Tag: Medicine
Zimbabwe to open traditional Chinese medicine clinic
Zimbabwe's largest referral hospital here has established a traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) clinic and is applying for an official license to open, according...
Japanese firm to start human clinical tests for COVID-19 medicine in 2021
A biotechnology company in southwestern Japan said Tuesday it will start human clinical trials for a drug of treating COVID-19 in 2021.
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Zimbabweans seek traditional medicine amid pandemic
With the costs for formal health care skyrocketing at the backdrop of an economic crisis that has seen inflation skyrocketing to more than 700...
Tanzania warns against random use of medicines to cure COVID-19
Tanzanian health authorities on Sunday warned people against random use of different types of medicines in the hope that they can cure the COVID-19...
Traditional Chinese medicine plays vital role in Zhejiang’s epidemic prevention, control
By Li Zhongwen, Dou Hanyang
Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is achieving great effects in treating the novel coronavirus pneumonia patients in China.
By Feb. 18, TCM...
Wood fuel, a hazardous option for the rural poor
Affordability is an important issue when discussing access to modern energy systems in rural Ghana.
Traditional use of open fires and poorly functioning woodstoves...
Sports Medicine Workshop Takes Place in Sub-Saharan Region
Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons (GCPS), in collaboration with the America College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), has ended a four day lectures and...
Chinese Traditional Medicine Gets World Approval
Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has gained wider acceptance around the world, Wang Guoqiang, head of the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, said in...
Kenya bans on counter sale of medicine with codeine
Kenya on Tuesday banned on the counter selling of medicines that contain codeine to help minimize the risk of overuse and addiction.
Fred Siyoi, the...
Increase Use Of Antibiotics Given Rise To Untreatable Infections
The Pharmaceutical Society of Ghana (PSGH) has called for the responsible use of antibiotics in view of the alarming increase in the development of...
KNUST Chalks Success in Veterinary Medicine
The Veterinary Council of Ghana has appealed to the government to resource the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) School of Veterinary...
Critical Care Specialist Ask Gov’t To Prioritize Child Health
Dr. John Adabie Appiah, Critical Care Specialist at the Pediatric Unit of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), the nation’s second largest referral facility,...
Medical Students Schooled On Image Branding
Students of the Accra College of Medicine (ACM) have been schooled on image branding to enhance their proficiency in the medical field and also...
Professional Painter Imprisoned For Robbery
Abdul Rahman Mohammed, a professional painter, was on Wednesday sentenced to 15 years’ imprisonment in hard labour by an Accra Circuit Court for robbery...
China donates medicine to South Sudanese children hospital
The Chinese Embassy in South Sudan on Wednesday donated a batch of medicine and medical equipment to the Al-Shabbah Children's Hospital in the capital...
HIV/AIDS is not Curable by Herbal Drugs – Ghana AIDS Commission
Dr. Angela El-Adas, Director General of the Ghana AIDS Commission, has said that the country is yet to find a cure for the deadly...
Health Professionals Urged To Focus On Patient Safety
Mr. Isaac Adupong, Greater Accra Regional Chairman of the Pharmaceutical Society of Ghana (PSGH) has reminded health professionals that selling of expired or almost...
Ethiopian Airlines Recaps Performance For 2016
Mr Tewolde GebreMariam, Group CEO Ethiopian Airlines, recapping the Airline’s performance in 2016, said: “2016 has been an exceptionally challenging year for the African...
Chinese Authorities Release White Paper on TCM
The Chinese government published its first white paper on traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) on Tuesday, detailing policies and measures on TCM development and highlighting...
Why the elephant almost can’t get cancer
"Anti-aging medicine is not about stretching out the last years of life. It's about stretching out the middle years of life... and actually compressing...
Damascus given food and medicine aid
A humanitarian aid convoy, organized partially by the UN, is heading to an area near the capital Damascus for the first time since the...
FDA, GHS table for debate medicine and food surveillance plans
The meeting, which was under the auspices of the FDA, also discussed Food Borne Disease Surveillance, now a primary issue in health delivery.
Mr Eugene...
Paying close attention medication and their side effects
The World Health Organisation at its 1978 Conference in Soviet Union produced the Alma-Ata Health Declaration, which was designed to serve governments as...
Namibia health sector launches system to monitor and manage medicine stocks
The launch of the system which is called 'Pharmaceutical Information Dashboard' took place on Thursday in the capital Windhoek.
The system will...
African Women Suffering From Endometriosis
Even though the prevalence of endometriosis (severe menstrual pains) is well documented in women living in developed countries, studies on the prevalence of the...
Agriculture training should be more attractive – Prof. S.C. Fialor
“You would know how to drive a tractor by the time you finished an Agriculture degree in my time due to lower numbers but...
Scientists find two antibody cures for Ebola-infected monkeys
The MIL77E cocktail was based on one of the most promising Ebola drugs, a three-antibody cocktail called ZMapp, which cured a number of foreign...
Tigo CEO tops all on executive talent index
Roshi Motman, the CEO of Tigo Ghana has been ranked number one on Sweden?s prestigious list of 100 exceptional business leaders across the world.
The...
US gives approval for cancer drugs by Pfizer
Merck and Pfizer today announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted avelumab*, an investigational fully human anti-PD-L1 IgG1 monoclonal antibody,...
Understanding BPH as a professional
Most of the health talk centered on prostate cancer later ends up on prostate gland enlargement, whilst some believe that all men will get...