovative program in South Africa, is doing.

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The Misadventures Of My Anti-Ebola Suitcase

Wednesday, October 29, 2014

Over the past five years, I've traveled around Africa quite a bit. I've been trained in how to escape from a minefield and what to do if I'm taken hostage. I've been followed by police officers in Zimbabwe, threatened with arrest in Ethiopia, had my phone stolen in South Africa, ...

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The Ebola Survivors Who Can't Go Home

Saturday, October 18, 2014

Jusoisatu Jusu, 24, lives in a room in an abandoned hospital ward with her six-year-old son. They've survived Ebola. And now they're stuck.

"It's terrible," she says. "We have a lot of things to do, so we want to get back."

But they can't. They live in a town called ...

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3-Year-Old Ebola Survivor Proposes To Nurse

Friday, October 17, 2014

Isata Kallon, a nurse at Kenema Hospital in eastern Sierra Leone, remembers the day 3-year-old Ibrahim showed up at the Ebola treatment center. He was with his mother and two older brothers, ages 5 and 8. They all had Ebola. Ibrahim was especially sick, vomiting constantly.

"The chance of survival ...

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CDC Issues New Ebola Screening Protocols For U.S. Airports

Wednesday, October 08, 2014

Passengers coming off certain international flights will be given a questionnaire asking them where they've traveled and some will have their temperature taken.

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Why One Public Health Expert Thinks Airport Ebola Screening Won't Work

Wednesday, October 08, 2014

The U.S. will soon set up screening procedures, according to the CDC. But one expert questions the usefulness of screens. And history backs him up.

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The Ebola Survivor Who Works In An Ebola Ward

Friday, September 26, 2014

When the 23-year-old Sierra Leonean tells patients to follow their doctors' orders and to keep fighting, they really listen.

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Despite Pledges Of Help, Ebola Crisis Worsens In Sierra Leone

Thursday, September 25, 2014

Many in Sierra Leone say they still have faith that Ebola will be eliminated soon, but there's still a sense of terror and uncertainty throughout the country.

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Worsening Ebola Crisis Elevates Sierra Leone's State Of Emergency

Thursday, September 25, 2014

A three-day national lockdown ended on Sunday, but police are setting up more checkpoints along the roads. And, three new districts — home to tens of thousands of people — were put under quarantine.

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3-Day Ebola Lockdown Ends In Sierra Leone

Monday, September 22, 2014

People are allowed out of their homes and may return to work. The country-wide shutdown was an attempt to spread public health messages about Ebola and to potentially identify new patients.

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Workers Hand Out Soap And Advice As Sierra Leone Locks Down

Saturday, September 20, 2014

Sierra Leone is holding a country-wide experiment: For three days, no one is allowed to leave their home.

It's part of the country's strategy for controlling the deadly Ebola virus. While people across Sierra Leone stay at home, teams of workers go door-to-door, educating the public about the disease.

The ...

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Sierra Leone On Lockdown Over Ebola

Friday, September 19, 2014

The government is sending thousands of volunteers door-to-door, trying to find people who've had contact with people sick with Ebola, as well as hidden pockets of the disease.

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A Happy Marriage, A Terrible Secret, A Healthy Baby

Thursday, September 11, 2014

Phelokazi Tinzi met the man of her dreams at a barbecue.

She was 28 years old, and visiting her cousin in Cape Town, when her future husband approached her. "He told me I was beautiful, but I thought he was just saying that to every girl," she said. But she ...

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You Won't Catch Ebola From A Giraffe In Tanzania

Tuesday, September 09, 2014

Korean Air has stopped all flights to Kenya. International travelers are canceling safaris. And parents of some students traveling to South Africa are nervous.

Why? Ebola.

The virus has dominated headlines for several months – and for good reason. The current outbreak is the worst in history, with more than ...

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Facing A Toxic Dump In South Africa, He Cleaned Up

Monday, July 14, 2014

Desmond D'Sa helped shut down a toxic landfill.

The landfill was located in South Durban — an industrialized city teeming with petrochemical plants, paper mills and oil refineries. D'Sa and his family had been forcibly relocated to the area by the apartheid government in the 1970s, together with thousands of ...

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How The Millennials May Save America

Monday, July 14, 2014

Millennials are the most populous generation in America.

From a demographic perspective, this is very good news for the nation. It means the U.S. has a wave of people just entering the workforce, whose tax dollars (hopefully) will support the retirement of the baby boomers.

Lots of other developed ...

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