The world’s first malaria vaccine immunisation campaign is to commence in 2018 and funds for the phase one of the pilot deployment of the vaccine in Sub-Saharan Africa had been secured. A release by the World Health Organisation (WHO) to the Ghana News Agency said the assurance comes after the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, … Read more
In an effort to eliminate HIV by 2020 through raising community awareness, Namibia will embark on a community mobilization and engagement on HIV/Aids in the capital city, Windhoek on Nov. 10. The City of Windhoek in collaboration with UNAIDS and the Office of the First Lady and UNICEF announced on Wednesday that the drive will … Read more
US Secretary of State, John Kerry has touted the United States’ engagement around the world and efforts it has put into supporting people, around the globe. The US, he said, was through various efforts in countries around the world, providing jobs, peace and security. Answering a question on the rising influence of right-wing parties in … Read more
The last we saw of President George W. Bush in Africa, he was literally dancing into the sunset of his presidency, on this occasion with President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf in Monrovia, Liberia, America’s only former colony on the continent. There was much to celebrate. Despite the fact that his legacy was already being defined by … Read more
In a build up to Ghana’s 2016 elections, 3news.com is serializing aspects of the manifestos of the leading political parties – the ruling National Democratic Congress and the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP). We kick off our maiden edition with a focus on Health: The NDC on Health Ghanaians are living longer and healthier lives. … Read more
Research has shown that HIV virus did not spread to US via patient zero. The man blamed for bringing HIV to the United States just had his name cleared. New research has proved that Gaëtan Dugas, a French-Canadian flight attendant who was dubbed “patient zero,” did not spread HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, to … Read more
Ghana has recorded a total of about 11,000 HIV AIDS deaths with 12,635 new HIV infections in 2015, the Ghana AIDS Commission (GAC) has stated. According to the Commission, there are 274,562 persons living with HIV in the country, out of which 89,113 are on Anti Retroviral (ART) drug. The number represents only 32.4 percent … Read more
Those who act in ways deemed to be discriminatory against persons living with HIV/AIDS could serve up to three years in jail, a new Ghana AIDS Commission law passed by Parliament prescribes. The punishment extends to those who deny burial for persons suspected or perceived to have died with the disease as well as persons … Read more
The Centre of Awareness Ghana (COA) has cleared the air that its newly developed COA 72 is an unfinished HIV/AIDS medication still being researched into and not a finished product as misreported by a section of the media. The media misreporting about the drug had drawn the attention of the Food & Drugs Authority (FDA) … Read more
The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) says it has not given any market authorisation for any medicine for the cure of HIV and AIDS. A statement signed by Mr Hudu Mogtari, Chief Executive Officer of the FDA on Tuesday said, “It has come to the attention of the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA), speculations in the … Read more
The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) on Wednesday said it has not given any market authorisation for any medicine for the cure of HIV and AIDS. A statement signed by Mr Hudu Mogtari, Chief Executive Officer of the FDA and copied to the Ghana News Agency, said “It has come to the attention of the … Read more
In the war between humanity and disease, perhaps the greatest victory of recent years took place in Africa. At the turn of the millennium, serious analysts expected HIV/AIDS to kill up to half the people in some southern African countries. But then the price of anti-retroviral drugs fell from $10,000 a year to as little … Read more
The Chairman of the National Media Commission (NMC), Mr Kwasi Gyan-Apenteng, has called for the use of local resources to solve health problems confronting the country. Speaking at the launch of a locally manufactured medicine said to cure HIV/AIDS at the Centre of Awareness (COA) in Accra last Wednesday, Mr Gyan-Apenteng noted that the government … Read more
A Ghanaian medical researcher claims he has found the cure for HIV-AIDS. Dr Ato Duncan says the efficacy of the trial drug known as Center Of Awareness (COA)-72 is not in doubt following successful human trials in South Africa. The virus has proven to be one of science’s biggest hurdles with researchers working around the … Read more
Government of Ghana will support newly discovered HIV medicine, Deputy chief of Staff, Jonny Osei Kofi has said. He disclosed this in an interview at a Press conference organized by the Centre of Awareness at the Physicians and Surgeons auditorium in Accra on Wednesday, 5 October 2016. He added that government will carefully access the … Read more
The Centre of Awareness has disclosed that it has found a potential cure for HIV/AIDS following ten years of research into plant medicines in Ghana. According to the founder of the centre, Dr Samuel Ato Duncan, the drug named COA has been scientifically tested and seen to be efficacious and safe for the treatment of … Read more
The Ghana News Agency (GNA), on Monday, published a heart-rending story, which painted a very gloomy picture of the situation in which persons with HIV/AIDS (PLWAs) are living in the capital city of the Eastern Region, Koforidua. Under the caption; “HIV/AIDS patients hit by lack of anti-retroviral drugs”, the story said regular supply of the … Read more
The case of Bioresonance Bioresonance is an umbrella term which is traditionally used to describe the interaction between the bio-field of a living organism and frequency patterns that interact with specific parts of it. There are many different types of bio-resonance modalities which fall under this umbrella term. It is the ability of an external … Read more
Mr Jonathan Azasoo, a Deputy Director of the National Development Planning Commission (NDPC), has called on political parties to ensure that their manifestos are in line with the National Development Plan. He attributed the slow pace of development in the country to the use of political party manifestos, which did not respond to the National … Read more
President John Dramani Mahama has left Accra for New York to attend the 71st General Assembly of the United Nations. This year’s General Debate will open on Tuesday, with President Mahama scheduled to address the world body on Wednesday, September 21. As Co-Chair of the UN Advocacy Group on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), President … Read more