Category: News

[Capital FM] Nairobi — The High Court has declined to issue an order stopping the school feeding program initiated by the Nairobi County Government.

[Nile Post] Aster Medcity, one of South India’s largest quaternary care healthcare centres; Magnus Medi , one of the leading brands in India’s medical tourism industry, in partnership with the Uganda Cancer Institute (UCI), have successfully concluded the first bone-marrow transplant conference in Kmapala.

[Ghanaian Times] The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has announced its intention to introduce a vaccine for Hepatitis B virus (HBV) to be administered to babies at birth.

[Ghanaian Times] The Ga Central Municipal Health Directorate has administered 130,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines out of the over 300,000 population in the municipality, the Municipal Health Director, Dr Esther Odame Asiedu, has said.

[Ghanaian Times] Ghana will from next year introduce a vaccine for Hepatitis B virus (HBV) to be administered to babies at birth, the Director-General (D-G) of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), Dr Patrick Kuma-Aboagye, has said.

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[allAfrica] Kigali, Rwanda — The climate crisis is a global challenge, but it is also an opportunity to build a more just and equitable world.

[Ghanaian Times] Bolgatanga — The Rural Urban Partnership For Africa (RUPFA), an Accra-based non-governmental organisation (NGO), has supported three health facilities in the Upper East Region with a tricycle ambulance, two refrigerators, and 10 benches valued at GH¢62,400.

[Ghanaian Times] I came across this article in a paper by Moskaug et al. Polyphenols and glutathione synthesis regulation. The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Volume 81, Issue 1, January 2005, Pages 277S-283S, https://doi.org/10.1093/ajcn/81.1.277S. I am compelled to share because of the vital role polyphenols play in the synthesis and upregulation of glutathione-a notable antioxidant.

[Ghanaian Times] A policy brief on the inclusion of small fish in the Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP) and nutrition education materials was launched in Accra yesterday.