2014年12月1日 星期一

2014-12-02 Ghana Health


ABC News
   
AIDS helpline launched in 8 languages   
Hindustan Times
India launched a toll-free helpline number — 1097 — on Monday, to answer queries related to HIV/AIDS. The helpline number, that has been developed in collaboration with USAID, will be functional 24X7 and will be available in eight regional languages.
On World AIDS Day, Southern Research Institute announces $24 million contract ...   AL.com
“There should be zero discrimination against people with HIV”   The Hindu
Jersey City observes World AIDS Day at City Hall   NJ.com
Huffington Post   
Trinidad & Tobago Express   
The Nation   
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The Age
   
World Health Organisation finds targets for tackling Ebola virus being met   
The Age
Precautions: Residents wash their hands with chlorinated water at the fishing port of Conakry in Guinea. Photo: AP. Geneva: Targets to reduce the spread of Ebola by isolating patients and burying bodies safely have been reached in Liberia and Guinea, with ...

UN warns 'huge risk' Ebola could spread to rest of globe   Irish Independent
WHO confident it can catch up with Ebola   CNN
Ebola gains revive threat of complacency, WHO says   Toronto Star
Sin Chew Jit Poh   
Washington Post   
The Straits Times   
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Ghana Broadcasting Corporation
   
CHRAJ launches client confidentiality policy   
Vibe Ghana
The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), as part of its activities to mark World AIDS Day (WAD) has launched a Privacy and Confidentiality Policy Document to protect the secrecy of clients. Mr Richard Quayson, Deputy ...

CHRAJ Launches Policy Document On Privacy And Confidentiality   Ghana Broadcasting Corporation

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GhanaWeb
   
Moslems urged to know their HIV status   
GhanaWeb
Ms Mavis Ama Frimpong, Deputy Eastern Regional Minister, has urged Moslems to motivate their relations to know their HIV status, and those who test positive, should seek early treatment because there are drugs for effective management of the virus.
Encourage pregnant women to know their HIV status   spyghana.com

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Citifmonline
   
World Bank Group President to visit Ghana   
Citifmonline
The visit forms part of a mission which will take him to the three countries most affected by Ebola; Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea. The World Bank in a release said while in Ghana, Dr. Kim is expected to meet with President John Mahama and other officials.
World Bank president arrives in Ghana today   GhanaWeb

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Funding gap between National Health Insurance Levy and Scheme widens ...   
Ghana Business News
Stethoscope Health Minister Dr Kwaku Agyemang-Mensah has projected a widening financing gap between the National Health Insurance Levy (NHIL) and the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). He said the NHIL allocation for the NHIS, over the last ...

National Health Insurance Raises Hopes and Questions   The Observer

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spyghana.com
   
Testosterone Tx Doesn't Up Prostate CA in Hypogonadal Men   
Doctors Lounge
For hypogonadal men, long-term testosterone therapy seems not to be associated with increased incidence of prostate cancer, according to research published in The Journal of Urology. MONDAY, Dec. 1, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- For hypogonadal men, ...

Prostate Cancer Hits Harder On The Black Man   spyghana.com
Prostate screenings may lead to cancer-causing therapy   Genetic Literacy Project

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Premium Times
   
INVESTIGATION: Inside the dirty, deadly world of Nigeria's quack doctors   
Premium Times
A powerful pack of professional fraudsters parading as medical practitioners are on the prowl in various parts of Nigeria and Ghana, practicing and promoting quackery at exorbitant prices and great risk to people's health. They prey on poor people, pervert the ...


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Ghana Broadcasting Corporation
   
Antibiotic resistance on the agenda in Uppsala, Sweden and worldwide   
Phys.Org
The theme for the next Uppsala Health Summit, to be held in Uppsala on 2-3 June 2015, is antibiotic resistance—one of the biggest global health challenges of our day. The basis of this Summit will be the WHO draft Global Action Plan against antimicrobial ...

Overuse of medicine   DAWN.com
Antibiotic resistance action plan gets under way - WHO   Ghana Broadcasting Corporation
Have a cold? Don't ask your doctor for antibiotics   Washington Post

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Laboratory Talk
   
Ebola test is 'six times faster'   
Laboratory Talk
A 15-minute Ebola test funded by the Wellcome Trust is six times faster than similar tests currently being deployed, researchers claim. The test, which detects the genetic material of the Ebola virus, will be trialled over the coming weeks at the Ebola treatment ...

Ebola outbreak: New 15-minute test offers hope for thousands   Khaleej Times
Ebola to be diagnosed with solar panel in Guinea   spyghana.com
British-led scientists trial 15-minute Ebola test in Guinea   Capital FM Kenya (press release) (subscription) (blog)

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