en-gh-hotdailynews: 2014-12-18 Ghana Health

WHO: Three weeks since last Ebola case in Mali
The Sun Daily
GENEVA: Mali has not had a case of Ebola for three weeks, the World Health Organisation said Wednesday, completing one of the two incubation periods the country needs to be declared free of the virus. "No new cases have been reported in Mali since Nov ...

Why I'm spending Christmas fighting ebola in Sierra Leone   Irish Examiner
Sierra Leone Braced For Increase In Ebola Cases   Sky News
Donors and WHO responded too slowly to West Africa Ebola outbreak - report   Firstpost
Belfast Telegraph
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The Nation Newspaper

AFCON 2015: Ebola, not threat
The Nation Newspaper
Former African women's footballer of the year Genoveva Anonma has called for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations to be cancelled over fears of the devastating Ebola Virus Disease (EVD). Similar to Anonma's fear of spreading the Ebola virus to her home country ...

Equatorial Guinea's Genoveva Añonma is scared hosting Cup of Nations will ...   Soccer Gods
Africa Cup of Nations: Genoveva Anonma raises Ebola concerns   AllSports.com.gh

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Ghana's Maternal mortality rate goes up
spyghana.com
The Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group of the World Health Organisation estimated that Ghana's maternal mortality rate has gone up from 350 per 100,000 live births to 380. MATERNAL. The report also indicated that in 2013, an estimated 3,100 ...

Can community health officer-midwives effectively integrate skilled birth ...   7thSpace Interactive (press release)

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Jacob's Well Appeal Ghana gives to 37 Military Hospital
Vibe Ghana
Jacob's Well Appeal Ghana, a charitable Non-Governmental Organisation, has presented assorted medical equipment and consumables worth over 100,000 pounds sterling to the 37 Military Hospital. The items include beds, stretchers, wheel chairs, personal ...

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spyghana.com

Access to health care must be without financial hardships
spyghana.com
Some Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) in the Upper East Region on Monday called on government to ensure universal access to health care without financial hardship. healthcare. The CSOs made up of MIHOSO International, Alliance for Reproductive ...

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myfox8.com

The debilitating outbreak sweeping the Americas
myfox8.com
Its name means “bending over in pain.” It has no treatment or vaccine. Its symptoms resemble Dengue fever. And it has infected more than 1 million people — 155 of them fatally — since spreading to the Americas one year ago. The mosquito-borne ...

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Stuff.co.nz

Where does the fat go when you've lost it?
Stuff.co.nz
You've lost a kilo of fat. Congrats, that's not easy to do during the holidays. But where exactly does it go when you manage to get rid of it? First, some possible answers: A. The fat fairy came and took it. That's why you always weigh less in the morning. B. You ...

Lose weight by breathing… Really!   The Express Tribune
When you lose weight, where does the fat go?   The Daily Telegraph
When You Lose Weight, You're Literally Disappearing Into Thin Air   Huffington Post
New York Daily News
Atlanta Journal Constitution
Fox News
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New Vision

Global life expectancy rises - study
New Vision
Sub-Saharan Africa, did not benefit from the upward trend. Here, an elderly Ugandan man is helped by a girl to cast his vote. mail; img. newvision. mail; img. People around the world lived on average to a ripe old age of 71.5 in 2013, up from 65.3 in 1990, ...

We're living longer: 6 years more than in 1990   USA TODAY
New stats reveal how long we're living   New Zealand Herald
People around the world can expect to live longer today than they did in 1990   Daily Mail
The Straits Times
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