Tag: Public Health

Over 50 countries, cities, and organizations have pledged new commitments to combat air pollution, aiming to protect public health and halve its devastating impact by 2040.  This ambitious goal is ...

To address these challenges, the Ministry of Energy and Green Transition launched a two-day National Clean Cooking Policy and Strategy Workshop

These debts encompass co-financing obligations, judgment debts, and costs associated with clearing medical supplies at ports.

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has addressed concerns raised in the recent BBC Africa Eye investigative report titled Who is Flooding West Africa with Opioids?  The report exposed the ...

The Pharmaceutical Society of Ghana (PSGH) has condemned the growing influx of illicit opioids into the country, calling for stringent regulatory oversight to safeguard public health.  This follows an investigative ...

Mussa Dankwah, Executive Director of Global InfoAnalytics, has urged Ghana to adopt a more self-reliant approach to budget planning by completely removing donor dependency in its financial projections.  According to ...

Authorities in southwest Congo suspect malaria may be the cause of a mysterious flu-like illness that has claimed dozens of lives in recent weeks. Laboratory tests suggest the disease, which ...

Morocco has become the first African nation to produce and distribute mpox tests, addressing the chronic dependence on imported medical supplies.  Moroccan startup Moldiag is at the forefront, filling orders ...

Health officials across Africa are on high alert as Congo grapples with an unexplained illness that has claimed dozens of lives in recent weeks.  Congo’s health minister, Roger Kamba, confirmed ...

Rishi Sunak, the former Prime Minister who initially championed a groundbreaking plan to ban young people from ever purchasing cigarettes, was notably absent during a pivotal parliamentary vote on the ...