Published: Mar 12, 2021
Onchocerciasis is caused by the infection of a specific type of parasitic worm inside the human body. The parasite is almost always transferred to the human body by black flies through biting. Global statistics show that onchocerciasis is the second-highest infection-based cause of blindness in the world, second only to trachoma. Common symptoms of onchocerciasis include bumps under the skin, excessive itching, and finally blindness. Studies show that a patient needs to be bitten for a large number of times to contract onchocerciasis.
There are, unfortunately, no vaccines present that can eradicate onchocerciasis. The most common form of cure for onchocerciasis is prevention, which is largely done using insect repellents or fully protective clothing near or inside rivers. Additional research and development is also being made towards the use of specialized insecticides that can help eliminate black flies, while from a medical perspective, the people liv
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Date: 12 March 2021Source: glaston.net
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Date: 12 March 2021
Glaston has appointed Hannele Anonen as SVP People and Culture and a member of the Executive Management Group.
She will take up her position on 1 August 2021 and will report to President & CEO Anders Dahlblom.
Anonen joins Glaston from Rexel Group, where she has served in various Human Resources management positions in the country and corporate organizations. She started at Elektroskandia in 2002 and moved to Rexel Group in 2008 along with the Elektroskandia acquisition. Anonen has nearly 20 years of strong experience in HR, communications and development positions.
“It is a pleasure to welcome Hannele to Glaston to develop the company and our people and culture agenda,” says President & CEO Anders Dahlblom.
Alice Everdeen
Alice Everdeen is a 29-year-old voice-over artist in Austin, Texas.
After years working in radio and TV, Everdeen quit her full-time job and now can make thousands a week as a freelancer.
This is what her job is like, as told to freelance writer Rose Maura Lorre.
I launched my full-time voice-over career just last year, but even as a kid, I was always doing voice work in some way. I would constantly mimic the people I heard in commercials and on the radio and I made tons of prank phone calls, but I never really thought about it as something I could do as a career.