The president of Botswana has threatened to send 20,000 elephants to Germany in a dispute over conservation. Earlier this year, Germany’s environment ministry suggested there should be stricter limits on importing trophies from hunting animals. Botswana’s President Mokgweetsi Masisi told German media this would only impoverish people in his country. He said elephant numbers had […] The post Botswana
Rescue efforts are under way in Taiwan after a 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck the island’s eastern coast, killing at least nine and injuring more than 800. Some 127 people are trapped in collapsed tunnels and on mountainous roads along the rugged coastline. The epicentre was 18km (11 miles) south of Hualien city, but strong tremors […] The post Rescue efforts continue after
Uganda’s Constitutional Court has rejected a petition seeking to annul an anti-gay law that has been roundly condemned internationally as one of the toughest in the world. The court found on Wednesday that some sections of the law violated the right to health and it was “inconsistent with right to health, privacy and freedom of religion” but […] The post Uganda’s Constitutional
Tens of thousands of people have fled the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince, to escape a surge in gang violence over the past weeks. United Nations figures suggest more than 53,000 left between 8-27 March. The UN is warning that the rural regions to which many have fled are not equipped to deal with such a large […] The post More than 50,000 flee Haiti capital after surge in gang violence
The White House wants US space agency Nasa to develop a new time zone for the Moon – Coordinated Lunar Time (CLT). Because of the different gravitational field strength on the Moon, time moves quicker there relative to Earth – 58.7 microseconds every day. This might not seem like much, but it can have a […] The post White House wants Moon to have its own time zone appeared first
In the vast landscape of Africa, the impact of high heat on human health is becoming increasingly apparent, particularly for vulnerable populations such as women and girls. High temperatures have a range of direct and indirect effects on women’s SRH across the African continent. From exacerbating existing health conditions to increasing vulnerability to new threats, […] The post The
The first man to receive a genetically modified kidney transplant from a pig has been discharged from the hospital. The 62-year-old was sent home on Wednesday, two weeks after the ground-breaking surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH). Organ transplants from genetically modified pigs have failed in the past. However, the success of this procedure so […] The post Pig kidney
Alexander Roosevelt, a member of the Health Committee of Parliament has called on the government to take immediate action to address the migration of nurses by formalizing the process. The Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association recently disclosed that approximately 6,000 nurses have left Ghana to seek better opportunities abroad since August 2023, citing poor […] The post Ghana
The Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has criticized the government’s expenditure in the health sector, emphasizing the alleged dubious spending on digitalization initiatives amounting to GH¢2.67 billion. In a social media post [X] on Wednesday, April 3, 2024, Ablakwa expressed concern over the state of healthcare in Ghana, highlighting various challenges […] The post Ablakwa
Ukraine has claimed responsibility for a drone attack in Russia’s Tatarstan region – more than 1,300km (807 miles) from the Ukraine-Russia border. The strikes, in which 12 people were injured, are the deepest into Russian territory since the start of the war. Local authorities said that the strikes hit the town of Yelabuga, where drones […] The post Deepest Ukraine drone
The judge overseeing Donald Trump’s criminal hush money case has expanded a gag order on the former president after his online attacks against his daughter. Justice Juan Merchan has banned Mr Trump from criticising his family members or those of Manhattan prosecutor Alvin Bragg. The Trump campaign has called the gag order unconstitutional. In the […] The post Trump gag order expanded
The UK and US have signed a landmark deal to work together on testing advanced artificial intelligence (AI). The agreement signed on Monday says both countries will work together on developing “robust” methods for evaluating the safety of AI tools and the systems that underpin them. It is the first bilateral agreement of its kind. UK […] The post UK and US sign landmark agreement
By Ngozi OKONJO-IWEALA Taking place in challenging and uncertain times, the World Trade Organization’s 13th Ministerial Conference in Abu Dhabi produced mixed results: a few successes, but also some disappointments. By contrast, the previous ministerial conference, held in June 2022, concluded with the adoption of numerous multilateral agreements and decisions, giving the WTO a temporary […] The post
Zoomlion Ghana Ltd., as part of its corporate social responsibility, has made a cheque donation for GHC25,000 to support the treatment of 8-year-old Akua Ankumah. Akua has been diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Lukemia (ALL) and is currently at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital receiving treatment. She needs urgent care of bone marrow transplant and other chemotherapy […] The post
The North East Regional Health Director, Dr. Ibrahim Baba Abubakar, has disclosed some challenges bedevilling health care delivery in the region. He revealed this during the annual health performance review meeting in Nalerigu, stating that poor road networks and inadequate staff redistribution have heavily impacted the region’s health sector. Dr Abubakar explained that the area’s […] The post North
The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), Deputy Chief Executive in charge of Operations, Louisa Atta-Agyemang (Mrs.), concluded a three-day working visit to the Greater Accra, Volta, and Oti Regions on March 28, 2024. She concluded the tour in the Kpando Municipality of the Volta Region, where she expressed satisfaction with the limited rollout of the […] The post NHIA
The Tema General Hospital has responded to a viral video showing its Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) in darkness with nurses struggling to care for babies during a power outage. The Hospital in a statement clarified that it was a brief generator trip-off. The medical director at the facility, Dr. Richard Anthony, confirmed that the […] The post It was a
By Ama KUDOM-AGYEMANG Can you ever imagine a malaria free Africa? No way! Judging from the long, arduous, complex and expensive journey complicated by climate change, to find a permanent treatment, the disease might seem impossible to eradicate. While, existing interventions have significantly reduced the burden of malaria across Africa, mainly due to the scale-up […] The post
A nursing mother has disclosed that she lost her three-day-old baby at the Tema General Hospital on Tuesday, March 26, 2024, allegedly due to the power outage at the facility. Rashida Abubakar Tetteh, the 24-year-old troubled mother has disclosed that she was on admitted at the Post C-S ward of the hospital when she was […] The post Dumsor
Hearts of Oak have reinstated Vincent Sowah Odotei and Dr. Nyaho Nyaho Tamakloe as board members. This follows the earlier dissolution of the board as part of a new direction under the direction of Executive Board Chairman Togbe Afede XIV. The decision to dissolve the board, including the departure of prominent figures like Frank Nelson […] The post Odotei, Nyaho-Tamakloe reappointed
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