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 conduct of the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) lately has taken Ghana back as far as the country’s human rights record is concerned, Nana Akomea, Director of Communication of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has said. His comment follows BNI’s arrest and detention of Ghanaian-Lebanese author Fadi Daboussi for two days for asking in … Read more
Ghanaian men are being encouraged to support and accompany their pregnant wives and partners to antenatal clinics to help in the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV. The practice of males accompanying their pregnant partners to antenatal visits is rare in Ghana. But health experts say men accompanying and supporting their partners during antenatal will … Read more
A Ghanaian-born Lebanese who was detained by security officials says the defamatory claims about the President for which he was arrested originated from newspapers. Hassan Tampuli, lawyer for Fadi Daboussie, says his client told officials of the Bureau of National nvestigations he only repeated the comments complained about after first reading them in two newspapers … Read more
A political crisis of longstanding duration has been brought to the world’s attention by the actions of a competitor at the recently concluded Olympic Games. Marathon runner Feyisa Lilesa’s gesture of raising his arms aloft in the form of a cross as he was about to confirm his silver-medal position was a politically-motivated one intended … Read more
Ghana’s President John Dramani Mahama arrived in New York this morning (September 18, 2016) for the 71st United Nations General Assembly. Accompanied by the First Lady, Mrs Lordina Mahama, he was met on arrival at the JFK airport by Ghana’s Ambassador to United States, Lt. Gen. Joseph Henry Smith, Ghana’s Permanent Representative to the United … Read more
A 28-year-old resident in the New Juaben South Municipality of the Eastern Region who was diagnosed of the HIV virus two years ago, has reportedly confessed to infecting over 400 women through unprotected sexual intercourse. Eric Yeboah claims he lures his victims with money and they readily agree to engage in unprotected sex with him … Read more
Bright, sometimes refered to as Price Bright was the lead singer of one of Ghana’s first rap groups BukBak. In fact Bright’s history is indistinguishable from that of his former group BukBak. Brights rise to fame came from the groups 4 best selling albums, and his launch of a solo career stemmed from the disappointing … Read more
The 2016 Olympics kicks off today in Rio de Janiero and much of the conversation around this year’s games is surrounding he Zika virus, which can be transmitted through sex. Which makes the use of condoms more important than ever, and thankfully, according to reports, more than 450,000 condoms have been distributed throughout Olympic Village … Read more
As millions of people around the world continue to die of AIDS, scientists from the United States are preparing to run a large-scale clinical trial of a new HIV vaccine in South Africa, according to NBC News. The vaccine is an improvement of a previous one (RV144), and scientists are optimistic that it will yield … Read more