Health

Monitoring Government’s Health Promises in Ghana

iWatch AfricaJanuary 12, 2021
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iWatch Africa to launch its 2021 ‘Policy Dialogue Series’ on Saturday, Jan 16

iWatch Africa will officially unveil its maiden ‘Policy Dialogue Series’ on Saturday, 16th January 2021 as part of a broader…
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Gideon SarpongJune 23, 2020
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Ghana: Active COVID-19 cases drop sharply after adopting new WHO guidelines as experts express concern

Ghana has recorded over a 140 percent drop in active COVID-19 cases in the country after adopting new WHO guidelines…
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Gideon SarpongJune 15, 2020
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Ghana: Over 70% spike in COVID-19 cases in Ashanti Region since contact tracers declared strike

COVID-19 contact tracers numbering over 100 in the Ghana’s second most populous region, Ashanti Region, have laid down their tools…
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Gideon SarpongMay 21, 2020
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Ghana requests for Madagascar’s COVID-Organics despite caution from WHO

The Ghanaian government has confirmed that it has reached out to Madagascar to make available to the country its supposed…
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Gideon SarpongMay 16, 2020
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Fixing the Future: What must the world do now and post COVID-19?

There is no gainsaying that the lethal novel coronavirus moniker “COVID-19” has revealed the epistemic limitation of humans concerning plagues.…
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Gideon SarpongMay 14, 2020
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Fact-Check: Claim that smoking tobacco is helpful against coronavirus is ‘unproven’ and misleading

A story circulating on some major news portals in Ghana attributable to the managing editor of the Insight Newspaper, Kwesi…
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Gideon SarpongMay 6, 2020
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Ghana: Gov’t under pressure as confirmed COVID-19 cases surge following lift in lockdown

The Ghanaian government is under an intense pressure from health experts and citizens following a spike in the number of…
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Gideon SarpongDecember 10, 2018
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Traffic crashes are leading killer of children in Africa

The World Health Organization (WHO) is calling for urgent action to put a brake on road traffic crashes that kill…
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Gideon SarpongSeptember 25, 2018
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Chinese & Indian firms dumping counterfeit anti-malarials in West Africa causing over 100,000 deaths a year

iWatch Africa assessment of the 2017 Enact Continental Report has revealed that Chinese and Indian firms are the largest producers…
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Gideon SarpongSeptember 6, 2018
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Safety Alert: 6 people die daily and 2,000 perish annually through road traffic crashes in Ghana

The carnage on our roads has become one of the leading causes of deaths in Ghana. On the average, six…
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