Health
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Polio immunization at Hohoe begins September 1
A National Immunization Campaign against Novel Oral Polio will begin in the Hohoe Municipality from September 1 to 4 to address the growing challenge of polio in Ghana. The exercise is in two rounds …
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Ghana FDA lab first to attain WHO prequalification in ECOWAS sub-region
The drugs laboratory at the Centre for Laboratory Services and Research (CLSR) of the Ghana Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has been awarded a WHO-Prequalified Quality Control Laboratory (QCL) Status.…
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Ghanaians without Ghana Card to be denied access to healthcare – NHIA Chief Executive
The Ghana Card will soon be the only card used by members of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) to access health care at the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) credentialled facility…
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Switzerland plans to procure 40,000 doses of monkeypox vaccine
Switzerland plans to procure 40,000 doses of monkeypox vaccine as well as 500 units of an antiviral drug, the government said on Wednesday. The army simultaneously aims to procure 60,000 vaccine dose…
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New Ebola case confirmed in eastern Congo, linked to previous outbreak
A new case of Ebola virus has been confirmed in the city of Beni in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the country’s National Institute for Biomedical Research (INRB) said on Monday. Testing showe…
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British scientists behind key COVID trial launch study to test monkeypox treatment
The British scientists behind one of the major therapeutic COVID-19 trials have turned their focus to treatments for monkeypox, a viral disease that has been labeled a global health emergency by the …
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Congo Health Officials Investigating Possible Ebola Cases
Health authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo are investigating a suspected case of Ebola in the country’s east, the World Health Organization said on Saturday. A 46-year-old woman died on M…
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Cuba confirms first monkeypox case in visitor from Italy
Cuba confirmed its first case of monkeypox late on Saturday, the country’s Public Health ministry said, after detecting the viral disease in a tourist who had arrived from Italy this week. The Italia…
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Health workers to embark on demo over unpaid salaries
The aggrieved 2019 batch of Health Workers are threatening to embark on a demonstration if the government is unable to pay them their arrears since February 2022. Speaking to Starr News, a member of …
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Men in Bolgatanga have the healthiest sex life in Ghana – Research
Men in the Upper East Regional capital, Bolgatanga, have the healthiest sex life in Ghana. This is according to a research conducted by a team of scientists led by a research professor of Prostate ca…