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 […]
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 […]
By Raphael Nyarkotey Obu, PhD The Traditional and Alternative Medicine draft bill 2014 defines alternative medicine as any form of treatment that is outside the mainstream allopathic and Traditional Medicine in Ghana. In 2000, Parliament enacted a Traditional Medicine Practice Act, (ACT 575). The purpose of the mandate of the Traditional Medicine Council as stated in […]
By Pearlvis Atsu Kuadey “I thought cancer was only for adult, very old people. I never knew of a child having cancer until my son was diagnosed and died of cancer”. “When our seven years old daughter was diagnosed with cancer, we couldn’t afford treatment. It is too expensive, so we brought her home. Unfortunately, […]
