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Aids Deaths Halve As More Get Drugs

Aids deaths halve as more get drugs Deaths linked to Aids have halved in a decade, official figures shows. The...

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AIDS Deaths Halve As More Get Drugs

Deaths linked to Aids have halved in a decade, official figures shows. The condition, which is caused by HIV, used to...

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Amid Turning Tide, AIDS Claimed 1 Million Lives In 2016

AIDS claimed a million lives in 2016, almost half the 2005 toll that marked the peak of the deadly epidemic, said a UN...

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Aid and Conditionality: Enhancing Good Governance In Sub-Saharan Africa

The persistent low state of development in sub-Saharan Africa has become a global challenge.  Academics and...

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MOH Receives Digital Radiology X-Ray Equipment For TB Diagnoses

The Ministry of Health on Wednesday, received the first batch of ultra-modern digital radiology X-Ray equipment from...

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132 Women Tested HIV Positive In 2016

One-hundred and thirty-two pregnant women in the Tema metropolis tested positive to the Human Immunodeficiency Virus...

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Tuberculosis Outbreak Looms As Bacteria Grow Drug-Resistant

Ghana faces imminent Tuberculosis outbreak as the country is recording increasing numbers of emerging transmission of...

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Africa Gets Generic Version of Most Effective HIV Drug

The generic version of the most advanced drug against HIV has been introduced in Kenya, a first in Africa where more...

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Kenyans Are ‘first In Africa To Get Generic of Latest Aids Drug’

Kenya is the first African country to start using a new generic Aids drug that can improve and prolong the lives of...

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Kenyans Are ‘first In Africa To Get Generic of Latest Aids Drug’

Kenya is the first African country to start using a new generic Aids drug that can improve and prolong the lives of...

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NTP Receives GHc215,000.00 In Fight Against TB In Ghana

Persues Mining Ghana Limited, on Wednesday, donated GHȼ215,000.00 to the National Tuberculosis Control Programme (NTP)...

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Gender Minister Warns LEAP Faudsters

The Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection (MoGCSP) Madam Otiko Afisa Djaba has bemoaned a situation where...

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WHO Adds New Drugs To 2017 Essential Medicines List

The World Health Organization (WHO) has released this year's Essential Medicines List (EML), adding new treatments for...

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Fistula, Stroke, Tuberculosis Patients To Benefit From LEAP

The Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection (MoGCSP) has hinted plans to include patients of fistula, hole...

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HIV Prevalence High Among Females

Dr Patrick Bampoh, Northern Regional Coordinator of HIV and AIDS, has said the HIV prevalence is high among females in...

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US and UK Far From Top 10 In Global Health Rankings

The US and UK lagged far behind other leading nations in a new global healthcare report. Although both nations are seen...

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Which Countries Have the Best Healthcare?

Neither Canada nor Japan cracked the top 10, and the United States finished a dismal 35th, according to a much...

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50 Percent of Children Born In Ho Not Immunised

Dr. Senanu Kwesi Djokoto, Municipal Director of the Ghana Health Service, has noted that less than 50 percent of...

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Asokore-Mampong Records Low Immunization Coverage

The Asokore-Mampong Municipality has been recording poor immunization coverage – ranked the lowest nationwide. In...