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New blood test ‘can predict’ breast cancer return
An "ultra-sensitive" new blood test can predict if breast cancer will return years before the disease shows up on scans, researchers say.
It picks up...
FDA engages stakeholders on combating drug abuse
The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has engaged stakeholders in the Wa Municipality to chart effective ways of combating the drug abuse menace in...
Kenya is Open for Business, Ruto tells Investors as He heads to The United...
President William Ruto has wound up his first leg of the State Visit to the United States of America where he urged private and public...
Waive taxes on public health commodities, medicines — NACP
The National AIDS/STIs Control Programme (NACP) has called for exceptional tax waivers on all health commodities and medicines provided by development partners for public...
Roadmap to operationalize Pharma Initiative into start-up Phase of the African Pooled Procurement Mechanism...
African Ministers of Health, Finance and Trade, experts and development partners have adopted an approach towards the transitioning of the AfCFTA-anchored Pharmaceutical Initiative (Pharma Initiative)...
Timely outbreak response, enhanced surveillance halts wild poliovirus transmission in Southern Africa
Following thorough assessments in Malawi and Mozambique, an independent Polio Outbreak Response Assessment Team (OBRA) today recommended the closure of the wild poliovirus type...
Nigeria: Working with the communities to fight against meningitis
For yet another year, Nigeria is facing an outbreak of cerebrospinal meningitis strain C. While medical interventions are crucial, an equally vital aspect of...
AstraZeneca being withdrawn due to commercial reasons – GHS
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has clarified that the withdrawal of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine is primarily due to commercial reasons.
AstraZeneca, one of the...
Celebration of 50th anniversary of the Expanded Immunization Programmme in Sao Tome and Principe
The celebration of 2024 African Vaccination Week was launched on 3rd May in the community of Madalena, in the district of Mé-zochi.
The event organized by...
COVID-19: Ghana Health Service reminds public of ongoing vaccination exercise
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) and partners under the Ministry of Health have reminded members of the public about the ongoing National COVID-19 Vaccination...
Ghana begins new COVID-19 vaccination exercise
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) commenced its 10th National COVID-19 Vaccination Campaign on Sunday, May 2024.
Scheduled to conclude on Thursday, May 9, 2024, the...
Send babies for weighing regularly until they’re five years – GHS urges parents
Mothers have been asked to send their babies for weighing regularly from birth till they attain five years old.
In an advisory notice its social...
To win the fight against cholera, the approach must be changed
Zimbabwe is grappling with the second biggest outbreak of cholera in its history, with cases rapidly spreading across the country. It started on 12...
Meningitis epidemic: World Health Organization (WHO) Niger steps up response efforts
Located in the African meningitis belt, Niger is one of the 26 ‘hyperendemic’ African countries for meningitis. The country is currently facing a rapid...
Expanding vaccination reach through integrated services in Eswatini
It was an enormous relief to mother Jabumkhaliphi Sifundza when her ten-year-old daughter, Nozweno, was vaccinated against human papillomavirus (HPV). She’d heard about the...
South Sudan commemorates 50 Years of Immunization with 2024 African Immunization Week – Humanly...
This year, as the world commemorates World Immunization Week from April 24 to April 30, South Sudan joins the global community in celebrating the...
Seychelles celebrates 50 years of saving children’s lives through immunization
Matteo Pragassen is almost a year old and his mother, Diane Uranie, has brought him to the Beau Vallon health centre in Victoria, Seychelles'...
Statement by H.E Dr. Jean Kaseya, Director General of Africa Centres for Disease Control...
The goal of the African Vaccination Week is simple yet profound: The week focuses on emphasizing the importance of protecting every person’s right (particularly...
Agona Kwanyako chief calls for peace between Muslims, Christians after clash
The Chief of Agona Kwanyako in the Central Region, Nana Ampem Darkoh, has urged for peace between Muslim and Christian youths following a recent...
Snakebite alert: 9,900 cases recorded annually
The country recorded 59,600 snakebite cases between 2015 and 2020, the first time such data has been put together.
This means, on average, 9,900 snakebites...
Students cautioned against sharing nude content
The Head of the Computer Hardware Technology Department at Asuansi Technical Institute, Joel Baah, has cautioned students, especially female students, to desist from sharing...
UK to improve access to life-saving malaria drugs for the most-affected countries
The UK Government will improve access to malaria drugs to help tackle one of the biggest killers of children in sub-Saharan Africa, it has...
Full text: Acceptance speech by Prof Naana Opoku-Agyemang as Mahama’s running mate
Our respected party leader and flagbearer, John Dramani Mahama, the next President of our beloved Republic, HE Lordina Mahama, Niimei, Naamei, Nananom. Togbey ooo...
Ghana faces rising trend in unvaccinated children, statistical service reports
Ghana is grappling with an alarming increase in the number of children not receiving age-appropriate vaccinations, as revealed by recent data released by the...
Vaccination eradicates neonatal tetanus, polio, and deadly diseases in Ghana -AMMREN
The Executive Secretary of the African Media and Malaria Research Network (AMMREN), Dr. Charity Binka, has spoken passionately about the indispensable role that media...
3 injured, properties destroyed in violent clashes at Agona Kwanyarko over GH¢500 [Photos]
Three people were injured and properties destroyed after a youth group from Agona Kwanyarko Zongo and Agona Fawomaye youth clashed with Agona Kwanyarko Salam...
Scientists say they can cut HIV out of cells
Scientists say they have successfully eliminated HIV from infected cells, using Nobel Prize-winning Crispr gene-editing technology.
Working like scissors, but at the molecular level, it...
Okoe Boye to use proceeds of ‘Fellow Ghanaians’ book to build wards for Nkoranza...
Minister of Health designate, Dr. Bernard Okoe Boye, has pledged to use all the proceeds from the auctioning of his book "Fellow Ghanaians" to...
Kenya leads Effort to Fight Snakebite Venom across Africa
The Ministry of Health, through the Kenya Institute of Primate Research (KIPRE), has launched the African Snakebite Alliance (ASA), uniting Kenya, Eswatini, Ghana, Malawi,...
Man who lived in iron lungs for over 70 years dies
The polio survivor known as "the man in the iron lung" has died at the age of 78.
Paul Alexander contracted polio in 1952 when...
Liberia rewriting cervical cancer narrative, one dose at a time
Protecting her 13-year-old daughter, Jamsetta Kumeh, from human papillomavirus (HPV) overrode Buludi Martin’s reservations about the vaccine that prevents the infection that can cause...
As deadly mpox virus outbreak emerges, a lack of diagnostic testing capacity is putting...
New mpox virus transmission routes are emerging with children now a high-risk group; Inadequate testing capacity for is stymying efforts to contain the outbreak.
The...
How to combat fake news in Ghana’s media ahead of the 2024 election
Ghana faces a major threat as it heads to a crucial poll on December 7, 2024, to elect a successor of President Nana Akufo-Addo....
60% Ga Mashie residents have hypertension, diabetes
A study on non-communicable diseases (NCDs) conducted at Ga Mashie in Accra has revealed that six out of 10 residents in that area had...
Transforming Sierra Leone’s Healthcare: A Vision for Safe and Affordable Surgery (By Dr. Austin...
By Dr. Austin Demby, Minister of Health for the Government of Sierra Leone
As experts from the surgical and healthcare world gather for the 64th...
More than 2.1 million people vaccinated against cholera in Zimbabwe hotspots
Juliet Chikono, a resident of Zimbabwe’s capital, Harare, is now relieved since she is among the more than 2.1 million Zimbaweans who were vaccinated...
German patient vaccinated against Covid 217 times
A 62-year-old man from Germany has, against medical advice, been vaccinated 217 times against Covid, doctors report.
The bizarre case is documented in The Lancet...
Rwanda: The African Development Fund commits $12 million to the rapid operationalization of the...
The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund approved, in Abidjan on 27 February 2024, $11.96 million Grant to speed up the establishment...
Africa CDC and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Expand Partnership to Strengthen Health Systems...
Today, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) and UNICEF announced an extended partnership dedicated to strengthening primary healthcare, supply chain...
Vaccinating 3.1 million Children to control polio outbreak in South Sudan
Today, South Sudan launched a nationwide polio campaign aiming at vaccinating 3.1 million children using the novel oral polio vaccine type 2.
The novel oral...