2015年3月22日 星期日

2015-03-23 Ghana Health


The Punch
   
70 million Nigerians lack access to safe water –UNICEF   
The Punch
The United Nations Children's Fund on Friday said about 70 million people do not have access to safe water in Nigeria while over 110 million people do not have access to improved sanitation. The agency therefore said Nigeria is currently not on-track with ...

70m Nigerians Without Access To Safe Water – UNICEF   Leadership Newspapers
Mozambique: Children drink contaminated water- UNICEF   StarAfrica.com
UNICEF: 2.5m Nigeria Gained Access to Safe Water in Rural Areas   THISDAY Live
Daily Capital (Capital TV)   
Financial Express Bangladesh   
Bangladesh News 24 hours   
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Town Hall
   
UN Secretary-General Marks World Down Syndrome Day, Urges Acceptance   
Town Hall
Yesterday marked the tenth-annual World Down Syndrome Day. While there were a variety of celebrations worldwide, perhaps the most touching came from U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, who spoke about the importance of families and empowering ...

Ban Ki-moon condemns stigmatisation of persons with Down Syndrome   Ghana Business News
Ban, on World Down Syndrome Day, applauds all who champion rights of disabled   UN News Centre
UN chief urges social justice for people with Down syndrome   Shanghai Daily (subscription)

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CNN International
   
Sierra Leone returns to lockdown over new ebola outbreak   
The Australian (blog)
SIERRA LEONE is gearing up for a three-day lockdown that will see almost the entire country confined to their homes in an attempt to stem a recent surge of new ebola cases. President Koroma ordered more than six million people to stay indoors from 6am on ...

Sierra Leone opposition calls for civil disobedience over VP sacking   swissinfo.ch
Sierra Leone's President Fired His Vice President and Now All Hell Is Breaking ...   VICE News
Sierra Leone Opposition Party to Consider Impeaching President After VP Fired   Chron.com
Discovery News   
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Wall Street Journal
   
Do the FDA's Regulations Governing Medical Devices Need to Be Overhauled?   
Wall Street Journal
Medical devices can save lives, but in recent years it has become clear how hazardous they are when they malfunction: metal hips that fail; bloodstream filters that fracture and prove lethal; defibrillator wires that break down. The Food and Drug Administration ...

Substandard medical devices pose serious health risk – FDA   GhanaWeb

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spyghana.com
   
The scourge of betel nut in Asia   
spyghana.com
Found across Asia, these nuts are harvested from the Areca palm and are chewed for their warming glow and stimulating properties. Regular betel nut chewers stand out from the crowd with their red-stained lips and teeth. Such is its effectiveness, that ...

Risks sounded about betel nuts   Digital Journal
Asia's deadly secret: The scourge of the betel nut   BBC News

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MiamiHerald.com
   
Liberians overcome fear to volunteer for Ebola vaccine trial   
Washington Times
FILE - In this Monday, Feb. 2, 2015 file photo, a woman, right, is injected by a health care worker as she takes part in a Ebola virus vaccine trial at the Redemption hospital in Monrovia, Liberia. Liberians are overcoming ... more >. By JONATHAN ...

World eases up too soon on Ebola says co-discoverer of deadly virus   Irish Independent
Ebola outbreak: The world has eased up too soon on the battle with the virus ...   The Independent
Gallant health workers return from Ebola assignment   Ghana Broadcasting Corporation
NPR (blog)   
Mashable   
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MMDAs urged to mainstream Mental Health Issues   
GhanaWeb
Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) have been urged to mainstream Mental Health Issues into Medium Term Development Plans to help address mental health challenges. Members of the Upper East Regional Alliance for Mental Health ...


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spyghana.com
   
Blood donation is a civic responsibility   
GhanaWeb
Ms Yvonne Ablorh-Quarcoo, the President, Rotary Club of Accra-Dzorwulu, has said that blood donation was a civic responsibility and urged the public to donate blood voluntarily to help save lives. She said the donation of blood was a worthy cause as well ...

Donate Blood To Help Save Lives - Rotary President   spyghana.com

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Another cholera epidemic predicted as G/A records 100 cases   
GhanaWeb
In spite of the fact that many health facilities in the Greater Accra Region recorded high numbers of cholera cases in 2014, TV3's Catherine Frempong reports that holding centres which were to be constructed to arrest a possible outbreak in subsequent years ...


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ICGC holds 2015 Life Walk   
GhanaWeb
The International Central Gospel Church (ICGC) on Saturday held its annual Life Walk to raise funds to support the treatment of children with cancer at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital. Aside raising funds to support a worthy cause, such as the treatment of ...


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