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KATH orders mandatory wearing of face masks
Management of Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) has ordered the mandatory wearing of face masks at the facility. In a statement signed by the Chief Executive Officer, Dr Oheneba Owusu...
Read moreCannabis shows promise blocking coronavirus infection: Alberta researcher
Cannabis extracts are showing potential in making people more resistant to the novel coronavirus, says an Alberta researcher leading a study. After sifting through 400 cannabis strains, researchers at the...
Read morePharmaceutical companies to produce 70 per cent of country’s drug needs
The Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association of Ghana (PMAG) has targeted to produce 70 per cent of the country's essential pharmaceutical products within the next three years. The move is meant to...
Read moreCOVID-19: Ghana working on herbal cure
The Centre for Plant Medicine Research (CPMR) at Mampong Akuapem in the Eastern Region is collaborating with the Ministry of Health (MoH) and other stakeholders in research to find a...
Read morePharmacists intervene in COA Herbal, FDA brawl over product contamination
The Pharmacists Forum has called on the Chief Executive Officer of COA Herbal Centre, Prof. Samuel Ato Duncan to work with the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) to fix the...
Read moreBreakthrough as Ghana researchers develop rapid diagnostic testing for Covid-19
In what is clearly a triumph for academic and industry synergy, a rapid diagnostic test kit for the new coronavirus has been developed in Ghana. Scientists at the Kwame Nkrumah...
Read more13 Doctors Have Been Infected – Dr Baidoo Discloses
A number of doctors in Ghana have been infected by the deadly Coronavirus, according to the Ashanti Divisional Chairperson of the Ghana Medical Association, Dr. Paa Kwesi Baidoo. Ghana has...
Read moreNew hospitals are long term solutions let’s focus on immediate measures – Global health expert to Akufo-Addo
A global health expert has said government should focus on finding immediate measures to combat Covid-19 instead of building medical facilities to fight the virus. Adjunct Professor at New York...
Read moreProf. Dr Marylyn Addo is the German-born Ghanaian virologist creating a vaccine for COVID-19
German-born doctor of Ghanaian descent, Prof. Dr Marylyn Addo could be the answer to the world’s problem as she finds a cure to the deadly COVID-19 which has wreaked havoc across...
Read moreFDA lists 10 approved face masks
The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) on Sunday listed 10 registered and approved face masks and shield for public use to help contain the Covid-19 pandemic. They are Heritage Face...
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