By Elizabeth Merab A new HIV drug which could see patients stop taking daily antiretroviral therapy drugs has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration. The drug, known as Cabenuva (cabotegravir and rilpivirine) which is administered as an injection once a month, not only frees patients from taking pills everyday but also accords […]
During the early stages of the pandemic, while the rest of the world grappled with the devastating effects of the pandemic, Africa seemed untouchable. Many theories were circulating that the novel Coronavirus would thaw under the African heat. The worry, though, was that the largely derelict health infrastructure in Africa would further under the pandemic’s […]
By Nana Yaw @theherbal_hyper The Ghana Health Service took to their Twitter page explaining the need to pay attention to critical global health issues like Neglected Tropical Diseases, gradually increasing the poverty rate among the vulnerable population as we put in efforts to fight COVID-19 The World Health Organisation formally recognizes at least twenty-one Neglected […]
The discovery of new drugs is vital to achieving the eradication of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) in Africa and around the world. Now, researchers have identified traditional Ghanaian medicines that work in the laboratory against schistosomiasis, onchocerciasis, and lymphatic filariasis, three diseases endemic to Ghana, according to a PLOS publication of NTDs, copied to the […]
Cannabis sativa popularly known as Marijuana or weed/wee is a herb 🌿 that is widespread among nations in different continents. Some men and women smoke it for the purpose of pleasure and its euphoric effect. But apart from these 2 effects, research has shown that “weed” has got a lot of outstanding medicinal values to help […]
