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Favorite thing: When I travelled to Ethiopia I was in Contact with a local tour Company named Afro EthiopiaTour. Usually I travel mostly alone and on my own way, but in this case I did a deal with this Ethiopian tour Company and I got my special guide who took care of everything during my lovely days to Awasa. My guide fixed Everything during my trip, Everything from transportatin, acommodation, Tourist attractions and what we would eat. This Company fix what the client want to do, and they do it with highquality standard. The guides are very professional, at the same time you feel it is your best friend you are travelling with. I would not know so much about Ethiopia, if it was not because of my guide. I will highly recommend this tour Company in Addis Adeba, and be careful when you choose tour guides. There can be many people who promise a lot, and nothing happens. But with this Company you are Always satisfied!
Fondest memory: This tour company makes you feel that you travel with a friend and not that you paid for everything. I felt that I did not travel around alone in Ethiopia with this company. The guide was very professional and at the same time like your best travel partner.
Favorite thing: Macchiato was one of my favorites in Ethiopia. You can see it spelled in a lot of different ways and the same goes with the taste... This is espresso coffee with a dash of milk, usually foam. It bears the Italian influence that is very common in Ethiopia. It is supposed to have very little milk but sometimes it has too much milk or too much sugar. So make it clear when you order that they bring the sugar separately and you put as much as you like! Don't forget!
Favorite thing: Juices in Ethiopia are divine! They are pure, fresh and no water is added. You should have one every day! It is absolutely necessary for our tired bodies! And a small tip from me: Never drink it when you are really tired, relax first for half an hour so that you give your stomach the time to get ready to digest properly.
My favorite combination is mango, avocado and papaya. Guava is also very tasty and goes well with pineapple and banana. They cost 6-8 birrs in the small juice shops.
There are a lot of this kind of shops in every place in Ethiopia so make use of them.
The juice shop in the photo is in Piazza in Addis, next to Oslo Cafe. Get in if you are around...
Coffee ceremony !!!
Favorite thing: Coffee time is especially "honored" in Ethiopia as this is a time to relax and forget the hardships of life.. It is an important part of their social and cultural life. They have it three times a day but they like it most when they gather with family and friends and enjoy every minute of it, particularly after a hard working day, or when they have a special guest. Although I normally try to avoid coffee it was impossible to refuse this as it is considered a gesture of respect and hospitality.. I sometimes hid my cup but most of the times they discovered me and made me have more...
It is served in exquisite cups and usually has a long ritual. They cover the floor with big tree leaves and ornate it with fresh flowers. Then they bake the coffee beans and sometimes they pass the baked coffee around the guests to let them smell the beautiful scent. This part I hated, though, because I was stifled and couldn't stop coughing...anyway..
This coffee is quite tasty and it can be great if you get used to it. They always start the ceremony burning sticks of incense. If you drink your coffee without sugar don't forget to tell them as they serve it with tons of it..!
Getting the Visa in Ethiopia
Favorite thing: In Adda Abeba the Djibouti embassy (close to Airport/Bole Avenue and Capvarde street) wants to see a airline ticket, hotel booking, 2 fotos and $ 120 (more for fast service), where in the consulat in Dire Dawa (near the Samrat hotel) you van get a transit visa (valid for 1 week) for $ 70 and 2 fotos.Related to:
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Going down in the Blue Nile Gorge
Favorite thing: After we walked for some time along the edge of the Blue Nile Gorge, we saw the road winding down. We got again in our bus to continue our route.
The winding road dropped more than 1000 M into the Blue Nile Gorge. At the bottom of the gorge we had to cross the river by a bridge, which, like the winding road, was built by the Italians.
The bridge is a beautiful piece of civil engineering. It's strictly forbidden to take a picture of the bridge. I don't know why, because everywhere in the area you can buy a coloured postcard of the bridge in full glory.Related to:
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Bird Watching
Favorite thing: Ethiopia is one of the main ornithological destinations in Africa, where more than 860 species of birds have been recorded. I read that the 40% of the tourism in the country comes for this purpose: bird watching. Bahir Dar is one of the places in Ethiopia where I saw more different species of birds, being the most common the king fishers and various parrots and the most searched (and protected) the white pelican (Pelecanus onocratulus), the Ethiopian ibis (Bostrychia caranculata), the Poicephalus flavifrons and the Columba albitorques. There are birds everywhere, even in your breakfast in the garden of the hotel, which I did not appreciate a lot (picture 2). Don't try to do a romantic walk by the lake with a bird watcher: he /she will stop every five minutes (and you also for solidarity) for THE picture. I don't like birds a lot but I took some pictures me too.
The culture con
Favorite thing: The rock temples of Lalibela are awesome....the country boasts a lot of other cultural sights but 2,500 km of travel only revealed a few third rate ruins. Don't be conned into making a trip up north to Axom to see the Ark of the Covenant...it doesn't exist...no photos, no drawings...nothing! It's a really interesting country but don't expect to see many historical sights...all the museums we visited were just a total waste of money.
Fondest memory: Probably the flies and dust...will really miss them.Related to:
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Banks -Telephone - Internet
Favorite thing:
Banks with ATM: Only Dashen Bank has ATMs connected with Cirrus, Master card, and Visa, and you can withdraw money with no problem. There are many branches in Addis and several more cities around the country. I remember I took money in Harar, in Dere Dawa, in Mekele, in Bahir Dhar, in Gondar, in Awasa, in Aksum and some other cities. I am sure there is no bank in Lalibela.
Telephone calls: In Addis Ababa a telephone call to Europe cost us 3-5 per minute, when we called through internet. Ask around, locals will guide you.
Internet is easily available and cheap in most cities and towns in the country. In big cities it is much cheaper. In Addis you can find it as cheap as 10 birr an hour. The connection is usually quite good in Addis but very slow in other parts of the country. Outside Addis Internet comes up to 50b or 60b per hour.
In good hotels and Internet Cafes you can connect your Lap Top if you carry it along.
Talo, traditional dish in Tigrai
Favorite thing: "Talo" is the traditional dish of the area of Addigrat. It is beef cooked in a typical tomato sauce in a clay pot, and served with local white cheese on top. It is escorted by salad and rice.
But the most important are those little balls, made of barley flour, and served around the main pot. These little balls are not cooked, they are completely raw, so it was very difficult to swallow more than two...we only did it to honor and please our wonderful hostess. This is between you and me of course and I hope she never has the chance to read this...
You can see the bottles with "tej" in the photo. We had two of them each...!
Traditional drinks
Favorite thing:
Tej is my favorite. It is a kind of honey wine and it is really delicious if it is home made. I think the tej I tried in a small village in Tigray, Atsbi, was the best in Ethiopia. Tej can be strong with a lot of alcohol or lighter, you can order it the way you like. It is brewed with fruit and is sweet and very refreshing?
You don't realize the pleasant effect it has on you while drinking it...you do when you stand up and go on with your activities..... Try to keep cool if you plan to drink a lot of it....I also liked the beautiful long-necked bottle it is served in and the lovely color.
Tela is a kind of beer they usually make at home, which is different depending on the skill of the beer maker. I didn't like it but I don't drink beer anyway...
some useful words...
Favorite thing: Here are some useful Ethiopian words
Amharic is the official language of the country. There are plenty of dialects but in general they all understand amharic..
ferentzi = tourists
muk waha = hot water
beka! = enough(the most polite when they are very pushy)
chow = salt
sikuar = sugar
berbere = pepper
dabo = bread (not injera)
eshi = yes ( you will often hear them just take a deep breath for "yes")
Yikerta = excuse me, please( for calling the waiter(or just clap your hands))
buna = coffee
kazkaza = cold
muk = hot
birra = beer
siga = meat
shai = tea
And here is a useful guide for local english expressions:
Highland = bottled water
Plastic = empty bottle of water.
Where are you? = where are you from?
Soft = paper napkin, tissue paper or toilet paper
Favorite thing: COUNTRY INFORMATION:
Visa: Visa at Bole Intl. airport in Addis Ababa takes 10 minutes. Costs 20 USD.
Mobil phone: Good connection with foreign SIM cards from 2010.
ATM: Some few ATM's inside the luxury hotels in Addis Ababa. It gives a normal rate.
Recommended language: English.
Infrastructure: Very poor.
Friendliness by the people: Very friendly. Some begging.
Attention by Police/military: Very polite and helpful. No corruption.
Crime: Addis is a safe city. The central regions of Ethiopia is among the safest places in Africa. But some fraud against tourists.
Rainy period: Addis Abeba: July, August and September.
Price level: Very cheap for most things except hotels.
Airport departure tax: Nothing from ADD.Related to:
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Visa on arrival
Favorite thing: "Visa on arrival" will be issued at Bole Intl. airport if you have a nationality from a socalled tourist-generating country. Just line up in queue. 4-5 officers will issue the tourist visas quickly. Make sure to have your passport and 20 USD ready. For a single entry visa you don't need photos and you don't need to write anything. The visa is valid for 3 months.
I was in Addis for the second time in 2010. The visa rules are just the same as it was in 2008.
Tourist-generating countries:
1. Argentina
2. Australia
3. Austria
4. Belgium
5. Brazil
6. Canada
7. China
8. Denmark
9. Finland
10. France
11. Germany
12. Greece
13. Ireland
14. Israel
15. Italy
16. Japan
17. Korea Republic
18. Kuwait
19. Luxembourg
20. Mexico
21. Netherlands
22. New Zealand
23. Norway
24. Poland
25. Portugal
26. Russian Federation
27. South Africa
28. Spain
29. Sweden
30. Switzerland
31. Thailand
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Using mobile phone in Ethiopia
Fondest memory: I was in Addis Ababa the first time in 2008. Ethiopian Telecommunications Corp was the only mobile phone operator in Ethiopia at that time. And a foreign SIM card was at that time very hard to use. The situation is quite different now with more operators. Using a foreign SIM card is easy, but roaming is still too expensive. If you stay a longer time you should get an Ethiopian SIM card in one of the many phone shops here. It's cheap to buy credit, and you can also recieve calls without having credit. The country code is +251.Related to:
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I've gotten a feather on each of the boards in pig bang. However when I back out to the scene selection screen it shows 26/30. What am I missing? I've closed all the way out and waited a day but no change.
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Careful: There are two different feather sizes. The small feather just means you TRIED but didn't get 100%. The big feather is 100%.
Ahhh I knew it was something simple. Thank you for your wisdom. Others play on my iPad and just assumed they had cleared the ones with the small feather.
It's a new feature. To be honest, I'm not a big fan of it for exactly this reason: It's not obvious.
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I could not open my sardine can bonus round in angry birds space, is this because I had small feathers and big feathers in all the boards? (Level one) To get the bonus round sardine can to open, do I need to get all big feathers? Thanks, Star Blaze
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The Department of Education has released guidelines on the reduced classroom hours of teachers giving flesh to the Civil Service Commission ruling that allow teachers 6 hours of actual classroom teaching instead of the usual 8 hours.
The SCS ruled that while teachers are not exempt from the eight-hour workday provided for in R.A. 1880, they are given at most 6 hours a day of actual teaching. The remaining two hours may be spent within or outside the school premises in teaching-related activities.
Over and above the 6-hour classroom work, and the 8-hour workday, a teacher can now charge overtime.
The guidelines were finalized by DepEd in consultation with principals and teachers. According to Education Secretary Jesli Lapus the proposed guidelines are in sync with Section 13 of Republic Act 4670 otherwise known as the Magna Carta for Public School Teachers.
"After 42 years, DepEd will now implement the 6-hour actual teaching load a day for our teachers as provided for in the Magna Carta. The move of the DepEd and CSC will allow our public school teachers to have more time to innovate and enhance classroom teaching," Lapus said. Based on DepEd Memorandum 291 s. 2008, public school teachers shall render at most six hours of actual classroom teaching a day except when undertaking academic activities that require presence outside the school premises such as educational trips.
School heads, the memo said, shall assign teaching loads to public school teachers to fully utilize the 6-hour actual classroom teaching, i.e., six teaching loads at one hour per teaching load with due regard for possible teaching intervals. The memo further stated that all advisorship and/or special assignments for the entire school year combined shall be considered as one teaching load.
A teacher with less than 6 hours of actual classroom teaching shall render additional hours of teacher-related activities and duties to complete the six hours.
The two hours of teaching-related work within or outside the school premises to comply with the 8-hour workday include preparation of lesson plans, action plans, instructional materials, evaluation/assessment of rubrics, preparation and checking of exercises, recording of academic performance and classroom accomplishments, conduct of research, attendance to seminars, workshops and similar programs, counseling, mentoring, coaching of students including home visits.
Also considered as teaching related activities are consultation with parents, performance of coordination activities and recognized community social services; and participation in the improvement and maintenance of school facilities. In the exigency of the service, a public school teacher may be required to render more than 6 hours of teaching and more than 8 hours of workday provided they are given additional compensation computed at the same hourly rate of the regular compensation, plus a premium of 25% of the hourly rate for actual classroom teaching in excess of 6 hours and for work performed in excess of 8 hours.
Overtime pay can only be claimed for actual teaching and /or work performed within the school premises. In the event of non-availability of funds, service credits shall be granted and a one-hour overtime work shall be counted as 1.25 hours for purposes of determining the service credits. Lapus earlier appealed to the Civil Service Commission to release an appropriate interpretation of Section 13 of RA 4670. In reply, the CSC says that "there is nothing in the law which limits the hours of work of teachers to only six hours. What is limited to six hours is the actual classroom teaching of the teachers." Lapus added that "having settled the issue on workload that favors the teachers is a landmark victory for our more than 480,000 - strong teaching force nationwide.
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The memo only specifies the number of actual teaching hours to be considered as "overload" or "under-load". What about the number of classes assigned to the teacher? I am a high school teacher and I am considered "under-load" because I teach only 4 hours a day. But I am handling 8 classes (sections) which require too much paper-works. If the term "load" is used to define the number of teaching hours, what do we call to the class assigned to us? is it not considered as a "load?", if not, then I call it "burden."ReplyDelete
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- In Vitro Activity of Tea Tree Oil Vaginal Suppositories against Candida spp. and Probiotic Vaginal Microbiota. [JOURNAL ARTICLE]
- Phytother Res 2015 Aug 3.
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The aim of this work is to evaluate the in vitro microbicidal activity of vaginal suppositories (VS) containing tea tree oil (TTO-VS) towards Candida spp. and vaginal probiotics. A total of 20 Candida spp. strains, taken from patients with vaginitis and from an established type collection, including reference strains, were analysed by using the CLSI microdilution method. To study the action of VS towards the beneficial vaginal microbiota, the sensitivity of Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis (DSM 10140) and Lactobacillus spp. (Lactobacillus casei R-215 and Lactobacillus acidophilus R-52) was tested. Both TTO-VS and TTO showed fungicidal activity against all strains of Candida spp. whereas placebo-VS or the Aloe gel used as controls were ineffective. The study of fractional fungicidal concentrations (FFC) showed synergistic interaction with the association between Amphotericin B and TTO (0.25 to 0.08 µg/ml, respectively) against Candida albicans. Instead, the probiotics were only affected by TTO concentration ≥ 4% v/v, while, at concentrations < 2% v/v, they remained viable. TTO-VS exhibits, in vitro, a selective fungicidal action, slightly affecting only the Bifidobacteriun animalis strain growth belonging to the vaginal microbiota. In vivo studies are needed to confirm the efficacy to prevent acute or recurrent vaginal candidiasis. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
- Re: The vaginal microbiome, vaginal anti-microbial defence mechanisms and the clinical challenge of reducing infection-related preterm birth. [Comment, Letter]
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- Assessing the prevalence of bacterial vaginosis among infertile women of Qom city. [Journal Article]
- Iran J Microbiol 2014 Dec; 6(6):404-8.
Bacterial vaginosis (BV) is a common disorder which happens when the balance of bacterial flora in vagina is disrupted by a shift in concentration of lactobacillus and pathogenic bacteria.It has significant sequelae including increased rates of late miscarriage when diagnosed in early pregnancy, premature rupture of the membranes, endometritis, preterm labour and delivery and tubal factor infertility. So it seems to be necessary to evaluate the prevalence of BV among women with primary infertility.All specimens were collected during vagina examination by use of a speculum and swabbing. A sampling swab was introduced into vaginal canal and rotated for at least 8 seconds before withdrawal. The vaginal swabs were examined in standard microbiological analysis including of microscopy, culture and sensitivity examination.Totally identified Gram positive bacteria were significantly higher in number than the Gram negative bacteria. We found that the prevalence of bacterial vaginosis as 70.34% among infertile women of Qom city. Staphylococcus aureus was the most prevalent vaginal pathogen (57.33%) followed by E. coli (25.33%). S. aureus showed maximum sensitivity to penicillin and gentamicin. It means that fortunately in Qom, this bacterium has not acquired resistance against penicillin yet. So, all physicians must have a high index of suspicion and use readily available screening methods to recognize and treat the patients with infectious vaginitis adequately.
- Interactions among urogenital, intestinal, skin, and oral infections in pregnant and lactating Panamanian Ngäbe women: a neglected public health challenge. [Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't]
- Am J Trop Med Hyg 2015 Jun; 92(6):1100-10.
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Interrelationships among bacteria, protozoa, helminths, and ectoparasites were explored in a cross-sectional survey of 213 pregnant and 99 lactating indigenous women. Prevalences in pregnancy and lactation, respectively, were: vaginitis (89.2%; 46.8%), vaginal trichomoniasis (75.3%; 91.1%), bacterial vaginosis (BV; 60.6%; 63.3%), hookworm (56.6%; 47.8%), asymptomatic bacteriuria/urinary tract infection (AB/UTI; 56.2%; 36.2%), cervicitis (33.3%; 6.3%), vaginal yeast (24.9%; 11.4%), Ascaris (32.5%; 17.4%), vaginal diplococci (20.4%; 31.6%), caries (19.7%; 18.2%), scabies (17.4%; 8.1%), and Trichuris (12.5%; 8.7%). Multiple regressions revealed positive associations during pregnancy (trichomoniasis and AB/UTI; diplococci and Ascaris) and lactation (yeast and scabies). Negative associations were detected in pregnancy (BV and trichomoniasis; hookworm and diplococci) and lactation (BV and yeast). Vaginal Lactobacillus reduced odds of diplococci in pregnancy and lactation, but increased Ascaris eggs per gram (epg) and odds of trichomoniasis in pregnancy and yeast in lactation. These associations raised a concern that treatment of one condition may increase the risk of another.
- Candidiasis (vulvovaginal). [Journal Article]
- BMJ Clin Evid 2015.
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Vulvovaginal candidiasis is estimated to be the second most common cause of vaginitis after bacterial vaginosis. Candida albicans accounts for 85% to 90% of cases.We conducted a systematic review and aimed to answer the following clinical questions: What are the effects of drug treatments for acute vulvovaginal candidiasis in non-pregnant symptomatic women? What are the effects of alternative or complementary treatments for acute vulvovaginal candidiasis in non-pregnant symptomatic women? What are the effects of treating asymptomatic non-pregnant women with a positive swab for candidiasis? We searched: Medline, Embase, The Cochrane Library, and other important databases up to October 2013 (Clinical Evidence reviews are updated periodically; please check our website for the most up-to-date version of this review). We included harms alerts from relevant organisations such as the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA).We found 23 studies that met our inclusion criteria. We performed a GRADE evaluation of the quality of evidence for interventions.In this systematic review, we present information relating to the effectiveness and safety of the following interventions: alternative or complementary treatments; douching; drug treatments; garlic; intravaginal preparations (nystatin, imidazoles, tea tree oil); oral fluconazole; oral itraconazole; and yoghurt containing Lactobacillus acidophilus (oral or intravaginal).
- Vaginal Lactobacillus: biofilm formation in vivo - clinical implications. [Journal Article]
- Int J Womens Health 2015.:243-7.
Vaginal lactobacilli provide protection against intrusive pathogenic bacteria. Some Lactobacillus spp. produce in vitro a thick, protective biofilm. We report in vivo formation of biofilm by vaginal Lactobacillus jensenii. The biofilm formation was captured in fresh wet-mount microscopic samples from asymptomatic patients after treatment for recurrent bacterial vaginitis. In vivo documentation of biofilm formation is in our opinion noteworthy, and has significant clinical implications, among which are the possibility to isolate, grow, and therapeutically utilize lactobacilli to prevent recurrent vaginal infections and preterm labor associated with vaginal microbial pathogens.
- Guideline: vulvovaginal candidosis (AWMF 015/072), S2k (excluding chronic mucocutaneous candidosis). [Guideline, Journal Article]
- Mycoses 2015 Mar.:1-15.
The oestrogenised vagina is colonised by Candida species in at least 20% of women; in late pregnancy and in immunosuppressed patients, this increases to at least 30%. In most cases, Candida albicans is involved. Host factors, particularly local defence mechanisms, gene polymorphisms, allergies, serum glucose levels, antibiotics, psycho-social stress and oestrogens influence the risk of candidal vulvovaginitis. Non-albicans species, particularly Candida glabrata, and in rare cases also Saccharomyces cerevisiae, cause less than 10% of all cases of vulvovaginitis with some regional variation; these are generally associated with milder signs and symptoms than normally seen with a C. albicans-associated vaginitis. Typical symptoms include premenstrual itching, burning, redness and odourless discharge. Although itching and redness of the introitus and vagina are typical symptoms, only 35-40% of women reporting genital itching in fact suffer from vulvovaginal candidosis. Medical history, clinical examination and microscopic examination of vaginal content using 400× optical magnification, or preferably phase contrast microscopy, are essential for diagnosis. In clinically and microscopically unclear cases and in chronically recurring cases, a fungal culture for pathogen determination should be performed. In the event of non-C. albicans species, the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) should also be determined. Chronic mucocutaneous candidosis, a rarer disorder which can occur in both sexes, has other causes and requires different diagnostic and treatment measures. Treatment with all antimycotic agents on the market (polyenes such as nystatin; imidazoles such as clotrimazole; and many others including ciclopirox olamine) is easy to administer in acute cases and is successful in more than 80% of cases. All vaginal preparations of polyenes, imidazoles and ciclopirox olamine and oral triazoles (fluconazole, itraconazole) are equally effective (Table ); however, oral triazoles should not be administered during pregnancy according to the manufacturers. C. glabrata is not sufficiently sensitive to the usual dosages of antimycotic agents approved for gynaecological use. In other countries, vaginal suppositories of boric acid (600 mg, 1-2 times daily for 14 days) or flucytosine are recommended. Boric acid treatment is not allowed in Germany and flucytosine is not available. Eight hundred-milligram oral fluconazole per day for 2-3 weeks is therefore recommended in Germany. Due to the clinical persistence of C. glabrata despite treatment with high-dose fluconazole, oral posaconazole and, more recently, echinocandins such as micafungin are under discussion; echinocandins are very expensive, are not approved for this indication and are not supported by clinical evidence of their efficacy. In cases of vulvovaginal candidosis, resistance to C. albicans does not play a significant role in the use of polyenes or azoles. Candida krusei is resistant to the triazoles, fluconazole and itraconazole. For this reason, local imidazole, ciclopirox olamine or nystatin should be used. There are no studies to support this recommendation, however. Side effects, toxicity, embryotoxicity and allergies are not clinically significant. Vaginal treatment with clotrimazole in the first trimester of a pregnancy reduces the rate of premature births. Although it is not necessary to treat a vaginal colonisation of Candida in healthy women, vaginal administration of antimycotics is often recommended in the third trimester of pregnancy in Germany to reduce the rate of oral thrush and napkin dermatitis in healthy full-term newborns. Chronic recurrent vulvovaginal candidosis continues to be treated in intervals using suppressive therapy as long as immunological treatments are not available. The relapse rate associated with weekly or monthly oral fluconazole treatment over 6 months is approximately 50% after the conclusion of suppressive therapy according to current studies. Good results have been achieved with a fluconazole regimen using an initial 200 mg fluconazole per day on 3 days in the first week and a dosage-reduced maintenance therapy with 200 mg once a month for 1 year when the patient is free of symptoms and fungal infection (Table ). Future studies should include Candida autovaccination, antibodies to Candida virulence factors and other immunological experiments. Probiotics with appropriate lactobacillus strains should also be examined in future studies on the basis of encouraging initial results. Because of the high rate of false indications, OTC treatment (self-treatment by the patient) should be discouraged.
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The human vaginal microbiota plays an important role in the maintenance of a woman's health, as well as of her partner's and newborns'. When this predominantly Lactobacillus community is disrupted, decreased in abundance and replaced by different anaerobes, bacterial vaginosis (BV) may occur. BV is associated with ascending infections and obstetrical complications, such as chorioamnionitis and preterm delivery, as well as with urinary tract infections and sexually transmitted infections. In BV the overgrowth of anaerobes produces noxious substances like polyamines and other compounds that trigger the release of pro-inflammatory cytokines interleukin (IL)-1 β and IL-8. BV can profoundly affect, with different mechanisms, all the phases of a woman's life in relation to reproduction, before pregnancy, during fertilization, through and at the end of pregnancy. BV can directly affect fertility, since an ascending dissemination of the involved species may lead to tubal factor infertility. Moreover, the increased risk of acquiring sexually transmitted diseases contributes to damage to reproductive health. Exogenous strains of lactobacilli have been suggested as a means of re-establishing a normal healthy vaginal flora. Carefully selected probiotic strains can eliminate BV and also exert an antiviral effect, thus reducing viral load and preventing foetal and neonatal infection. The administration of beneficial microorganisms (probiotics) can aid recovery from infection and restore and maintain a healthy vaginal ecosystem, thus improving female health also in relation to reproductive health.
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Sometimes in life something demands that you sit up and pay attention. For me it was going with my wife to our local hospital and being told that she had a tumour, most likely cancerous. It was 29th January this year, she was 34.
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Now that Froomey has pedalled his way to another success on the Champs-Élysées it's time to look forward to the other great cycling event of the year, The Tour de Playgroup 2015. On the 18th September a group of us will be dusting off our old pushbikes, struggling into lycra and heading off on the 70+ miles (not forgetting 1,391 vertical meters) between Playgroup Towers and Brighton Pier.
Inspired by Nairo Quintana's staggering attack up the Alpe d'Huez on Saturday's penultimate stage, we'll be hauling our sore backsides up East Sussex's notorious Ditchling Beacon, famously used as the hill climb on the UK stage of the 1994 Tour de France. Hopefully we won't have to get off and push – in fact, we're determined not to. (more…)
It's easy to see the recent growth of "authentic" brands as a reaction against globalisation. The idea that in Mexico, Tokyo and London people are all eating the same breakfast cereal, using the same deodorant and eating the same burgers seems somehow to be bland and uninteresting. It goes against our sense of individuality. (more…)
Employee communications were traditionally built around a simple belief that senior leadership knew more about everything than their employees. Internal communication strategies were built around this concept aimed at finding ways to get information from leader's heads into the hands, hearts and minds of all employees. Cascading messages through layers of management to ensure that employees all got the same message, in the same manner, at the same time. This top down approach focused upon monologue rather than actively encouraging participation, discussion and dialogue. For many years this one size fits all approach was based upon traditional employee communication channels such as town hall meetings, newsletters, emails, magazines and bulletin boards. (more…)
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It really is the end of those narrow corridors, identical desks and chairs in their hundreds in dull, uninspiring spaces with low ceilings and lights that turn you into a zombie by midday. Goodbye to those rigid, so called 'formal' meeting rooms, tiny kitchens and limited social spaces.
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The past 12 months have been full of firsts for Playgroup, and one of these 'firsts' that really really stands out for me — not least because I've found myself saying this word about 50 times a day for the past few months — is animation.
At Playgroup we have managed and delivered many extremely successful, engaging and well received animations and videos for clients in previous years, so animation in and of itself is not new for us. What is new however, is that rather than working alongside various talented freelancers and external studios to handle the end-production as we have in the past, we made the decision to change things up and bring it all under our own roof. (more…)
Normally, it is the work that the people produce at Playgroup that makes me proud of the company. Last week, it was something completely different that did it for me. (more…)
To commemorate our charity bike ride in aid of Tommy's we have designed a set of posters to represent our intrepid journey from our office here in London to our office on the south coast.
To commemorate our charity bike ride in aid of Tommy's we have designed a set of posters to represent our intrepid journey from our office here in London to our office on the south coast.
To commemorate our charity bike ride in aid of Tommy's we have designed a set of posters to represent our intrepid journey from our office here in London to our office on the south coast.
To commemorate our charity bike ride in aid of Tommy's we have designed a set of posters to represent our intrepid journey from our office here in London to our office on the south coast.
This is the second of our series and we will be releasing one every day until Wednesday 17 September. Check out yesterdays poster here.
To commemorate our charity bike ride in aid of Tommy's we have designed a set of posters to represent our intrepid journey from our office here in London to our office on the south coast.
We will be releasing one every day, from now until Wednesday 17 September. (more…)
As Steve pointed out in his blog Blood, sweat and gears, we are a bunch of amateur cyclists. When I think about myself, I'd like to refine the term 'amateur' a little. I'm someone who cycled up and down the gravelled road near my home on my treasured* golden Raleigh Chopper bike in the 80's. That's about it, not much cycling since.
So the Tour de Playgroup is less than five weeks away and I thought I would give a brief update on our training and perhaps just a few thoughts on why the challenge is so important to me. I think it's safe to say that some of us are taking training more seriously than others – I am most definitely one of the 'others'. Kudos to Paul for getting out in his lycra come rain or shine. (more…)
So the Tour de France 2014 is over; from the grandest of Grand Départs in le Yorkshire, to the frankly bonkersness of the Hautacam climb, this year's Tour has been compulsive viewing and has captured the British imagination like never before. Of course; after Wiggins didn't start, Froome crashed out on stage five and Alberto Contador broke his leg on Col du Platzerwasel, Vincenzo Nibail's dominance has been inspiring to watch, but if you can feel the withdrawal systems kicking in already, fear not, because the Tour de Playgroup is less than eight weeks away. (more…)
My week had started out by staring at the greenery and trees turn into skyscrapers, on the train. I'm born and bred in East Devon (much to my dismay as a teenager) so London was going to be a different style of living for me. The thoughts running through my head were ones of worry and excitement; the UK's capital is one of my favorite cities so I couldn't wait to be commuting in it. But, sitting on that train I was asking myself if maybe 15 was too young for what I had set out to do? Was it a too bigger jump from my sleepy village? (more…)
It's a digital revolution at the Barbican and we went along and had a look. Digital has come a long way since young Matt designed his first graphics with a Mac Colour classic 25 years ago. We now have lasers left right and centre, movement tracking cameras, 3D projection mapping, the world wide web, fibre broadband and phones that would have been capable of launching a man to the Moon in the late 60′s to name a few. (more…)
New Blood, the annual graduate design show from D&AD is the perfect venue for a spot of talent scouting – the private view, the pinnacle of any third year design student's year. (more…)
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A collection of things that have brightened our week just a little bit. From the Playgroup team for your enjoyment.
The World Cup is well and truly underway, England have been and gone, Robin Van Persie, James Rodriguez and Tim Cahill have all scored stunners, Suarez has bitten someone else and Spain forgot how to play football, we're loving it. We recently received this beautiful World Cup wall chart from our friends at Team Karoshi, the World Cup is a great excuse to wheel out a nice a bit of graphic design so we decided to go looking for more. We found loads, so here are a few of our favourites plus a few classics.
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The beauty and symmetry of the natural world come alive in this inspired collaboration between acclaimed nature photographer William Neill and San Francisco's famous hands-on science museum, the Exploratorium. Exquisite, full-color photographs unveil the secret blueprints of nature often overlooked by the casual observer: the spiral forms that appear in seashells, spiderwebs, and the heart of a daisy; the hexagons found in honeycombs and cracking mud. Through its captivating photographic content and accessible scientific examination. By Nature's Design reaveals the order, economy, and elegance of nature's diverse forms in an engaging volume that will fascinate and inform art and nature lovers alike.
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- The color palette is vibrant, powerful, and inviting with a deep black background that creates depth, dimension and drama.
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