The World Health Organization has drawn up a list of the drug-resistant bacteria that pose the biggest threat to human health. Top of the list are gram-negative bugs, such as E. coli, which can cause...
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) with funding from the Bloomberg Data for Health Initiative (BDHI) has launched a one year maiden Verbal Autopsy project in the Bongo District of the Upper East Region....
First Lady, Mrs Rebecca Akufo-Addo, has appealed to members of the private sector and captains of industry to be active participants in Ghana’s malaria prevention efforts since "it is a sure way to...
Listen to the lyrics of War Head (Vol. 4)and download the mp3 track for the newly released track titled: War Head (Vol. 4). Brand new mixtape from the One Love Africa Sound System camp. It’s the...
Seven people detained in a rebel-held part of Yemen for using recycled boxes originating in Saudi Arabia to distribute aid have been released, the Norwegian Refugee Council said on Thursday. "We are...
Yemeni government forces made gains around the Red Sea coastal town of Mokha in heavy fighting overnight as they rebuffed a rebel counter-offensive, a military source said on Thursday. Seven loyalist...
Eating loads of fruit and vegetables - 10 portions a day - may give us longer lives, say researchers. The study, by Imperial College London, calculated such eating habits could prevent 7.8 million...
For the first time in Africa, researchers said Wednesday they have detected a malaria parasite that is partially resistant to the top anti-malaria drug, artemisinin, raising concern about efforts to...
Over the years, the human lifespan has significantly declined. For example, the life expectancy in Nigeria according to the World Health Organization (WHO) for 54.5 years for both men and women as at...
Lionel Messi has made a trip to Egypt to promote hepatitis C Five-time World Footballer of the Year Lionel Messi has made a trip to Cairo, Egypt to promote hepatitis C treatment which historically...
Average life expectancy will soar into the 90s in many parts of the world in a decade, a study predicts. Despite scientists once thinking living for this long was impossible, medical advances are...
Yemeni rebels hit back at government forces advancing up the Red Sea coast killing a deputy army commander in a missile strike, a military source said on Wednesday. Army deputy chief of staff Major...
FIFA could pull Under-17 World Cup matches out of New Delhi because of concerns over air quality in the world's most polluted capital city, the tournament director said. Javier Ceppi said that air...
South Korean women will be the first in the world to have an average life expectancy above 90, a study suggests. Imperial College London and the World Health Organization analysed lifespans in 35...
Argentinian football star Lionel Messi was in Egypt Tuesday as the face of an initiative to promote the North African country as a medical tourism destination for hepatitis C patients. A blood-borne...
Ghana will soon have an improved number of medical practitioners in the country to bridge the existing gap in the doctor-patient ratio in the country. This will happen as a result of the introduction...
A Palestinian baby was reunited with her mother after more than six months Monday after Israel granted Jumana Daoud a permit to travel from Gaza to Jerusalem to fetch her. Daoud and rights groups...
Ghana, has for a long time now, acknowledged the need of taking care of the health and development of its adolescents. Recognising that adolescents are a valuable resource to the nation’s future...
Ghanaians in form of individuals, groups and associations are really taking giant strides towards alleviating the sufferings of fellow citizens health-wise. They are no longer relying on the...
First lady Mrs. Rebecca Akufo-Addo has cut sod for the construction of a 30 bed hostel facility to help provide accommodation for child cancer patients and their parents, as they undergo diagnosis...
