The 2016 Ghana Malaria Indicator Survey report has been launched in Accra. The report shows Ghana is making progress in the fight against Malaria. However, a lot more needs to be done to achieve targets. The report is the first stand-alone Malaria Indicator Survey conducted in Ghana on the Ghana demographic and health survey programme. … Read more
US regulators granted Silicon Valley biotech firm 23andMe permission to become the first company to market reports showing customers’ health risks based on their genetics. The first reports will be made available this month in the United States, indicating genetic propensities for conditions such as Parkinson’s disease and late-onset Alzheimer’s disease, according to the Food … Read more
For the first time in Africa, researchers said Wednesday they have detected a malaria parasite that is partially resistant to the top anti-malaria drug, artemisinin, raising concern about efforts to fight a disease that sickens hundreds of millions of people each year. The discovery means that Africa now joins southeast Asia in hosting such drug-resistant … Read more