WHO Warns of Soaring Rates of Measles In Europe
Europe has seen a big surge in measles cases in 2017, which the World Health Organization says is a tragedy ...
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Early Cancer Diagnosis Needs Strengthening
As the world marked World Cancer Day on February 4, 2018, Dr Kwabena Twum-Nuamah, a legislator, has called for the ...
Ghana’s Response To Emergencies ‘not Serious’ – Fred Agbenyo
Deputy Communications Director of the National Democratic Congress, Fred Agbenyo, has questioned the preparedness of government agencies in responding to ...
Dogs To Be Given Contraceptives To Reduce Rabies Infection
The Veterinary Services Department is working at stopping stray dogs from giving birth as a means to fight the spread ...
Three Die of Rabies In A/R
Three people have died of rabies in the Ashanti Region since the beginning of the year, the regional directorate of ...
Despite De-Escalation Deal, Syrians Still Waiting For Aid
Nearly three months after Russia, Iran and Turkey reached a deal on de-escalating the war in Syria, hundreds of thousands ...
Ghana Reaches 90% Coverage of Vaccination For Three Diseases
The 2016 Immunization Data released by the World Health Organization (WHO) shows that Ghana has reached the Global Vaccine Action ...
Iran Cancer Researcher Says Was Denied Entry To US
An Iranian cancer researcher with alleged links to a hardline militia in the Islamic republic says he was denied entry ...
Nyonkoko Nurses Abandon Night Duty Over Lack of Electricity
Nurses at Nyonkoko Community-Based Health Planning and Services (CHPS) in Sherigu, a suburb of Bolgatanga Municipality in the Upper East ...
Gov’t Pays $10m For Polio, Measles Vaccines
The Government of Ghana has transferred about $10 million to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) for the procurement of ...
Polio, Measles Vaccine Shortage Hit Ghana
Nursing mothers in Ghana would have to wait until next week before having their babies vaccinated against Polio and Measles ...
Measles ‘tragedy’ Kills 35 Across Europe
Thirty-five people have died in the past year from measles outbreaks across Europe, the World Health Organization has warned. It ...
In IS-Held Raqa, Parched Civilians Risk Lives For Water
Syria's Raqa once thrived on the banks of the gushing Euphrates River, but dire shortages in the Islamic State group ...
Malaysia Hit By First Rabies Deaths In Almost 20 Years
Two Malaysian children have died after contracting rabies, the country's first such deaths in almost two decades, as authorities battle ...
Polio Worker ‘shot Dead In NW Pakistan’
A health worker who had been immunising children against polio was shot dead in Pakistan's northwestern province Saturday, the provincial ...
Painless Patch Could Replace Flu Jab
Vaccines delivered via a painless, throw-away patch could one day eliminate the need for needle-and-syringe flu injections, researchers said Wednesday ...
Polio Paralyses 17 Children In Syria
A polio outbreak in war-ravaged Syria has paralysed at least 17 children since March, the World Health Organization said Tuesday, ...
Syria Sees First Polio Cases In Three Years
Three new cases of polio have been recorded in Syria in the first outbreak of the virus in the country ...
‘Tragic’ Measles Vaccine Blunders Kill 15 Children In South Sudan
Fifteen children died in South Sudan after receiving contaminated measles vaccines that had not been properly refrigerated, and were mixed ...
Contaminated Vaccines Kill 15 Children In South Sudan
Fifteen children died in a South Sudanese village last month after being administered with contaminated measles vaccines, the country's health ...