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Pfizer spells out why Vaccines and continued Vaccine Innovation matters today and for the future

Pfizer spells out why Vaccines and continued Vaccine Innovation matters today and for the future

Health & Wellbeing, International
Pfizer, one of the world’s premier innovative biopharmaceutical companies, has in concert with partners, earmarked World Immunization Week 2023 as the beginning of a year-long global campaign to vaccinate millions of children and return to pre-corona virus pandemic vaccination levels. World Immunization Week is celebrated in the last week of April each year (24 to 30 April for the 2023 edition), to highlight the collective actions needed to protect people from vaccine-preventable diseases.This year’s celebration is on the theme; “The Big Catch-up.” According to Pfizer in a statement outlining the year-long focus, this year’s campaign comes at a critical turning point for immunization following over two years of immunization backsliding caused by COVID-19 pandemic disruptions. It ...
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Ghana confirms invasion of dangerous new mosquito breed

Ghana confirms invasion of dangerous new mosquito breed

Ghana News, Headlines Today, Health & Wellbeing
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has confirmed the invasion of a new breed of mosquito more dangerous than the anopheles. The new breed known as Anopheles Stephensi, is also a malaria-transmitting mosquito, very invasive, spreads faster, and can adopt to a myriad of climate conditions according to the World Health Organization. GHSe has established its presence in Tuba and Dansoman, and has warned residents to protect themselves. The Anopheles Stephensi first invaded Africa in 2019, the countries include Ethiopia Sudan, Somalia, and Nigeria and unfortunately confirmed in Ghana just this March. This breed produces both Plasmodium Falciparum (the deadliest species of plasmodium which causes malaria) and P Vivax Malaria parasites. Also, a recent mathematical modeling study by th...
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Ghana first to approve ‘world-changer’ malaria vaccine

Ghana first to approve ‘world-changer’ malaria vaccine

Headlines Today, Health & Wellbeing, World News
Ghana is the first country to approve a new malaria vaccine that has been described as a “world-changer” by the scientists who developed it. The vaccine – called R21 – appears to be hugely effective, in stark contrast to previous ventures in the same field. Ghana’s drug regulators have assessed the final trial data on the vaccine’s safety and effectiveness, which is not yet public, and have decided to use it. The World Health Organization is also considering approving the vaccine. Malaria kills about 620,000 people each year, most of them young children. It has been a massive, century-long, scientific undertaking to develop a vaccine that protects the body from the malaria parasite. Trial data from preliminary studies in Burkina Faso showed the R21 vaccine was up to 80% ...
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Ghana confirms 14 Lassa Fever cases

Ghana confirms 14 Lassa Fever cases

Ghana News, Headlines Today, Health & Wellbeing
The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) says 14 Lassa Fever cases have so far been confirmed in the country. Those affected include some doctors and other health workers exposed in their line of duty. The GMA in a statement issued Wednesday, said while it acknowledges measures being put in place to trace their contacts and contain the virus from spreading further, it is also “facilitating the provision of psychological support to the colleagues confirmed with the disease,” and counselled the public to take precautionary measures. “The virus spreads to humans through contact with food or household items contaminated with the urine or faeces of mice. It also spreads from one person to the other through direct contact with bodily fluids e.g. urine, blood, faeces or contaminated clothes ...
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UHAS tops 2023 AD Scientific Index Rankings

UHAS tops 2023 AD Scientific Index Rankings

Education, Headlines Today, Health & Wellbeing
The University of Health and Allied Sciences (UHAS) in the Volta Region has been adjudged the overall best-performing tertiary institution in research in Ghana, by the AD Scientific Index Rankings, 2023.  Prof. Seth Owusu Agyei’s research work in Malaria clinical trials, infectious diseases and epidemiology won the enviable position while Prof. Fred Binka and Prof. John Gyapong all of UHAS chalked the 3rd and 4th positions respectively.  The UHAS Vice Chancellor, Prof Lydia Aziato, announced this at the matriculation ceremony for the 2022/2023 academic year over the weekend.  She entreated the matriculants to emulate the performance of their Professors and undergo mentorships to ensure the high academic standard of the University is maintained.  She ur...
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Visiting green spaces 3-4 times weekly may lower your need for meds, according to new study

Visiting green spaces 3-4 times weekly may lower your need for meds, according to new study

Health & Wellbeing, Lifestyle & Social
Hanging out in a local park, lake, or garden really could be an antidote to ill health for people who live in cities, according to a recent study from Finland. Researchers found lower use of drugs for depression, anxiety, insomnia, high blood pressure, and asthma among urban residents who often visit green spaces—regardless of their income or level of education. The Finnish team said that the frequency of visits to urban green spaces, rather than simply viewing them from your house, was key. Previous studies have suggested that exposure to natural environments is good for health and well-being, but the evidence is inconsistent. The Finnish team looked at the number of green and blue spaces (bodies of water) within a community, then compared those to both the frequency of visit...
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Forgotten: Woes of people with mental illness

Forgotten: Woes of people with mental illness

Ghana News, Health & Wellbeing
People suffering from mental disorders are often stigmatised in Ghana and globally. Even with the enactment of the Mental Health Act 846 of 2012, there seems to be no end in sight to address the challenges that these people go through. Often, those suffering from the condition, as well as those related to them or even mental health professionals who attend to them, are stigmatised because of their association with the mentally ill person. In Ghana, the Mental Health Authority (MHA) estimated that 3.1 million people were living with one form of mental disorder, accounting for 10 per cent of the general population and 16,000 people experiencing severe mental health disorders as of 2021. Free but not free Section 88 (1) of the Mental Health, 2012 (Act 846) of 2012 stipulates that...
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A/R: WORKERS AT SUAME MAGAZINE CALLS OUT GOV’T TO COMMISSION ABANDONED HOSPITAL

A/R: WORKERS AT SUAME MAGAZINE CALLS OUT GOV’T TO COMMISSION ABANDONED HOSPITAL

Ghana News, Health & Wellbeing
Workers at the Suame Magazine industrial area have called on government to commission an abandoned hospital facility that was established two years ago at the site. The fully completed facility which was going to meet the medical needs of the artisans and residents in surrounding areas has been left disused awaiting commissioning by government. Some workers on site, lamented that several attempts to commission the building have failed as stakeholders constantly call the ceremony off without a statement. The abandoned facility has been left at the mercy of some unscrupulous folks who are gradually turning the facility into a dumping site. Some of the artisans at the site have taken over the frontage of the facility to ply their auto servicing trade. From a top view, the bui...
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