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Living With Sickle Cell; the Untold Story [Audio]

Imagine being in pain every day of your life. Your knees hurt, you feel sharp pains in your elbow and your entire body...

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Yemen Cholera Death Toll Passes 1,100

Cholera has killed 1,170 people in war-ravaged Yemen and the number of suspected cases is now at nearly 2,000 a day,...

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Philippines’ Duterte Apologises For Urban War

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte apologised Tuesday for a military offensive that has left the nation's main Muslim...

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NGO Celebrates Sickle Cell Day

About 15,000 babies are born annually with sickle cell disease in the country. Out of the number, 50 to 80 per cent die...

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Suicidologist Campaigns Discrimination Against Suicide

Dr Joseph Osafo, a Clinical Psychologist and Suicidologist, is advocating the de-criminalisation of suicide from the...

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The Telling Journey of A Sickle Strong Warrior!

I am Yasmine Ponle Okudzeto, a 37 year old Muslimah, an entrepreneur, a mother and a sickle strong warrior. Today, 19th...

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Prostate Cancer Blood Test ‘helps Target Treatment’

Scientists have developed a blood test that could pick out which men with advanced prostate cancer would benefit from a...

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US$450 Million Medical Campus To Open In 2020

Kabarak University is partnering with international organizations to develop a 500-bed, state-of-the-art,...

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Cholera Leaves Yemen Hospitals In Constant Code Black

At Yemen's Sabaeen Hospital, code black is an understatement: patients sleep three to a bed, on the bare floor or...

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Kaiser Launches Ayarisa To Give Healthcare When You Need It

Following the growing dependency of the Ghanaian market on smart mobile technology as well as the poor access to...

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Increased Mental Patients On Our Streets Worrying

Psychiatric disorders (mental illness) according to experts can be caused by a predisposing factor. This means that it...

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Ghanaians Urged To Be Hygienic

Mr Raymond Kweku Appiah-Kubi, an executive member of the Gomoa-Pomadze Town Development Committee has urged Ghanaians...

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Diabetic Athlete Gavin Giffiths Encourages Young Ghanaian Patients To Aim High

Type 1 diabetic Gavin Giffiths has charged some Ghanaian children living with the disease not to let it discourage them...

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VitSaf Foundation, Airlly Eventz To Mark Vitiligo Day In Ho

VitSaf Foundation and Airlly Eventz, will host this year’s Vitiligo Day in the Volta Regional capital, Ho. The event...

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The Plague of the Poor

Cholera, which has hit war-ravaged Yemen with 100,000 suspected cases and 789 deaths, is a highly contagious waterborne...

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It’s Time To Prove the Battle Is the Lord’s [Article]

After December 8th, 2016, a significant portion of the government officials in power (New Patriotic Party) today were...

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ERCC Orders COA To Stop Advertising Cure For HIV/AIDS

The Eastern Regional Coordinating Council (ERCC) and the Regional AIDS Committee have ordered the Centre for Awareness...

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Akufo-Addo’s Government Should Support Kidney Failure Patients

A broadcast Journalist with UTV and Peace FM Abigail N. M Ashley has called on the Akufo-Addo’s government to as a...

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Prostate Cancer Treatment ‘could Help More Patients’

One of the largest clinical trials for prostate cancer has given “powerful results”, say UK researchers. A drug for...