Cameroon has launched an awareness campaign among the population after two cases of polio were detected in Yaounde, health officials said Thursday. “The response consists of sensitizing communities for the observation of hygiene measures, intensification of routine immunization, and epidemiological surveillance,” Dr. José Shalom Tchokfe, head of the Ministry of Health said. Two cases of […]
Even as the world is bracing for vaccination drives to combat COVID-19, many people in the Southern African country of Zimbabwe have latched their hopes on zumbani — a woody shrub — to keep the pandemic at bay. Nyson Mhaka, 52, and his wife Gertrude, 47, were infected with COVID-19 in December. They claim to […]
By Nana Kwadwo Obiri, Secretary of GHAFTRAM Allegations by the Ghana Federation for Traditional Medicine Practitioners (GHAFTRAM), accusing the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) of misleading the public on the use of the herbal Cryptolepis sanguinolenta, locally known as Nibima for the cure of COVID-19 is worrying and should be considered as false by those […]
Mr. Peter Atta Adjei, who happens to be one of the influential people at plant Development Department at the Centre for Plant Medicine Research in his speech with rafanews; explained that, Many People are struggling with common diseases especially in remote areas in Ghana and Africa due to poor healthcare amenities and underdevelopment. This cause […]
The West Africa correspondent of Nairobi’s Daily Nation reports that Guinea’s health ministry said the deaths were reported in the south of the country, close to the borders with Liberia and Cote d’Ivoire. At least one person is hospitalised in Conakry for treatment. Officials are awaiting a second test of results to confirm whether it is Ebola or not. […]
