This World Sight Day, the world unites around the theme ‘People at the heart of eye health’. For Marie Jeanne and her daughter Germaine, this message […]
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UN allocates 1 mln USD for urgent response to cholera outbreak in Chad
UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Tom Fletcher has allocated 1 million U.S. dollars from the Central Emergency Response Fund for an urgent response to the deadly […]
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Ghana urges Africa to boost local healthcare manufacturing
A senior Ghanaian official on Tuesday called for urgent action to strengthen local healthcare manufacturing across Africa to secure the continent’s healthy future. Samuel […]
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Uganda urged to tackle family planning bottlenecks to transform health outcomes
The World Health Organization (WHO) joined Uganda’s Ministry of Health and other stakeholders to disseminate the Family Planning Bottleneck Analysis Report, a rapid assessment that […]
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Africa CDC and South Africa announce 4th International Conference on Public Health in Africa
The 4th International Conference on Public Health in Africa (CPHIA 2025) will take place from 22 to 25 October 2025 in Durban, South Africa, under the theme “Moving […]
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Nigeria launches large-scale vaccination campaign to protect 106 million children against measles, rubella and polio
Nigeria is rolling out one of the largest integrated vaccination campaigns in its history, aiming to protect around 106 million children against measles, rubella and […]
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Junior doctors threaten to withdraw services nationwide Oct. 7
By Francis Kobena Tandoh Junior Doctors’ Association of Ghana (JDA-GH) has announced a nationwide withdrawal of services beginning Tuesday, October 7, 2025, in protest against […]
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Death toll from Lassa fever outbreak hits 166 in Nigeria
The death toll from the Lassa fever outbreak in Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country, has risen to 166 since the beginning of this year, health […]
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WHO donates emergency medical supplies to support health services in conflict-affected Savannah Region
The recent inter-ethnic conflict in Ghana’s Savannah Region left families displaced, homes destroyed, and public services stretched to the limit. Among the hardest hit are […]
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Health Workers at the forefront of Ghana’s Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination campaign
As Ghana prepares to introduce the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine into its routine immunization programme, health workers remain at the center of efforts to ensure […]
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