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Children openly defecate in Sawmill, a neighbourhood of Monrovia
(photo: IRIN / Anna Jefferys)
Ghana Can No Longer Tolerate Open Defecation – Barton-Odro
Peace FM Online
First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Hon. Ebo Barton-Odro says Ghana can no longer tolerate open defecation under any excuse. | According to him, the country cannot win the fight against infectious diseases if it does not step up the pace to address problems associated with safe drinking water, sanit...
President Ernest Bai Koroma, Vice-President Alhaji Sam Sumana and minister of Information and communications Ibrahim Ben-Kargbo listen to the speech by the World Bank representative during the launching of the fiber optic project in Sierra Leone.
(photo: WN / John Sahid)
Sierra Leone celebrates 55 Years of Independence
Sierra Leone Telegraph
27 APRIL 1961 – 27 APRIL 2016 | Congratulations to the people of Sierra Leone on your 55th Independence Anniversary. | Happy Birthday to You Mama Salone and God Bless you as Always – Wishing you a much brighter future. | Sierra Leone is 55 Years Old Today – A trip down memory lane wit...
These ten foods are natural germicides
The Times Of India
Greek scientist Hippocrates famously said "Let food be thy medicine." While modern medicine pays less importance to food as a means of cure, Ayurveda and Homeopathy attach utmost significance to diet which is seen as a supplement to the medicines pre...
Disease Evolution: The Origins Of Anorexia And How It’s Shaped By Culture And Time
IFL Science
There are fashions in diseases, as in anything else. It’s understandable that a new, infectious and life-threatening malady could preoccupy us, such as cholera in the 19th century or Ebola in recent times. | It is harder to see why a panic erupts a...
Genetic Detectives: How Scientists Use DNA To Track Disease Outbreaks
IFL Science
They’re the top questions on everyone’s mind when a new disease outbreak happens: where did the virus come from? When did this happen? How long has it been spreading in a particular country or group of people? | These questions have been the foun...
Let Change Our Attitude Towards Sanitation
Modern Ghana
By Pentigh.com | It is very appalling when we create messes and we end up been the victims at pale to the mess we create. Apparently the truth behind all this is the outcome of the plastic waste and other waste product that litters around the environ...
No maternal mortality recorded in Effutu
Modern Ghana
By GNA | Winneba (C/R), May 1, GNA - The Effutu Municipality has not recorded any maternal mortality case for the past three years following prudent measures put in place by management of the health institutions in the area. | Mr Francis Ayekwei Tago...
Three dead as suspected cholera strikes Mayuge
Topix
Three people have been confirmed dead of suspected cholera at Bwondha Landing Site in Malongo Sub-county in Mayuge District. Dr Charles Nabangi, the district health officer, said on Thursday the disease had claimed three people in one week and more t...
Ghana Can No Longer Tolerate Open Defecation – Barton-Odro
Peace FM Online
First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Hon. Ebo Barton-Odro says Ghana can no longer tolerate open defecation under any excuse. | According to him, the country cannot win the fight against infectious diseases if it does not step up the pace to address p...
Health dept gears up to tackle water-borne ills
The Times Of India
Aurangabad: With the drought situation forcing many residents of the affected areas to consume contaminated water, the district health department has decided to keep a close watch on the spread of water-borne diseases. | Officials said it is likely t...
Aurangabad gears up to tackle water-borne diseases
The Times Of India
Aurangabad: With the drought situation forcing many residents of the affected areas to consume contaminated water, the district health department has decided up to keep a close watch on the spread of water-borne diseases. | Officials said it is likel...
Christians should put on their 'No Fear Gear' and be wise
The Examiner
“A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee. There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling. For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee i...
Is Jim Kim destroying the World Bank — or saving it from itself?
Stars and Stripes
In a shantytown perched in the hilly outskirts of Lima, Peru, people were dying. It was 1994, and thousands of squatters – many of them rural migrants who had fled from their country's Maoist guerrilla insurgency – were crammed into unventilated ...



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