The proposed law to handle the affairs of Gold in Ghana – GoldBOD Bill, 2025
What do you need to know about the GoldBOD Bill?
The “galamsey” menace, a significant and multifaceted threat to public health
One of the menace, plaguing our environment and society currently is illegal mining, popularly known as “galamsey”. In recent times, it has become an albatross around the neck of politicians,…
What are the effects of SP prophylaxis and RTS,S malaria vaccine on the immunity in children?
SP prophylaxis and the RTS,S malaria vaccine are two interventions that are commonly used to prevent malaria in children living in endemic areas. Both of these interventions have been shown…
New COVID-19 delta variant: Ghanaians must stick to measures that have worked effectively
Ghana is noted to have identified the delta variant of SARS-COV-2. This was announced by the Head of the West Africa Center for Cell Biology and Infectious Pathogens (WACCBIP) of…
What is the implication with the delay in administering the second dose of COVID-19 vaccine?
We build immunity to a disease by developing antibodies that can neutralize or destroy the disease-carrying organism. The antibody production could be induced when one gets infected with the organism…
Why commercial s3x workers are now accepting maize, beans for payment
Prostitutes in Dema Growth Point, Zimbabwe, are reportedly now accepting buckets of maize and cups of beans as payment from their cash-strapped male clients. Some of the sex workers, who…
What will happen to your WhatsApp if you don’t update by May 15
Users yet to accept new terms and conditions for the messaging platform WhatsApp will start to get “persistent” reminders after the 15 May deadline. The changes relate primarily to the…
Galamsey fight: Let’s get serious as a nation – Oppong Nkrumah
Minister of Information, Oppong Nkrumah, has called on all Ghanaians to get serious with the fight against illegal mining, popularly known as galamsey. Speaking on Adom FM’s morning show Dwaso…
Congratulations: Dr Chris D. Nyan for breaking the wall in infectious disease diagnosis
Congratulations to Dr. Chris D. Nyan and his team of biomedical professionals for the breakthrough in developing a multiplex test kit for about seven (7) infectious pathogens including SARS COV-2…
1 million people already exposed to COVID-19 in Accra: WACCBIP scientists estimate
One of the complexities surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic is the “unfair” presentation of the virus in the African Region and in Ghana in particular. It has been one speculation upon…
And Saliva is better sample for COVID-19 testing?
“For lack of knowledge, my people perish” is one common phrase from scripture but difficult to practice if you ask me. In the heat of the COVID-19 pandemic, the statistics…
Metro Mass Transit staff on”strike”?
The staff of Metro Mass Transit are said to be on “strike” since their salaries for the past two months have not been paid. The leadership of the staff are…
All roads for malaria research lead to Dakar, Senegal for MIM2018
Appointments with individuals who are involved in malaria research, collaboration, control, management and its elimination programmes, could not be honoured in the week of 15th-21st April 2018. This is largely…
Ghana adopts ISO 15189:2012??
Ghana adopts ISO 15189:2012, for quality and competence requirements for medical laboratories. ISO 15189:2012 can be used by medical laboratories in developing their quality management systems and assessing their own…
ETHICS VERSUS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHT
The ethics of research (scientific) advocates that intellectual properties are registered to protect them. This gives the owner some sense of assurance that the work being developed or drafted is…
