Health
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World Vision International donates items worth ¢131k worth of items to Eastern Regional
The World Vision International, a humanitarian aid focused organization, has donated Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) at a cost of Gh 131,000 cedis to the Eastern Regional Health Directorate to su…
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Spanish authorities closes bars in crack down on hard-drinking tourists
Regional authorities on Spain’s Balearic island of Mallorca on Wednesday ordered the immediate closure of bars on three streets popular with hard drinking tourists to limit the potential for coronavi…
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French Government issue warnings about deadly Tiger Mosquitoes
The Asian tiger mosquito, which carries a range of potentially fatal diseases, has colonised all but one of the départements of the greater Paris region, experts have revealed. This tiny black and wh…
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Face shield cannot protect you from coronavirus – GHS warns
Dr Asiedu Bekoe, the Head of Surveillance, Ghana Health Service, has advised Ghanaians against the use of face shields as an alternative to face masks. He said face shields should only be used as a f…
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Govt must be help accountable for health workers’ death – Amnesty International
Governments must be held accountable for the deaths of health and essential workers, who they have failed to protect from COVID-19, Amnesty International said on Monday in its new report documenting …
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Govt upgrading 12 health infrastructures nationwide – GHS
Dr Patrick Kuma-Aboagye, the Director-General of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), has said a total of 12 health system infrastructure are being upgraded nationwide to enhance delivery of quality healt…
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FDA warn Ghanaians against use of unrecognized Rapid Diagnostic Test kits for covid-19
The Foods and Drugs Authority (FDA) Ghana has warned the public against the use of unregistered Rapid Diagnostic Test (RDT) kits for diagnosing coronavirus. The Authority said it has acknowledged con…
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Swine flu that could cause another pandemic discovered in China
Researchers in China have discovered a new type of swine flu that is capable of triggering a pandemic, according to a study published Monday in the US science journal Proceedings of the National Acad…
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Kpone Katamanso to execute LSM in curbing of malaria
The Kpone Katamanso Municipal Health Directorate in collaboration with Zoomlion Company limited, is to implement the Larval Source Management programme (LSM) as part of measures to reduce prevalence …
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HIV patients likely to die quicker from covid-19 – SA report
Using data from over 3 million adults in the Western Cape, the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) found that people with HIV had a modestly increased risk of Covid-19 deaths compared…