By Mohammed Babangida Mafara Earlier in March, the government was forced to shut down Government Girls College, Mabera, following a similar outbreak. The government of Sokoto State, North-west Nigeria, on Tuesday, confirmed that 23 persons have died of cholera outbreak in the state. The state’s commissioner for health, Ali Inname, who briefed journalists, noted that […]
African children are neglected when it comes to HIV treatment. Without any intervention, many will die before their second birthday, according to a UN report. On the African continent, many children are left behind when it comes to HIV treatment: If untreated, around fifty percent of children living with HIV die before they reach their […]
A parasite that infects up to one-third of people around the world may have the ability to permanently alter a specific brain function in mice, according to a study published in PLoS ONE today1. Toxoplasma gondii is known to remove rodents’ innate fear of cats. The new research shows that even months after infection, when parasites are no […]
Ghana Health Service and the Youth Employment Agency earlier today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the recruitment of some youth into the Community Health Program to help in health care delivery at the community level. Youth Employment Agency Regulations 2016, L.I. 2231 was passed in 2016, gazetted in February 2016, and entered into […]
SciDev.Net By Gilbert Nakweya An invasive weed could escalate the spread of malaria in East Africa after scientists found new evidence that it creates a favourable breeding ground for female mosquitoes, which transmit malaria. In a study published in Scientific Reports last month, researchers found that the plant is popularly known as “famine weed” releases chemicals called terpene […]
