Rwanda has been ranked first in Africa and sixth globally in managing the Covid-19 pandemic and making the information accessible to the public. In a total of 98 countries worldwide, the Australian think tank Lowy Institute rated their degree in terms of overall success in handling the pandemic within 36 weeks when they registered their […]
Last year, Madagascar’s President Andry Rajoelina announced that the country had discovered a cure and treatment for COVID-19, a tea containing traditional Malagasy plants including artemisia. The announcement pushed African traditional medicine into the spotlight, with a renewed interest in the potential that such remedies may have and the dangers that untested cures may carry. […]
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 […]
