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China: Teacher In Trouble After Suffocating Child To Death

A nursery school girl was suffocated to death by her teacher, who taped her mouth shut for being too talkative....

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Eating Fried Potatoes Linked To Higher Risk of Death, Study Says

How your spuds are cooked is key to your health. People who eat fried potatoes two or more times a week double their...

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‘Quack Radiographers Could Cause Cancer’

Mr Prince Rockson, the National President of the Ghana Society of Radiographers (GSR), said wrong usage of radiation on...

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Ghana To Pass National Food Donors Encouragement Bill

Chairman for Parliamentary select committee on Food, agriculture and Member of Parliament for Berekum West, Hon. Kwaku...

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Nutrition Policy Forum Held In Bimbilla

A nutrition policy forum was held in Bimbilla in the Northern Region. The Head of Programs for Grameen Ghana, a...

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Unqualified Radiographers Could Be Responsible For People’s Cancer’

Mr Prince Rockson, the National President of the Ghana Society of Radiographers (GSR), said wrong usage of radiation on...

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U.S. Government Approves Nigeria’s 2017 HIV/AIDS Operational Plan

The U. S. Global AIDS Coordinator, Ambassador-at-Large, Deborah L. Birx, M.D., Thursday signed the Nigeria HIV/AIDS...

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NGO To Spearheads Sanitation and Hygiene Programme

The Voice for Change (V4C) programme has been launched at Kasoa in the Awutu-Senya East Municipality of the Central...

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ASEMA, Kasoa Residents Find Ways To Tackle Environmental Sanitation

The Awutu-Senya East Municipal Assembly (ASEMA) and the citizens of Kasoa, one of the fastest growing towns in the...

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‘Let’s Recognise Fathers With National Prostate Cancer Awareness Day’

Men’s Health Foundation Ghana (MHFG), a leading men’s charity in the country, has urged government to recognise...

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FDA Arrests Women For Selling Coloured Oranges

Following a video which went viral last Wednesday, the Food and Drugs Authority yesterday arrested two women suspected...

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Coconut Oil ‘as Unhealthy As Beef Fat and Butter’

Coconut oil is as unhealthy as beef dripping and butter, say US heart experts. It is packed with saturated fat which...

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AU Is Committed To Keeping Food Safe – Commissioner Sacko

The African Union Commission has reiterated its commitment to working with the World Food Programme (WFP) in enhancing...

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YALI Screens People of Nandom

Participants at the 2017 Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) programme have organised a Hepatitis B and C screening...

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Coalition Expresses Commitment To Deal With HIV Stigmatization

Mr Victor Attah Ntumi, Chairman of the Civil Society Forum, a group of organisations that are active players in HIV and...

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Villagers Fear S.Sudan Famine

South Sudan's northwest is untouched by civil war, yet hunger still wreaks havoc: here food shortages are cyclical and...

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Fake Medical Doctor Arrested At Ridge Hospital

A man who posed as a medical doctor has been busted for duping patients at the Korle Bu Teaching and the Ridge...

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Fake Korle-Bu and Ridge Hospitals Doctor Arrested

A man who posed as a medical doctor has been busted for duping patients at the Korle Bu Teaching and the Ridge...

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An Extreme Way To Stop Bad Phone Habits

The silicone bracelet I’m wearing around my wrist isn’t particularly subtle. But it’s not meant to be. The bright...