The Sunyani-based Global Media Foundation (GLOMEF) says it is set to implement a nationwide ‘Hepatitis Campaign’ to reduce the nation’s burden of liver diseases by 2030. The purpose of the ...
Liver failure and liver cancer are among the top10 causes of death in Ghana while liver cancer is the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths among Ghanaian adults. However, contracting ...
Professor Charles Ampong Adjei, Associate Professor in Public Health Nursing, University of Ghana, says vaccinating new-borns against Hepatitis B within 24 hours of delivery would help eliminate the disease in ...
The Hepatitis Alliance of Ghana (HAG) has cautioned the media against misinforming the public on the mode of transmission of Hepatitis ‘B’. Professor Charles Ampong Adjei, the Executive Director, HAG, ...
Frontliners in the fight against viral hepatitis in Ghana Monday called on the Government to consider an action plan for the elimination of the disease.
Some 500 residents of Kadjebi in the Oti Region have been tested and vaccinated against Hepatitis B.
Ghana is joining the rest of the global community today to observe this year's World Hepatitis Day (WHD) to create awareness of the condition.
Ghana will 2024 introduce a Hepatitis B birth dose vaccine to protect newborns and prevent the prevalence of the disease in the country, the Ghana Health Service (GHS), has said.
Dr Atsu Saeke-Kwaku, Programme Manager, National Viral Hepatitis Programme, Ghana Health Service, has called for a scale-up of Hepatitis B and C testing as the disease prevalence keeps increasing in ...
Mr Alexander Kwamena Afenyo-Markin, Deputy Majority Leader, on Tuesday appealed to the government to make testing, vaccination, and treatment of Hepatitis B accessible to rural communities.
