The Bono Region recorded the highest HIV prevalence rate of 2.12 per cent in 2023, exceeding the national prevalence rate of 1.53 per cent, Mr Ahmed Ibrahim Bimbilla, the Bono, Bono East and Ahafo Regional Technical Coordinator of the Ghana AIDS Commi…
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HIV breakthrough: drug trial shows injection twice a year is 100 per cent effective against infection
A large clinical trial in South Africa and Uganda has shown that a twice-yearly injection of a new pre-exposure prophylaxis drug gives young women total protection from HIV infection.
The trial tested whether the six-month injection of lenacapavir wo…
Suspended Yobe PHC boss admits therapeutic food theft
Mr Ibrahim Lawan, Director of Primary Healthcare (PHC), in Nangere Local Government of Yobe, currently on suspension for diverting Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF), has confessed to committing the crime.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports …
Twelve MMDAs in Volta/Oti earmarked for National Malaria elimination programme
The Vector Control Department of ‘Zoomlion Ghana Limited’ has indicated that the National Malaria Elimination Programme (NMEP) has targeted 12 Municipalities and Districts in the Volta and Oti Regions to eliminate malaria.
According to the World Heal…
Tamale Teaching Hospital’s oxygen plant shut down
The Tamale Teaching Hospital (TTH) has announced a disruption of oxygen supply at the facility following an emergency shut down of its oxygen plant.
A statement issued by the TTH in Tamale signed by Mr Emmanuel Donkor, its Director of Administration,…