In an effort to address problems leading to the spread of the Ebola Virus Disease in sub-Saharan Africa, experts across the world including political institutions have started discussing possible ways of dealing with such a crisis should it reoccur.
Managers of the country’s first ever cancer registry are soliciting government and public support to sustain the work of the facility and make it reliable. The Kumasi Cancer Registry, set up about two years ago, looks to reach out to prayer camps, herbal centres and private health facilities to collect data on the disease for effective diagnosis and management.
Dr. Dayo Adeyanju says that the strange ailment that broke out in Ode-Irele a remote community in the Southern part of Ondo state, south-west Nigeria might have been as a result of the victims’ consumption of a local alcohol.
Ghana’s first ever cancer registry, the Kumasi Cancer Registry located at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), has been making a positive impact three years after its establishment. Establishment in 2012, the maiden registry has been facilitating data collection and effective management of the disease since 2012.
Liberia over the weekend joined countries around the world to observe World Water Day under theme, "Water and Sustainable Development".