More than 3,000 Cholera Cases Recorded In Accra Alone Since July
More than 3,000 cholera cases have so far been recorded in the Greater Accra region...
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Ebola: WHO-Convened Ethics Panel Endorses Use Of Experimental Drugs
Ebola: WHO-convened ethics panel endorses use of experimental drugs A woman waits to enter an isolation ward to visit her husband, along with Liberian Ministry...
Celebrating Youth Day, UN Stresses Importance Of Good Mental Health
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon meets with his special guest Raquelina Langa, a young student from Mozambique. UN Photo/Mark Garten Each year 20 per cent of the...
UN Health Official Unveils $100 Million Ebola Response Plan
West Africa is confronted with a “fast-moving…unprecedented outbreak” of the deadly Ebola disease accompanied by “unprecedented challenges,” but the head of the United Nations...
Sierra Leone declares Ebola state Of Emergency: Questions Over Safety In The U.S.
In this photo taken on Sunday, July 27, 2014, medical personnel inside a clinic taking care of Ebola patients in the Kenema District on the...
Ebola Facts – All You Need To know To Protect Yourself And Loved Ones
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Fears ‘Out Of Control’ Ebola Outbreak Could Spread To Other Continents
Fears that the west African Ebola outbreak could spread to other continents has grown with European and Asian countries on alert and a leading...
Fears 'Out Of Control' Ebola Outbreak Could Spread To Other Continents
Fears that the west African Ebola outbreak could spread to other continents has grown with European and Asian countries on alert and a leading...
UK holds Emergency Meeting Over Ebola Outbreak In Africa
Britain on Wednesday held a top-level government meeting to discuss the spread of...
Nigeria Tracking 30,000 People At Risk Of Contracting Ebola
Nigerian health authorities are in the process of tracing more than 30,000 people who...
Marking World Hepatitis Day, UN Appeals For Boost In Global Momentum To Tackle Disease
With 1.4 million deaths every year attributed to acute and chronic liver disease, the United Nations health agency is marking World Hepatitis Day by calling on...
Dr. Sheik Umar Khan The Head Doctor Contracts Ebola
The head doctor fighting the deadly tropical virus Ebola in Sierra Leone has himself caught the disease, the government said. The 39-year-old Sheik Umar Khan,...
AIDS conference Vows To Honour Colleagues Killed In Plane Downing
Delegates at a global AIDS conference vowed on Saturday to renew efforts to end the deadly disease in honour of the commitment of colleagues...
UN Agency Warns Of Fruit Bat Risk In West African Ebola Epidemic
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is urging increased efforts to improve awareness among rural communities in West Africa about the risks of...
WHO: 38 Million Die Annually From Chronic Diseases
The World Health Organization warned Thursday that 38 million people die each year from chronic diseases, which...
Ebola Outbreak: 25 More Deaths Confirmed In West Africa
A WHO statement said that Sierra Leone accounted for 14 deaths and 34 of the 50 new case Health officials in West Africa say 25...
UN health agency presents new plan to eliminate tuberculosis in low-burden countries
The United Nations health agency today presented a new plan aimed at eliminating tuberculosis (TB) in over 30 countries with low levels of the...
West Africa needs to wake up to threat from drugs trade
West Africa has become a major drugs route but a new approach can stop it being scarred by the carnage elsewhere Officials of Uganda’s anti-narcotic...
Apple, Google, Samsung vie to bring health apps to wearables Read more at: http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/lifestyle/article/2000125787/apple-google-samsung-vie-to-bring-health-apps-to-wearables?
A model presents a Samsung Galaxy Gear smartwatch after its launch at the IFA consumer electronics fair in Berlin For decades, medical technology firms have...