Infectious diseases

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Oral Sex Producing Unstoppable Bacteria – Health Experts Warn

Oral sex is producing dangerous gonorrhoea and a decline in condom use is helping it to spread, the World Health...

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Oral Sex Producing Unstoppable Bacteria

Oral sex is producing dangerous gonorrhoea and a decline in condom use is helping it to spread, the World Health...

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Delegates Urge WHO To Develop Blueprint For Public Health

Delegates at the World Health Organisation (WHO) Assembly have requested for the development of a five-year global...

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Risk of Heart Attack Spikes After Flu, Pneumonia

Coming down with the flu, bronchitis or pneumonia can dramatically raise the risk of a heart attack -- up to 17-fold --...

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World Records Exceptional Progress With NTDs

Dr Margaret Chan, Director-General of the World Health Organisation(WHO), has launched a new report, which indicates...

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Bill Gates, Others Commit Money To Eliminate NTDs

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation on Wednesday committed $335 million dollars in grants over the next four years to...

International

Bill Gates Urging UK To Protect Foreign Aid

Reducing the UK government's commitment to foreign aid spending would cost lives, American billionaire philanthropist...

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‘Phenomenal’ Progress Made In Fighting Tropical Diseases

There has been a record-breaking achievement in distributing tablets to fight neglected tropical diseases, the Bill and...

International

‘Phenomenal’ Progress In Fighting Tropical Diseases

There has been a record-breaking achievement in distributing tablets to fight neglected tropical diseases, the Bill and...

International

Fight Against Neglected Tropical Diseases Needs Big Pharma Push

Progress has been made in tackling diseases that blind, disable and disfigure millions of poor in tropical areas each...

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Melinda Gates Says Trump Abortion Order ‘could Affect Millions’

US President Donald Trump's block on US funds going to organisations involved in abortion care overseas could impact...

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Disease ‘superspreaders’ Fueled the Ebola Epidemic

Disease 'superspreaders' fueled the spread of the devastating Ebola epidemic in 2014, a new study claims. The West...

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Top 8 Foods You Need To Stay Healthy

We have carefully selected eight, out of the very many foods that boost immune system of the human body. Read through...

Opinion

Harmattan Is As Deadly As Ebola

Accra, Dec. 30, GNA - According to the American English Language Dictionary: Fourth Edition. 2000, harmattan may have...

International

Millions of Kenyans At Risk of Elephantiasis Disease

play videoA campaign has been launched to treat patients with disease that affects poor communities Transmitted through...

International

Fighting High Blood Pressure – the Silent Killer

Heart disease is the deadliest chronic disease in the world. Rapid urbanization in low- and middle-income countries is...

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Morocco Marks End To Trachoma

Morocco eliminates trachoma – the leading infectious cause of blindness Transmitted through contact with eye and nose...

International

Counterfeit Drug Business and How Scores Are Losing Their Lives

Imagine seeing your child suffering from malaria, one of the biggest killers of children across the world. Symptoms...

Opinion

Ghana Makes Gains Since 2000 But Still Lags In Progress Toward The Sustainable Development Goals

- Rates of HIV, malaria, and TB diseases have decreased since 2000; suicide and binge drinking have become greater...