Hospitals
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WHO gives new recommendations for screening and treatment of cervical cancer as decline in screening of breast and cervical cancer witnessed
SWITZERLAND – World Health Organization (WHO) and Human Reproduction Programme (HRP) have launched new guidelines to help countries make faster progress, more and equitably, on…
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Ivory Coast dispatches mobile clinics to speed up COVID vaccinations
COTE D’IVOIRE – Ivory Coast has begun sending mobile clinics to markets and other busy areas in its main city Abidjan in an effort to…
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South Sudan’s Health Care Remains Inadequate ten years after independence, Officials Say
South Sudan – As South Sudan celebrates 10 years of independence, health care workers and officials say the health care situation in the world’s newest…
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New product to scale up family planning in rural areas launched in Nigeria
NIGERIA – Nigerian Minister for Health, Sen. Olorunimbe Mamora, has announced the ministry will soon introduce the Depot Medroxyprogesterone Acetate Subcutaneous Injection (DMPA-SC) which allows…
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US$ 100,000 National eye screening project for children launched in Ghana
GHANA – A National Eye Screening Project aimed at screening and treating children aged zero to five for all kinds of eye disease has been…
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South African medics threaten court action as staff shortages hit COVID response Access
SOUTH AFRICA -The South African Medical Association (SAMA) has threatened to take the government to court because scores of new junior doctors cannot find placements…
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mPharma inks deal with Absa Ghana to offer Mutti health membership benefits to the bank’s customers
GHANA – mPharma has announced their partnership with Absa bank Ghana to launch Absa Mutti, a platform that will allow Absa’s 40,000 customers to have…
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‘War room’ task force convenes to discuss ways on how to help fight COIVD-19 pandemic in developing states
GENEVA – Heads of the World Bank Group (WBG), International Monetary Fund (IMF), World Health organization (WHO) and World Trade organization (WTO) had their first…
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Inadequate financing threatens Ghana’s universal health coverage
GHANA – Ghana’s quest to attain the World Health Organization’s Universal Health Coverage (UHC) by 2030 set to suffer a setback if the government does…
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Swift medical partners with Accentcare as it aims to venture into the home-based health market
CANADA – Digital wound care start-up Swift Medical is partnering with one of the largest home health providers, AccentCare, to get its technology into the…