Researchers Have Developed Fast, Paper-Based Tuberculosis Test
Scientists have developed a fast, paper-based test to diagnose tuberculosis that can be read with a smartphone, a technology that ...
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Aids Deaths Halve As More Get Drugs
Aids deaths halve as more get drugs Deaths linked to Aids have halved in a decade, official figures shows. The ...
AIDS Deaths Halve As More Get Drugs
Deaths linked to Aids have halved in a decade, official figures shows. The condition, which is caused by HIV, used ...
Amid Turning Tide, AIDS Claimed 1 Million Lives In 2016
AIDS claimed a million lives in 2016, almost half the 2005 toll that marked the peak of the deadly epidemic, ...
Aid and Conditionality: Enhancing Good Governance In Sub-Saharan Africa
The persistent low state of development in sub-Saharan Africa has become a global challenge. Academics and think-tanks continue to search ...
MOH Receives Digital Radiology X-Ray Equipment For TB Diagnoses
The Ministry of Health on Wednesday, received the first batch of ultra-modern digital radiology X-Ray equipment from the Delft Imaging ...
132 Women Tested HIV Positive In 2016
One-hundred and thirty-two pregnant women in the Tema metropolis tested positive to the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) between January and ...
Tuberculosis Outbreak Looms As Bacteria Grow Drug-Resistant
Ghana faces imminent Tuberculosis outbreak as the country is recording increasing numbers of emerging transmission of drug-resistant strain of bacteria ...
Africa Gets Generic Version of Most Effective HIV Drug
The generic version of the most advanced drug against HIV has been introduced in Kenya, a first in Africa where ...
Kenyans Are ‘first In Africa To Get Generic of Latest Aids Drug’
Kenya is the first African country to start using a new generic Aids drug that can improve and prolong the ...
Kenyans Are ‘first In Africa To Get Generic of Latest Aids Drug’
Kenya is the first African country to start using a new generic Aids drug that can improve and prolong the ...
NTP Receives GHc215,000.00 In Fight Against TB In Ghana
Persues Mining Ghana Limited, on Wednesday, donated GHȼ215,000.00 to the National Tuberculosis Control Programme (NTP) to help organise the 20th ...
Gender Minister Warns LEAP Faudsters
The Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection (MoGCSP) Madam Otiko Afisa Djaba has bemoaned a situation where some people ...
WHO Adds New Drugs To 2017 Essential Medicines List
The World Health Organization (WHO) has released this year's Essential Medicines List (EML), adding new treatments for HIV, hepatitis C ...
Fistula, Stroke, Tuberculosis Patients To Benefit From LEAP
The Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection (MoGCSP) has hinted plans to include patients of fistula, hole in heart, ...
HIV Prevalence High Among Females
Dr Patrick Bampoh, Northern Regional Coordinator of HIV and AIDS, has said the HIV prevalence is high among females in ...
US and UK Far From Top 10 In Global Health Rankings
The US and UK lagged far behind other leading nations in a new global healthcare report. Although both nations are ...
Which Countries Have the Best Healthcare?
Neither Canada nor Japan cracked the top 10, and the United States finished a dismal 35th, according to a much ...
50 Percent of Children Born In Ho Not Immunised
Dr. Senanu Kwesi Djokoto, Municipal Director of the Ghana Health Service, has noted that less than 50 percent of children ...
Asokore-Mampong Records Low Immunization Coverage
The Asokore-Mampong Municipality has been recording poor immunization coverage – ranked the lowest nationwide. In year 2014, it achieved 26 ...