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WHO recommends COVID-19 remains public health emergency

The World Health Organization (WHO) Emergency Committee for COVID-19 has advised that COVID-19 continue to be categorized a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). The Committee,...

Plants on Lunar Soil

Scientists have for the first-time grown plants on lunar surface material known as regolith which had been collected 50 years before by Apollo astronauts. Researchers...

New strain of gonorrhoea detected in Kenya’s Nairobi

Researchers from the Kenya Medical Research Institute (Kemri) have detected a new strain of gonorrhoea. They say the new strain of the sexually transmitted disease...

Ghana to screen China arrivals for Covid-19

Ghana has imposed travel restrictions on passengers from China over coronavirus concerns. The restriction which will take effect on Friday follows China's decision to drop its...

Global deaths from Malaria stabilize

The World Health Organization has said that malaria cases and deaths remained stable last year, after a worrying rise during the first year of...

Ghana: Chaining people with mental health conditions persists

Ghana’s government has taken inadequate steps to end the chaining and inhumane treatment of people with real or perceived mental health conditions – psychosocial...

Opinion: How will economic downturn affect health investment in the Africa?

At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, the world was primed for a substantial increase in health and biotech spending and investment. Governments and the...

Climate summit opens in Egypt as Africa pushes for gas exploitation

This year's climate change summit - COP 27- has opened in Egypt as world leaders discuss solutions to the impact of climate change. The summit...

Climate-related health crisis worsens in the greater horn of Africa

New analysis by the World Health Organization (WHO) has found that the number of reported disease outbreaks and climate-related health emergencies in the greater...

The priority actions needed to limit global warming

Despite positive progress at COP26, current country pledges and commitments, even if fully implemented, still do not put the world on trajectory to limit...

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