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...
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...
2016 African Vaccination & Child Health Promotion Week Launched Modern Ghana By Joseph Kobla Wemakor | The Deputy Minister of Health, Dr. Victor Bampoe has observed the country has made a significant gain in reduction of morbidity and mortality among children under five years since the introduction of the Expanded Programme o...
Donald Hopkins helped kill smallpox and is close to slaying the fiery serpent CNN Chicago (CNN)Donald Hopkins keeps his enemy in plain sight. Henrietta sits on a bookshelf in the doctor's home office, coiled like a yard-long strand of spaghetti, in an alcohol-filled glass jar. | The dead Guinea worm has been there for most of Hopk...
Dengue costing India over $1bn per year: Study The Times Of India NEW DELHI: Dengue, the mosquito-borne disease which hits India hard every year, is estimated to cost the world a whopping $8.9 billion annually. That's higher than many major infectious diseases including cholera, canine rabies and rotavirus gastroen...
Dengue fever's economic 'bite' estimated by investigators Science Daily The global cost of dengue is an estimated US$8.9 billion annually, higher than several other major infectious diseases such as cholera, rotavirus gastroenteritis, canine rabies and Chagas, say investigators. ... ...
Health Service launches cholera campaign Modern Ghana By GNA | By Samira Larbie, GNA | Accra, May 4, GNA - The Ghana Health Service has launched a campaign to create awareness on cholera prevention and reduce the number of cases this year. | The exercise would be undertaken in collaboration with the Min...
Cholera in parts of Godhra town The Times Of India Vadodara: Parts of Godhra were declared cholera-hit after a five-year-old boy residing in the Muslim Society in the Satpul locality of the town showed symptoms of the disease. | A notification by the Panchmahal district collector under the Cholera Re...
The sacred lake of Gana Talao CNN (CNN)Every year on the tiny island of Mauritius a great pilgrimage occurs. Thousands of Hindus make the rugged journey to a volcanic crater that houses the Gana Talao, a lake raised up high above the Indian Ocean, for a touch of divinity. | Holy wate...
Kibuku Runs Out of Essential Cholera Drugs All Africa [Monitor] Kibuku -Kibuku District health department has run-out of most essential drugs to treat the overwhelming number of cholera patients after the disease struck the district two weeks back. ... ...
Single Cholera Case, No Death This Year, GHS Confirms Peace FM Online The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has confirmed that as of April 19, 2016, only one incident of cholera outbreak had been recorded in the country, with no deaths. | It has, however, warned that the country is not out of the throes of more outbreaks, sin...
Gaza sewage poisons coastline, threatens Israel The Oklahoman SHATI REFUGEE CAMP, Gaza Strip (AP) — Each day, millions of gallons of raw sewage pour into the Gaza Strip's Mediterranean beachfront, spewing out of a metal pipe and turning miles of once-scenic coastline into a stagnant dead zone. | The sewage ha...
Gaza sewage poisons coastline, threatens Israel The Miami Herald Each day, millions of gallons of raw sewage pour into the Gaza Strip's Mediterranean beachfront, spewing out of a metal pipe and turning miles of once-scenic coastline into a stagnant dead zone. | The sewage has damaged Gaza's limited fresh water sup...
