What is hantavirus and how does it spread?
The cruise ship hit by an outbreak of hantavirus is on track to dock in the Canary Islands by the...
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Mahama heads to France for health summit and talks with Macron
President John Dramani Mahama has departed for France to participate in a high-level global health summit, alongside scheduled bilateral talks with...
Iranian attacks across Gulf continue as major industrial sites hit
Gulf nations reported a series of attacks as the US-Israel war against Iran entered its fifth week, including strikes on...
Hart Adventist Hospital marks decade of community health impact
Dr Kwabena Owusu Asante, the Medical Director of Hart Adventist Hospital at Ahinsan in the Asokwa Municipality, has highlighted the...
ECOWAS speeds up digital disease surveillance
A regional workshop on integrated disease surveillance and digital early warning systems based on the One Health approach is currently...
Stigma driving Ghana’s epilepsy treatment gap
The Epilepsy Pathway Innovation in Africa (EPInA) project has revealed that between 80 and 90 per cent of persons living...
What you need to know as WHO warns of global risk of Nipah virus
The Nipah virus has drawn renewed global attention after the World Health Organisation (WHO) listed it among diseases with epidemic...
Côte d’Ivoire moves to link climate data and health policy
The Pasteur Institute of Côte d'Ivoire (IPCI) launched a workshop on Thursday dedicated to the links between climate change and...
Rising pollution in Ghana’s cities sparks health concerns
Air pollution in Ghana’s major cities is on the rise, with new research showing levels of harmful fine particles far...
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...
