HIV breakthrough: drug trial shows injection twice a year is 100 per cent effective against infection
A large clinical trial in South Africa and Uganda has shown that a twice-yearly injection of a new pre-exposure prophylaxis drug gives young women total protection from HIV infection.
The trial tested whether the six-month injection of lenacapavir wo…
Suspended Yobe PHC boss admits therapeutic food theft
Mr Ibrahim Lawan, Director of Primary Healthcare (PHC), in Nangere Local Government of Yobe, currently on suspension for diverting Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF), has confessed to committing the crime.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports …
Twelve MMDAs in Volta/Oti earmarked for National Malaria elimination programme
The Vector Control Department of ‘Zoomlion Ghana Limited’ has indicated that the National Malaria Elimination Programme (NMEP) has targeted 12 Municipalities and Districts in the Volta and Oti Regions to eliminate malaria.
According to the World Heal…
Tamale Teaching Hospital’s oxygen plant shut down
The Tamale Teaching Hospital (TTH) has announced a disruption of oxygen supply at the facility following an emergency shut down of its oxygen plant.
A statement issued by the TTH in Tamale signed by Mr Emmanuel Donkor, its Director of Administration,…
Stakeholders call for inclusion of Neglected Tropical Diseases on NHIS, LEAP
Stakeholders at an advocacy meeting on persons living with neglected Tropical Diseases, (NTDs) have called on state actors to include them on special government programmes.
They established that one of the major challenges of persons suffering from t…
VALD-Ghana launches three reports to support tobacco control in Ghana
The Vision for Alternative Development – Ghana (VALD-Ghana) has called on the Tobacco Control Inte-Agency Coordinating Committee to place a high priority on surveillance of tobacco industry operations to prevent it from breaching the Tobacco Control L…
GHS launches 2024 Excellence Awards to celebrate exceptional staff performances
Dr Patrick Kuma-Aboagye, Director General of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), Monday launched the GHS 2024 Excellence Awards to recognise the exceptional performance of individual health workers and institutions.
The Award, which is the second of its …
Hive Ecosystem constructs borehole for residents of Nanton Kpawumo.
The Hive Ecosystem, an organisation committed to empowering community initiatives and enhancing environmental sustainability, has constructed a mechanised borehole for residents of Nanton Kpawumo in the Sagnarigu Municipality of the Northern Region.
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