Pandemics
HIV Prevalence Rate Increases In Kumasi
The HIV prevalence rate in the Kumasi Metropolis increased from 2.8 per cent in 2015 to 3.4 per cent in 2016, making...
Volta, Brong Ahafo Top HIV Prevalence List In 2016
The 2016 HIV sentinel survey report has revealed that Volta and Brong Ahafo Regions jointly top the list of prevalence...
Volta, Brong Ahafo Top HIV Prevalence Cases For 2016
Per the report, the two regions recorded the highest prevalence rate of 2.7 per cent for 2016, which is above the...
Brazil Says Zika Emergency Is Over
Brazil has declared an end to a national emergency over the Zika virus after a sharp decrease in cases. The number of...
Dzidzor Mensah’s Shocking Tribute To Her Dead Husband Confirms She Needs Mental Evaluation
Former HIV/AIDS Ambassador Joyce Dzidzor Mensah got the whole country talking about her again when she wrote a bizarre...
Joyce Dzidzor Mensah’s Husband Dies
The husband and baby father of former HIV/AIDS Ambassador Joyce Dzidzor Mensah has reportedly passed on. According to a...
Ghana AIDS Commission Gets New Board
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has inaugurated the re-constituted 19-member governing board of the Ghana AIDS...
Akufo-Addo Must Declare Stance On Homosexuality – Sheikh Aremeyaw
The Spokesperson of the National Chief Imam Sheikh Osman Nuhu Sharubutu has urged President Akufo-Addo to declare his...
HIV ‘gay Man’ Must Be Arrested – Samson Lardy
A private legal practitioner, Samson Lardy Anyenini has urged the police to immediately arrest Benjy, a 27-year-old...
One In 10 US Women With Zika Had Deformed Fetus Or Baby
About one in 10 women in the United States who were infected with Zika virus while pregnant had a fetus or baby with...
Adolescents Urged To Avoid Casual Sex
Ms Rosina Adorbor, the Kpone Katamanso District Director of Education, has advised pupils to shun negative peer...
Child Prostitution On the Rise In Tumu
The Tumu township, capital of the Sissala East district of the Upper West region is gradually gaining notoriety in...
Is Yellow Fever the New Zika Virus?
Health experts fear a random outbreak of yellow fever in Brazil could affect millions if it isn't contained. The entire...
Zika Virus In Canadian Patients ‘more Severe’ Than Expected
The impact of the Zika virus on infected Canadian travellers was “more severe” than expected, say researchers. A...
Birth Defects Jump Twentyfold In Zika-Hit Mothers
Pregnant women infected with the Zika virus last year were 20 times more likely to bear children with birth defects...
Herbal Medicine Can’t Cure HIV/AIDS
Dr. Angela El-Adas, Director General of the Ghana AIDS Commission, has stated that the Commission did not have the...
New HIV Infections High Among Middle Class
New infections of HIV and AIDS among the middle class and urban working population in Ghana are increasing at an...
There Is No Cure For HIV – Dr. Angela El-Adas
The Director-General of the Ghana AIDS Commission, Dr Angela El-Adas, has cautioned People Living with HIV (PLHIV) not...
HIV Is Not A Death Sentence
Mr. Paul Evans Aidoo, the Western Regional Minister, has said having been infected with HIV was not the end of one’s...