The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has heightened its surveillance and emergency response systems to quickly detect possible cases of Monkeypox which has surged in the sub-region. This follows the declaration of the disease by the African Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) as a “public health emergency” of security concern on Tuesday. Origin…
Doctors in India are protesting over the alleged rape and murder of their colleague, a female doctor. The female doctor was allegedly murdered in a government hospital, according to multiple reports. On Friday morning, according to reports, a 31-year-old female trainee doctor retired to sleep in a seminar hall after a gruelling day at…
Source: Ghanaija Over 47, 000 Europeans died from heat-related causes in 2023, a new report by Nature Medicine has revealed. The report indicated that the number of persons dead could have been higher. It says without heat adaptation measures over the past two decades, the death toll for Europeans experiencing the same temperatures at the…
In the bustling city of Lagos, Nigeria, Dr. Adebayo Adeyemi faced a dilemma that had become all too common in his daily practice. As a dedicated physician at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, he was often caught between the needs of his patients and the constraints of a tight healthcare budget. Today, his challenge lay…
In the heart of the bustling city of Lagos, Nigeria, the air was thick with tension as the news of a sudden outbreak of a rare disease spread. The disease, which originated in a remote village in Northern Kenya, had found its way to Lagos due to the city’s dense network of international travel. With…
The Government of Ghana has commenced a recruitment exercise for thousands of nurses and midwives. A public announcement from Ghana’s health ministry said the country is recruiting some 15,200 nurses and midwives. Below is the public announcement:
In honour of Mandela Day, global animal welfare organisation FOUR PAWS has donated 67 kennels and essential care packages to the Mdzananda Animal Clinic in Khayelitsha on july 18. This initiative is a tribute to Nelson Mandela’s legacy of service and community upliftment, symbolising the 67 years he devoted to fighting for social justice. “Mandela…
Two Canadians have reportedly died from infections caused by listeria after drinking popular milk substitutes based on almonds, oats, cashews and coconuts. The substitutes were sold under the Silk and Great Value brands, Canada’s health department disclosed on Wednesday night, July 17, 2024. According to the department, most of the infections were affecting residents…
The Ga Mantse, Nii Tackie Teiko Tsuru II, has commended the participants of last Saturday’s (July 13,) Homowo clean-up exercise in parts of Accra at its central business district (CBD). He expressed his pleasure at seeing the streets of Accra’s CBD clean and healthy, and extolled the efforts of those involved in the exercise….
Janet Balducci Source: Ghanaija An 82-year-old woman, Janet Balducci, has been found alive in a funeral home in New York after being pronounced dead and placed in a body bag for two hours. Her family are now demanding answers after after she was found to be breathing two hours later at the funeral home. Janet,…
