Tag: Global Health

The Women in Medicine Fellowship has received strong backing from government, with Deputy Minister for Health Grace Ayensu-Danquah welcoming the initiative as a timely intervention to strengthen leadership and promote ...

Ghana’s Minister of Health, Hon. Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, has urged the international community to take urgent and collective action in tackling non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and mental health challenges, describing them ...

President John Dramani Mahama has arrived in Brussels to participate in a high-level international summit on vaccine replenishment, taking on a leading role in global advocacy for equitable immunisation efforts.  ...

The global fight against HIV/AIDS is at risk as the head of the United Nations AIDS agency warns that US Aid freeze could lead to a dramatic increase in infections ...

The Trump administration’s decision to proceed with the USAID shutdown has triggered widespread criticism, with congressional Democrats raising concerns about the influence billionaire ally Elon Musk wields over the federal ...

The United Nations and its agencies have responded to President Donald Trump’s executive orders withdrawing the United States from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Paris Climate Agreement.  The ...

In a significant breakthrough in the fight against tuberculosis (TB), the World Health Organization (WHO) has endorsed a cutting-edge diagnostic test, marking a milestone in global health.  The test, called ...

An estimated 10.3 million people contracted measles in 2023, marking a 20% increase from 2022, according to a new report by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the U.S. Centers ...

Countries grappling with conflict, natural disasters, and humanitarian crises are facing a severe setback in providing routine childhood immunizations, leaving millions of children vulnerable to preventable diseases like polio.  In ...

Billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates has called on the world's richest nations to increase their support for African countries, which have been sidelined as development funds increasingly shift toward addressing the ...