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DIGYA, Ghana – Local farmer Precious Amewornu nearly died just before she could give birth to her second child and had to travel almost 500 kilometres for hospital care because her local clinic was not equipped to deal with her high blood pressure – one of the most common non-communicable diseases (NCDs).

A nurse at her primary health facil... read more

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Cancer treatment has improved significantly in other part of the world due to investments in advanced drug delivery systems.  It is evidenced that novel strategies such as the use of nanoparticles that target cancerous cells - both in vitro and in vivo, have proven positive with minimal adverse effects as compared to the well-known cancer treatment regimens.

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The World Health Organization, WHO’s member states have at the Seventy-five World Health Assembly in Geneva adopted the resolution WHA73 – dubbed the “Integrated people-centered eye care, including preventable vision impairment and blindness”. This is to address the growing need for eye care services worldwide. The resolution saw, WHO “developed a guidance on an evi... read more

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Africa is getting deeply rooted in the peril of the days of double burden of diseases as the efforts at curtailing this menace have been seriously challenged by the advent of COVID-19 pandemic, disrupting many public health systems and access to care.

The era of COVID-19 has made access to essential health service and delivery to the people... read more

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Global population is expected to increase to 9 billion by 2050, with youth (aged 15–24) accounting for about 14 percent of this total. While the world’s youth cohort is expected to grow, employment and entrepreneurial opportunities for youth – particularly those living in developing countries’ are stagnant as revealed by World Bank in 2019.

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