The global fight against COVID-19 is far from over. As the pandemic continues, the delta variant presents a new wave of challenges and further emphasizes the importance of redoubling efforts to combat the virus. If you are reporting on this more contagious variant’s impact on people around the world, Peter van Heusden, a bioinformatician at the South …
Out of 13,237 people who were tested for suspected malaria cases in the Adaklu district between January and June, this year, 5,522 tested positive. During the same period in 2020, 8,721 people were tested and 3,490 tested positive. Mr. Robert Bedie, Adaklu District Malaria Focal Person disclosed this at a one-day Malaria Community Sensitization Intervention …
The seven days Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention (SMC) exercise being carried out by the Upper East Regional Health Directorate of the Ghana Health Services has begun in earnest. The exercise which is a collaborative effort of the Global Fund and the Ghana Health Services is targeted at children aged from three to 59 months. The Regional …
As I was straightening the bed sheets of my patients as part of my morning routines as a nurse, my eyelids were ready for oneness. Last night was very hectic and it kept me vigil throughout. It was my last out of five consecutive night duties. I had a sigh of relief when I spotted …
Players in the health sector are being urged to adopt technology in sourcing medication directly from manufacturers. This is one of the means to deal with counterfeit and substandard drugs, which is killing thousands in Africa. Managing Director of mPharma-Ghana, Emmanuel Agyei, said vigilance of professionals in the sector and adoption of modern tools are …
The Alliance for Reproductive Health Rights (ARHR), has called for the submission of abstracts on malaria research and interventions to be presented at the up-coming Malaria Research Conference to be held in September 2021. In a statement issued in Accra, the Alliance requested that the abstracts from research and academic institutions, Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), …
Pregnant women have a compromised immune system, which makes them more vulnerable to other diseases. Know what happens when pregnant women contract malaria. As the country reels against the ferocious wave of Covid-19, the last thing we want is the outbreak of vector-borne diseases like dengue, malaria in India. The arrival of monsoon, on the …
Malaria vaccination in Keta municipality has seen much progress in the past months but not without difficulties. In an interview with the Keta Municipal Health Director, Emmanuel Toruka Kona the main problem has been challenges in maintaining the corhort they started with. According to Mr Kona, some of them who started with vaccination at some point had to travel, making it difficult …
The Programme Manager of the National Malaria Control Programme (NMCP), Dr Keziah Malm, has lauded China for eliminating malaria from that country. She said Ghana was also on course to eliminate the disease, hopefully by 2030. Dr Malm, who was responding to questions posed by the Daily Graphic on how Ghana was faring at efforts …
30 June 2021 – Following a 70-year effort, China has been awarded a malaria-free certification from WHO – a notable feat for a country that reported 30 million cases of the disease annually in the 1940s. “Today we congratulate the people of China on ridding the country of malaria,” said Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO …
