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$6.5m Norwegian grant for Ghana's environmental issues

The Norway has provided a $6.5 Million grant to the Ministry of Mines, Environment, Science and Technology to address the country's environmental challenges.
Read more • 176 Views Posted on 29-Apr-2011

Assin North to get potable water in three months

Assin North to get potable water in three months
The 30,000 plus people of Assin North Municipality will within the next three months taste pipe-borne water after 40 years of failed efforts by governments to provide them with the basic necessity.
Read more • 146 Views Posted on 29-Apr-2011

Foundation holds HIV stigma reduction campaign in Akim Oda

Mr Gilbert Kofi Germain, Executive Director of the Young and Lonely Foundation, a non-governmental organisation (NGO) has noted that stigma and discrimination was killing People Living with HIV (PLHIVs).
Read more • 188 Views Posted on 29-Apr-2011

About 600,000 Ghanaians to get potable water before 2015

About 600,000 people in the Western, Central, Brong Ahafo, Eastern, Upper East and Western Regions are expected to benefit from the World Bank funded Small-Town Water supply Project in Ghana, before 2015.
Read more • 150 Views Posted on 29-Apr-2011

Mamprobi Poly Clinic runs out of Measles & Yellow fever vaccines

Parents who trooped to the Mamprobi Polyclinic for their children to be vaccinated against measles and yellow fever were left in awe when authorities turned them away because the clinic had run out of vaccines.
Read more • 133 Views Posted on 29-Apr-2011

Edward Mahama advocates think tank to review health delivery

Dr. Edward Mahama Dr Edward Nasigiri Mahama, Leader of the Peoples National Convention (PNC), on Thursday called for a national body spearheaded by the Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons, to review Ghana's health delivery system.
Read more • 135 Views Posted on 29-Apr-2011

Cancer breath test 'step closer'

Could a breath test detect cancer? A breath test that can sniff-out cancer is a step closer to reality, according to a preliminary study.
Read more • 144 Views Posted on 29-Apr-2011

Fear of Stigma Fuels the HIV Epidemic Top

Stigma is of utmost concern because it is both the cause and effect of secrecy and denial, which are both catalysts for HIV transmission. Fear of stigma limits the efficacy of HIV-testing programs across sub-Saharan Africa, because in most villages everyone knows—sooner or later—who visits test sites.
Read more • 219 Views Posted on 13-Apr-2011 under Features

International Laboratory Day launched in Accra

The Ghana Association of Biomedical Laboratory Scientists (GABMLS), on Monday launched a-week-long activities to mark the International Laboratory Day celebration, which falls on 15 April this year.
Read more • 147 Views Posted on 13-Apr-2011

FDB closes down Cosmos Health Outfit Company

The Food and Drugs Board on Monday advised the public not to patronise water and products from Cosmos Health Outfit Company, because their practices pose serious threat to public health safety.
Read more • 160 Views Posted on 13-Apr-2011 under Health

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