HEALTH

Africa’s first batch of mpox vaccines will this week finally reach the continent, weeks after they have been made available in other parts of the world. The 10,000 shots, donated by the US, will be used to tackle a dangerous new variant…
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The North East regional directorate of the National Road Safety Authority (NRSA) has identified reckless overloading and drug use as significant factors contributing to road accidents in the region. Patrick Osei Tutu, the regional…
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The Chief Executive of St John Ambulance Ghana, Dr Anthony Kwame Apedzi, has charged the youth to sensitise their peers to the prevalence of HIV/AIDS. He said advances in the treatment of the disease had led many people to forget that…
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The management of Kubori Nurses and Midwifery Training College in the Mamprugu Moaduri District of the North East Region is appealing to the government, philanthropists, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to support the completion of…
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The Korle Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH) has strongly refuted recent media reports alleging the deaths of 20 renal patients and outstanding debts to suppliers. In a statement issued on Tuesday, the hospital management addressed two major…
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The Minister of Sanitation and Water Resources has visited the Western Region's Wastewater Treatment Plant and Medical Waste Treatment Facility. Following her tour, Honourable Seyram Alhassan expressed satisfaction with the facilities'…
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A family physician specialist, Dr Abraham Amponsah has raised alarms over the increasing prevalence of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in developing countries, particularly in low and middle-income nations, like Ghana. Traditionally…
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The Ministry of Health, through the Ghana Health Service, has activated its emergency response plan to address the potential threat of monkeypox disease within the country. This is in response to the recent declaration by the World…
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Two cases of Dengue Fever have been confirmed in the Kadjebi District of the Oti Region, following tests conducted on some four persons in the district. The confirmed cases by the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research are of a…
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Mpox, the high infectious disease that used to be called monkeypox, has been declared a public health emergency in Africa by the continent’s top health body. Scientists from the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa…
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