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40 Health Facilities Ready to Implement Free Dialysis Policy on December 1 – NHIA CEO

The CEO of the National Health Insurance Authority, Dr Dacosta-Aboagye, has assured that all is set for the government to commence the roll-out of...

Strengthening Advocacy for Locally Manufactured Vaccines Africa’s Path to Overcoming Emerging and Endemic Diseases

Prioritising local vaccine manufacturing, distribution and rollout remains crucial to addressing some of the challenges that are faced by the African continent’s health systems....

Almost 50% of Adult South Africans are Overweight or Obese. Poverty and Poor Nutrition are Largely to Blame

Malnutrition, in all its forms, includes undernutrition (wasting, stunting, underweight), inadequate vitamins or minerals, overweight and obesity. South Africa has undergone a nutritional transition over...

World Kidney Day 2021: 10 Important Health Tips to Protect Your Kidneys

Our kidneys play a vital role in our body. The two bean-shaped organs, each about the size of a fist, remove wastes and extra...

COVID-19 Vaccination to Start in 43 Districts – Akufo-Addo

President Nana Addo-Dankwa Akufo-Addo has indicated that Ghana's COVID-19 vaccination programme has been scheduled to take off in 43 Districts which have become epicenters...

WHO Says Vaccine Hoarding Likely to Threaten Global supply via COVAX

Countries seeking their own COVID-19 vaccine doses are making deals with drug companies that threaten the supply for the global COVAX programme for poor...

FDA Approves First Herbal Medicine for Clinical Trial on COVID-19 Treatment

The Ghana Food and Drugs Authority (FDA)  has approved the first herbal medicine for clinical trial on COVID-19 treatment. In a statement issued in Accra...

1 million People Exposed to COVID-19 in Accra – Legon Scientists Estimate

Around 20 percent of people living within Accra and in Kasoa may have been exposed to COVID-19, according to a new study by scientists...

Africa Hits One Million Coronavirus Cases But Experts Say Peak is Yet to Come

A tally by the Africa Center for Disease Control and Prevention has indicated that more than a million people across Africa have now been...

WHO Says Coronavirus Crisis Likely to Get ‘Worse and Worse’

The World Health Organization (WHO) says the world's coronavirus cases may get "worse and worse"  as too many countries are "headed in the wrong...

Recovered Covid-19 Patients Can’t Infect Other People – GHS

The Ghana Health Service says although some recovered or discharged novel coronavirus patients may continue to have remnants of the deadly virus in their...

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