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Universal Health Coverage must cover leprosy-GHS
Dr Patrick Kuma-Aboagye, Director General, Ghana Health Service (GHS), has called for the inclusion of leprosy in the Universal Health Coverage agenda.
He said the...
Let’s fight Neglected Tropical Diseases to reduce poverty – GHS
Dr Benjamin Marfo, the Programmes Manager for the NTDs programme, Ghana Health Service (GHS), has called on the public to help fight Neglected...
Stakeholders Pledge To Eliminate Neglected Tropical Diseases
Leaders from governments, pharmaceutical companies and charitable organizations have congregated at a five-day summit in Geneva to pledge new commitments to the collective effort...
Nigeria records 4,000 cases of leprosy annually
An average of 4,000 cases of leprosy are recorded annually in Nigeria and a large number of cases are among children, a local...
Ghana Sustains The Treatment Of Leprosy
With more than 40,000 registered cases in the country around 1948, the figure has reduced to only 385 as of December last year.
Speaking at...
