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Dr. Patrick Kuma-Aboagye The Ghana Well being Service (GHS) has issued an alert over the outbreak of Lassa Fever in some international locations within the West Africa sub-region together with Liberia, Nigeria, and Togo. The Service has subsequently directed well being amenities nationwide to ship suspected circumstances of Lassa Fever to the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Analysis for investigation. The directive, in line with an announcement signed by the Director Common, Dr. Patrick Kuma-Aboagye, mentioned the transfer has turn...

The Ghana Well being Service (GHS) has issued an alert for the general public to be on guard following an outbreak of Hanz virus within the nation. A press release from the Service mentioned Hanz Virus also called H3N2v is a pressure of influenza normally present in pigs, birds and people. It mentioned the virus spreads extra simply to people from pigs than different swine influenza viruses. “These influenza viruses simply change (Mutation). Adults normally have stronger immunity than youngsters,”...

Monkeypox just isn't critical as Covid-19 however Ghana’s well being authorities should scale up surveillance mechanisms towards the outbreak in different international locations, a Public Well being Knowledgeable at Tony Blair Institute for World Change, Dr Banda Khalifa, has stated. Monkeypox is a uncommon illness brought on by an infection with monkeypox virus. Talking on the Information 360 on TV3 Could 21, Dr Khalifa stated prevention have to be Ghana’s agenda following the outbreak in different elements of the world....

The World Well being Group (WHO) has referred to as for a lot of steps to forestall monkey pox from spreading additional. “The identification of confirmed and suspected instances of monkey pox in a number of international locations with none journey historical past to an endemic space is uncommon; due to this fact, there's an pressing want to boost consciousness about monkey pox and to conduct complete case discovering and isolation , contact tracing, and supportive care to restrict additional...

Monkeypox About 80 circumstances of monkeypox have been confirmed in 11 nations, the World Well being Group says, warning that extra circumstances are more likely to be reported. The WHO says that one other 50 suspected circumstances are being investigated, with out naming any nations. Earlier, infections had been confirmed in Italy, Sweden, Spain, Portugal, the US, Canada and the UK – the place the primary European case was reported. Monkeypox is commonest in distant components of Central and West...

North Korean chief Kim Jong Un appeared in a face masks to order nationwide lockdownsGoogle search engineNorth Korea is grappling with the unfold of Covid in an unvaccinated inhabitants, with out entry to efficient anti-viral medication. In early 2020, the nation sealed its borders to attempt to insulate itself from the pandemic. Its management has to date rejected outdoors medical help. And state media has advisable conventional therapies to cope with what's known as “fever”. Scorching drinks For these not...

Former President John Dramani Mahama and his Nationwide Democratic Congress (NDC) authorities terminated the honorarium for scholar nurses, as many Ghanaians are conscious. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and his New Patriotic Social gathering (NPP) assured them in 2016 that in the event that they gave him the mandate, he would return the allowance. President Akufo-Addo has stored his phrase, however the allowance is fraught with controversy. The scholar nurses in your photograph have videotaped themselves complaining about their stipend...

Officers of KOFIH and a few KATH workers in {a photograph} in entrance of the brand new Laparoscopic Surgical Coaching Centre THE KOMFO Anokye Instructing Hospital (KATH) in Kumasi has began a brand new surgical process with little incisions. These depart little marks on the physique of the sufferers. This nice information was dropped through the opening of a brand new Laparoscopic Surgical Coaching Centre at KATH, which might even be used within the coaching of docs in Kumasi and...

Dr. Ali Samba (2nd from proper) with Jill Tay and different officers unveiling the plaque The Korle Bu Educating Hospital (KBTH) Lions Worldwide Eye Centre has renamed its feminine ward to the Evelyn Low Tay ward. The dedication of the ward was in reminiscence of the late Mrs. Evelyn Tay, who performed an instrumental function in mobilising funds for the development of the Lions Worldwide Eye Centre and making certain that the constructing undertaking was accomplished. A plaque which learn,...

Analysis signifies that 35 per cent of breast and cervical cancers, main causes of dying in ladies will be prevented by correct weight loss plan, Dr Rohit Kumar C, a Surgical Oncology Advisor at Manipal Hospitals, has mentioned. He mentioned in line with knowledge, whereas improper weight loss plan contributed to 35 per cent, of most cancers circumstances, tobacco represented 30 per cent, daylight 10 per cent, different causes occupying 10 per cent, viruses seven per cent, occupational components 4...