9 Impressive Benefits Of Coffee
Some of the most impressive health benefits of coffee include its ability to improve cognitive health, protect the cardiovascular system, reduce the chances of developing diabetes, aid in...
Tag: Hepatitis
Group Commits To Ensuring Lasting Peace In Nanung
A group calling itself Strategic Initiative for Peace Building (SIPEB), has initiated moves to ensure lasting peace in Nanung. The group is made up of students from Nanung who are studying outside...
Contaminated Blood Scandal Inquiry Announced
A UK-wide inquiry will be held into the contaminated blood scandal that left at least 2,400 people dead, the prime minister has confirmed. A spokesman for Theresa May said it would establish the...
YALI Screens People of Nandom
Participants at the 2017 Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) programme have organised a Hepatitis B and C screening exercise in Nandom. The programme which also enrolled about 100 people onto the...
VOA Interviews Okyeame Kwame On Hepatitis B Project
Kwame Nsia-Apau, popularly called Okyeame Kwame has talked about his Hepatitis B project on the Voice of America television on ‘Africa 54.’ In an interview on the programme, Okyeame Kwame spelt...
Hepatitis C Nearly Triples In US In 5 Years
The number of hepatitis C infections have nearly tripled in the United States in the last five years, particularly among people in their 20s, researchers said Thursday. The bloodborne virus is...
Your Mother’s Diet May Influence Your Liver’s Health
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease is a serious and growing problem. Previously linked with obesity, a new study also connects it to maternal obesity – meaning that what your mother ate during...
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 percent coverage, rising to 64.3 percent the following...
Hepatitis E Outbreak Kills 25 In Niger Refugee Camp
Bad water and hygiene have led to an epidemic of hepatitis E that has killed 25 people over several months in a refugee camp in Diffa, a region in southeast Niger, Medecins sans frontieres said...
New Malaria Vaccine To Be Tested In Ghana, Kenya, Malawi
A new malaria vaccine will be tested on a large scale in Kenya, Ghana and Malawi, the World Health Organization said Monday, with 360,000 children to be vaccinated between 2018 and 2020. The...
First Large-Scale Malaria Vaccine Trials For Africa
A new malaria vaccine will be tested on a large scale in Kenya, Ghana and Malawi, the World Health Organization said Monday, with 360,000 children to be vaccinated between 2018 and 2020. The...
Messi Visits Cairo To Promote Hepatitis C Treatment
Lionel Messi has made a trip to Egypt to promote hepatitis C Five-time World Footballer of the Year Lionel Messi has made a trip to Cairo, Egypt to promote hepatitis C treatment which historically...
Messi Promotes Hepatitis C Treatment In Egypt
Argentinian football star Lionel Messi was in Egypt Tuesday as the face of an initiative to promote the North African country as a medical tourism destination for hepatitis C patients. A blood-borne...
Messi Postpones Egypt Trip After Barcelona’s Heavy Loss
Five-time world footballer of the year, Lionel Messi, has postponed his proposed visit to Egypt following FC Barcelona’s 4-0 defeat at Paris Saint Germain in the Champions League on Tuesday. The...
Kumasi Metro GNAT Screens Teachers
The Ghana Association of teachers (GNAT), Kumasi metro has organized a free health screening exercise for it’s members to ensure they go about their daily activities in good health. The exercise,...
‘Hepatitis B Can Be Acquired At Age 5’
Members of the Ghana Association for the Study of Liver and Digestive Diseases are advocating a nationwide campaign to increase public awareness on Hepatitis. Interacting with TV3 after a one-day...
Okyeame Kwame To Organise Free Hepatitis B Screening
Preparations are ongoing to host this year’s edition of the free Hepatitis B screening campaign for 10,000 people at Kasoa and Koforidua, hiplife artiste Okyeame Kwame has disclosed. This year’s...
Danger! Your Toothbrush Contains Millions of Germs, Including FAECES
Buy a new toothbrush. Right now. Your current one probably contains faeces, herpes or even the virus responsible for hepatitis. Within just two days, toothbrushes can become heavily infected with...
World Aids Day
Today is world HIV day. When this epidemic started, there were arguments about whether it originated from Africa or not. Regardless of its origins, HIV has become mainly an African disease. According...
Reasons To Think Twice Before Piercing Any Part of Your Body
Bacterial infection is the main risk associated with body piercings. A build-up of pus (abscess) may form around the piercing site. If left untreated, this may need to be surgically drained and can...