Scientists have developed a fast, paper-based test to diagnose tuberculosis that can be read with a smartphone, a technology that is increasingly available in emerging economies. Diagnosing...
Progress in beating back the AIDS epidemic risks being eroded by a funding shortfall set to grow under Donald Trump's proposed cuts to global health projects, experts and campaigners warned ahead of...
The Ministry of Health on Wednesday, received the first batch of ultra-modern digital radiology X-Ray equipment from the Delft Imaging Systems, a Dutch company, for the swift screening of suspected...
Ghana faces imminent Tuberculosis outbreak as the country is recording increasing numbers of emerging transmission of drug-resistant strain of bacteria amongst newly diagnosed patients. This is...
Dr Patrick Bampoh, Northern Regional Coordinator of HIV and AIDS, has said the HIV prevalence is high among females in the region. He said this year, the prevalence rate for females in the region is...
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...
US researchers on Monday said they have developed a fast blood test for tuberculosis that could speed diagnosis and treatment of the serious and sometimes fatal bacterial infection. One of the oldest...
Government is working with the Global Fund to remodel a facility for a modern infectious disease hospital at Nsawam to contain the threat of multi-drug resistant TB and other emerging infectious...
Eleven others who have also been infected with CSM are in hospital for treatment At least two Senior High School students have been confirmed dead after they were infected with Cerebrospinal...
Statistics from the Ashanti Regional Health Directorate show that tuberculosis (TB) infection is on the decline in the region. A total of 2,241 cases, were reported last year, compared with the year...
British scientists have made a world-first breakthrough in the diagnosis of tuberculosis. Researchers in Oxford and Birmingham say they can isolate different strains of the disease using a process...
Sources say some of the ambassadors-designate were ushered into the Flagstaff House on Thursday President Akufo-Addo has penciled down some names for ambassadorial positions, with former acting boss...
Ghana’s Tuberculosis (TB) burden is on the upsurge as 14,632 cases were reported in 2016 as against 9,714 in 2015. This means 2016 has seen record jump of 4,918 cases. Out of the 14,632 cases...
The maternal mortality rate in the Western Region increased from 75 per cent in 2015 to 92 per cent in 2016, due mainly to pregnancy-related complications including post-partum haemorrhage (excessive...
The 39th prophecy by Prophet Emmanuel Badu Kobi on the 31st Night of last December 2016 has come to pass as prophesied. According to the leader and founder of Glorious Waves Church International...
Professor Ahmed Adu-Oppong, the former Head of Department of Community Medicine, School of Medical Sciences, University of Cape Coast (UCC), is now the Director of the Kintampo College of Health and...
A GNA feature by Godwill Arthur-Mensah, GNA Accra, Jan. 9, GNA - Tramadol hydrochloride is one of the group of medicines called centrally acting analgesics which are used for the relief of moderate...
Whether mourning the death of a musical giant, teasing presidents or launching protest movements, Africans took to social media in greater numbers than ever before in 2016. Here's a look back at some...
By Kofi Ata Ghana goes to the polls on Wednesday December 7, 2016 to elect president and parliamentarians for the next four years. This would be the seventh general elections since Ghana returned to...
By Kofi Ata, Cambridge, UK December 4, 2016 Ghana goes to the polls on Wednesday December 7, 2016 to elect president and parliamentarians for the next four years. This would be the seventh general...
