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 […]
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 […]
ANALYSISBy Anthony Idowu Ajayi The introduction of antiretroviral drugs has resulted in a remarkable decline in mother-to-child transmission of HIV. New infections among children declined by 52% worldwide and 55% in sub-Saharan Africa between 2010 and 2019. This is why universal screening of all pregnant women for HIV is so important. If all pregnant women were screened and treated, the risk […]
By Steve Otieno & Nasibo Kabale Medical laboratory workers are the latest frontline workers in healthcare to go on strike after the government failed to meet their demands. The clinical officers’ 48-hour ultimatum to the Council of Governor (CoG) lapses today, and they have therefore resumed their strike, which they had called off five days […]
