Tag: cancer
Kenya launches policy document to help deal with cancer
Kenya's Ministry of Health on Friday launched Kenya Cancer Policy 2019-2030 to help address the growing burden of disease in the country.
Rashid Aman, Chief...
Botswana first lady hosts reception on childhood cancer
Botswana First Lady Neo Masisi hosted a Global Hematology-Oncology Pediatric Excellence (HOPE) reception dinner to raise awareness of childhood cancer here on Wednesday.
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Cancer: A Marauding Beast on the Loose
Cancer has become a global burden and has taken massive resources within the last decade with no significant improvement. As at the end of...
Good nutrition enhances academic performance – GHS
Dr Emmanuel Dzotsi, the Director of Health Services, Oti Region, has said good nutrition enhances academic performance of children and contribute to their...
Ghanaian butchers cautioned to stop using harmful chemicals to process meat
Ghanaian butchers should stop the use of harmful chemicals in meat processing forthwith, Madam Cecilia Abena Dapaah, Minister of Sanitation and Water Resources, has...
Ghana aims at 60 percent survival rate for children with cancer by 2030
Around 1,300 new cases of childhood cancer are expected in Ghana each year. There are two main childhood cancer treatment centres in Ghana with...
President pays glowing tribute to First Lady for serving Ghana
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has commended the First Lady Mrs. Rebecca Akufo-Addo, for her immense contribution towards the provision of critical services...
Health facilitates must screen all women for breast cancer – Morna
Health facilities in the country at all levels have been encouraged to screen all women who visit their facility for the early detection of...
Robert Mugabe died from advanced cancer – Mnangagwa
Former Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe died from advanced cancer and had already been taken off chemotherapy, his successor President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said.
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UICC: 3 eminent figures shortlisted for Outstanding Contribution to Cancer Control Award
The Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) has announced the names of the three nominees shortlisted for its inaugural Outstanding Contribution to Cancer...
Cervical Cancer is Curable at The Early Stages
Cervical cancer could be cured if detected early during screening at an appropriate health facility, Mrs. Monica Danso, Assistant Staff Midwife at the Family...
Roman Reigns Cancer Diminishing
The WWE superstar - who revealed four months ago that he was battling leukaemia - made an incredible return on 'Monday Night Raw' last...
Cancer Cases Still Soaring
Cancer has been considered as one of the world’s most pressing health concerns, killing in excess of eight million people every year, more than...
A Christian Brother Raped My Daughter
She died of cancer
The problem of suffering/evil has been branded by many Christian Apologist as the toughest question posed against the Christian faith. However,...
Study links mutation that disrupts DNA’s electrical signaling to colon cancer
A single missing iron atom in a key DNA repair protein may be the root cause for the development of an aggressive, early-onset form...
Chinese researchers find new remedies to lung cancer
Chinese researchers have developed two new medicines that may prolong the lives of lung cancer patients, the China Daily reported Friday.
Researchers from Shanghai Chest...
Mandela University Advances in Cancer treatment
17 years after Nelson Mandela sold the dream of a state of the art institution to drive Africa’s advancement in science and technology to...
Ghanaians Urged To Adopt Scientific Measures
Professor Kwadwo Koram, the Former Director of Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, Legon, said Ghanaians must examine their beliefs in the context of...
Limited Resources Affecting Impact Access To Care
Mr Markus Gemuend, the Head of Sub-Saharan Africa, Roche, has said that the lack of financial burden data was a major obstacle to developing...
Asanko Gold Establish Strong Community Presence
Asanko Gold Mine, a mining company operating in the Amansie West, has established strong community presence to remove any tension and conflict with the...
Ghana Society UK Unveils Ambassadors for Ghana’s World Child Cancer
Sherifa Gunu, Irene Logan, Flowking Stone, Ellen Kyei White, Joel Orleans, Louisa Annan and Mizter Okyere have been enlisted as our Ambassadors for World...
Shannen Doherty Tells How Cancer Made Her Right
In an exclusive interview with Life & Style magazine, actress Shannen Doherty, 46, shares she’s emerged from her harrowing two-year battle with cancer as...
Iranian cancer researcher with valid visa deported from US
An Iranian cancer researcher who had been headed to a prominent Boston hospital to work as a scholar was sent back to his country...
Low levels of cancer awareness causing late treatment of disease in Ghana – Dr...
Low levels of awareness about childhood cancers among the public and health workers lead to late presentation for appropriate treatment and care.
In Ghana, about...
Namibia battles cancer through apple sales
The Cancer Association of Namibia (CAN) and project partners on Wednesday launched a project to persuade Namibians to eat apples to fight cancers.
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Unqualified radiographers could be responsible for people’s cancer’
Mr Prince Rockson, the National President of the Ghana Society of Radiographers (GSR), said wrong usage of radiation on the body could cause cancer...
Volunteers to the Mars 2020 mission face cancer risk
It's been said that the first Mars explorers will have to be prepared to take one for humanity. As various studies have shown, they...
Western Sanctions, Like a Cancer, Seriously Hit Syrian Medicine
The Representatives of the World Health Organization (WHO) said the hospitals in Syria are now in critical situation because of Western sanctions.
WHO representative in...
Ghana Lacks Comprehensive Policy On Occupational Health
Exposure to wood dust may cause external and internal health problems.
Adverse health effects associated with wood dust exposure may include dermatitis, allergic respiratory effects,...
Study Shows Cycling Could Reduce Cancer and Heart Diseases
Want to live longer? Reduce your risk of cancer? And heart disease? Then cycle to work, say scientists.
The biggest study into the issue linked...