Liver cancer is strikingly prevalent in West Africa. Specialists point to high rates of hepatitis as a likely cause, but the region is not well equipped to deal with the epidemic. The World Cancer Research Fund collects data on the prevalence of cancer types across the globe. When it comes to liver cancer, 8 West […]
It’s been almost two years since the new Covid-19 virus made its global premiere, and it’s still defying all odds to slow down its growth around the world. Despite efforts by the World Health Organization (WHO) and numerous countries to return the world to pre-covid pandemic conditions, the virus continues to lurk and even mutate […]
According to the Director Of Traditional and Alternative Medicine Directorate, Dr. Mrs. Anastasia Yirenkye for the nation to achieve universal health coverage, traditional medicine must be integrated fully into the main healthcare stream. She made this statement during the 20th Anniversary celebration of the Ghana Herbal Medical Students Association- KNUST. She said the world and […]
In the small town of Kpando Gadza in the Volta region of Ghana, Miss Lawrencia Aggrey-Bluwey was born some 30 years ago to two Civil Servants; Dr. Francis Aggrey-Bluwey of blessed memory and Supt. Cecilia Aggrey-Bluwey. Miss Bluwey had a fairly normal childhood but discovered very early in life that she excelled at other intellectual […]
A team of scientists, including those from the University of Cape Town (UCT) in South Africa, have developed a new diagnostic methodology enabling a non-invasive, fast, and highly accurate way of detecting tuberculosis (TB). The new diagnostic pathway called A-Patch includes nanosensors, which detect TB compounds emitted from the skin. “This fulfils the World Health […]
