2015年9月9日 星期三

2015-09-10 Ghana Health


The Nation
   
Rate of child deaths drops by half since 1990   
The Nation
Child mortality rates have plummeted to less than half of what they were in 1990, but it is not enough to meet the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) of a two-thirds reduction over the past 15 years, according to a new report released Wednesday by a ...

Child mortality declines by more than 50% globally   Ghana Broadcasting Corporation
Child deaths have halved globally since 2000, says Unicef   Irish Times
Child mortality drops by 53.5% since 1990, says report   The Guardian Nigeria (satire) (press release) (blog)
South African Broadcasting Corporation   
NBCNews.com   
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Graphic Online
   
Bank donates to Ankasse Methodist Hospital   
GhanaWeb
The Juaben Community Bank in the Ashanti Region, has donated GH¢ 5000 to the Methodist Faith Healing Hospital at Ankaase in the Afigya-Kwabre District. The donation was to support the refurbishment of the paediatric unit of the hospital. Mr Michael ...

Rural bank donates to Ankaase Methodist Faith Healing Hospital   Graphic Online

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Voice of America
   
3 New Ebola Patients Found in Sierra Leone   
Voice of America
Three more people have tested positive for Ebola from the same village in Sierra Leone's northern Kambia district of the country where a 67-year-old woman died last week from the virus, health officials said. Sierre Leone's Chief Medical Officer Dr ...
Once influential, slave descendants in Sierra Leone face a less certain future   Christian Science Monitor
Guinea passes one week with no new Ebola case – WHO   Jamaica Observer
Sierra Leone News : 50 Days Post-Ebola: Community Confidence enhances use of ...   Awareness Times

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GhanaWeb
   
'Lead crusade against importation of fake drugs'   
GhanaWeb
The Paramount Chief of Kumawu, Barima Sarfo Tweneboah Kodua, has challenged the Pharmaceutical Council of Ghana to lead the crusade against the importation of fake drugs into the country. He explained that although the various stakeholders in the ...


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Cleft awareness campaign payoff - Professor Donkor   
BusinessGhana
The campaign to help Ghanaians to overcome the myths and misconceptions they have about cleft lip and palate is paying off with more cases reported to the health facilities for treatment. The Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), the nation's second ...


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Inspire Africa launches NGO website   
GhanaWeb
@Inspire Africa has launched it's Non-Governmental Organization website to interact with stakeholders and the general public. @Inspire Africa, a Non-governmental Organization (NGO) located in Accra, Ghana. The website is a platform to provide ...

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Daily Mail
   
Alzheimer's 'may spread via blood transfusions or surgical and dental ...   
Daily Mail
Alzheimer's disease can be caught from blood transfusions, operations and dental work, it is feared. A potentially explosive study has provided the first evidence that the devastating condition can, like mad cow disease, spread through 'medical accidents'.
Alzheimer's disease may be caught through medical accidents   Telegraph.co.uk
Can people catch Alzheimer's? Possibility cannot be ruled out   The Guardian
Alzheimer's 'seeds' might be transferred   The Australian
Washington Post   
Irish Times   
Irish Independent   
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NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
   
Texas Woman Dies After Eating Tainted Cucumber: Officials   
NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
The Texas Department of State Health Services says a Texan has died after eating a salmonella-tainted cucumber. Contaminated cucumbers have infected hundreds of people in 30 states. (Published Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2015). Updated 7 minutes ago.
Salmonella outbreak: 2nd death in US linked to tainted cucumbers   CBC.ca
Salmonella outbreak tied to cucumbers contained in AZ   azcentral.com
Salmonella cases in ND, Minnesota linked to national outbreak   Grand Forks Herald
Huffington Post   
Barfblog (blog)   
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Sci-Tech Today
   
Diabetes Nation? Half of Americans Have Diabetes or Pre-Diabetes   
Sci-Tech Today
About half of all Americans have either diabetes or pre-diabetes, according to a new report. And experts in the field say that's good news. That's because the study finds that after two decades of linear growth, the prevalence of diabetes in the United ...
50% of US Adults Have Diabetes or Prediabetes   Dispatch Times
At Least 30% of the U.S. Population Still Don't Know They Have Diabetes   Youth Health Magzine

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CTV News
   
Canada slips in ranking of best places to grow old   
CTV News
Canada has dropped to fifth in an annual ranking of the best places in the world to grow old. Though we slipped behind Germany in this year's Global AgeWatch Index, Canada still fared better than the U.S and the United Kingdom, which were ranked ninth ...

Above 60? India among world`s worst places for you to live   Zee News
The 10 best countries to live in for people over 60   CBS News
Switzerland replaces Norway at top of this year's Global AgeWatch Index   HelpAge International
MyTechBits   
Fox News   
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