1 person dies every minute from alcohol consumption effects
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says alcohol consumption causes three million deaths every year, while six deaths are recorded every ...
Tag: World Health Organisation
Experts call for integrated approach to fight zoonotic diseases
The annual technical meeting of experts on the Surveillance of Priority zoonotic diseases as an entry point for operationalising the ...
Ghana’s total Mpox infections reach 565
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has confirmed 10 new cases of Mpox, pushing the country’s total infections to 565 as ...
Pasteur Institute opens epidemic viruses department
The Pasteur Institute of the Ivory Coast (IPCI), in collaboration with the World Health Organisation (WHO), officially inaugurated and handed ...
Large scale Lassa Fever epidemiological study at second stage
The second phase of large-scale epidemiological studies on Lassa fever is currently underway across three West African countries as part ...
Global experts meet in Abidjan for 2nd ECOWAS lassa fever conference
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, will become the epicentre of global health discussions from September 8 to 11, 2025, when leading scientists, ...
18 new Mpox cases recorded, total now 346 in Ghana
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has reported 18 new cases of Mpox, raising the country’s total confirmed infections to 346. ...
PharmAccess, HFG sign SafeCare V5 license deal
In a landmark development poised to reshape private healthcare delivery in Ghana, PharmAccess and the Healthcare Federation of Ghana (HFG) ...
Mpox: 1 dead, 257 confirmed from 1,538 suspected cases
Ghana has recorded its first Mpox-related death since the outbreak began in May this year. According to the Ghana Health ...
Loneliness linked to over 871,000 deaths annually
A World Health Organisation (WHO) report has linked loneliness to over 100 deaths every hour, totalling more than 871,000 global ...
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