Health
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Gonorrhoea researchers identify innovative vaccine, new antibiotic
Researchers have identified a protein that powers the virulence of the bacteria that causes gonorrhoea, opening the possibility of a…
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WHO announces model essential medicines lists for 2017
World Health Organization (WHO) has announced a model essential medicines lists (EML) in a new advice on which antibiotics to…
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World No Tobacco Day, 31 May 2017
Tobacco – a threat to development Every year, on 31 May, WHO and partners mark World No Tobacco Day (WNTD),…
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WHO publishes its first ever list of antibiotic-resistant “priority pathogens”
The World Health Organization (WHO) has published its first ever list of antibiotic-resistant “priority pathogens”-a catalogue of 12 families of…
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Zika outbreak fueled by mosquito control failure
The spread of Zika is the price being paid for a massive policy failure on mosquito control, says World Health…
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WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT CHOLERA
1. What is Cholera? Cholera is a diarrhoeal disease caused by a germ. The germ is found mostly in faeces…
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Cocoa Helps Kidney Patients Stave Off Heart Failure
Nutrients found in cocoa may improve the heart health of patients with advanced kidney disease, and perhaps anyone else at…
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Post-Ebola: how can the WHO get back its teeth?
The recent Ebola crisis triggered suffering and fear as it crept across borders of countries and even continents. A report…
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Calls for Strategic Guide towards Elimination of Teenage Pregnancy in Ghana
Nana Oye Lithur, Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection, has called for the formulation of a 10-year strategic plan…
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