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South Africa Joins Others To Suspend Zimbabwe Chicken Imports
The H5N8 strain has been detected in several countries in Europe, Africa and Asia over the past two South Africa has...
‘Tragic’ Measles Vaccine Blunders Kill 15 Children In South Sudan
Fifteen children died in South Sudan after receiving contaminated measles vaccines that had not been properly...
Ministry of Health Outdoors Legislative Instrument On Tobacco Control
A legislative Instrument (LI) to control the use of Tobacco in Ghana, has been launched by the Ministry of Health and...
India Confirms First Zika Virus Cases
The Indian health ministry has confirmed its first cases of the Zika virus, the World Health Organisation has said, the...
US, Netherlands Pledge Support For Galamsey Fight
The United States and The Netherland Embassies in Ghana have pledged support for the country’s fight against illegal...
Ghana Health Service Issues Ebola Alert
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has issued an Ebola alert after the Democratic Republic of Congo reported an Ebola...
New WHO Data Records Half of All Causes of Death
Almost half of all deaths globally are now recorded with a cause, new data from World Health Organisation (WHO) show....
Greater Accra Regional Hospital Receives Support From GE Healthcare
General Electric (GE), a digital Industrial Company has partnered with the Ghana Ministry of Health and Bouygues...
Do You Know Your Mental Health Status?
play videoMental health care is one of the biggest challenges confronting the Ghanaian health sector In 2012, Ghana...
Emergency In Sanaa As Cholera Kills Scores
A state of emergency has been declared in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, after an outbreak of cholera killed scores of...
115 Dead As Yemen Cholera Outbreak Spreads
A cholera outbreak in war-torn Yemen has killed 115 people and left 8,500 ill as hospitals struggle to cope with an...
Too Early, Too Many
Too early, too many Salamatu expresses her wish to have limited or spaced the number of children she had had “I work...
Ebola Outbreak Declared After Three Die In DR Congo
An Ebola outbreak has been declared in the northeast region of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The World Health...
Brazil Says Zika Virus 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...
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...
Taiwan Blames China For WHO Invite Snub
Taiwan said Tuesday it had been excluded from a major World Health Organisation meeting for the first time in eight...
Efua Dorkenoo’s Campaign Against Female Genital Mutilation, An Unfinished Business
Efua Dorkenoo’s campaign against female genital mutilation, an unfinished business A SPECIAL NOTE: In New York, this...
Hundreds of Suspected Cholera Cases In Yemen
At least 570 suspected cases of cholera have surfaced in war-torn Yemen in the past three weeks, sparking fears of a...
Dust Storm Blows Across North China, Flights Cancelled
A major dust storm engulfed northern China and Beijing on Thursday, prompting authorities to cancel dozens of flights...