Dr. Kwegyir Aggrey "Only the best is good enough for Africa."
Kwame Nkrumah "The independence of Ghana is meaningless unless it is linked up with the total liberation of Africa."
By Anna Doble Facebook has added an Ebola button to users’ profile pages to help people donate to charities fighting the disease. The money will go to International Medical Corps, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, and Save the Children. Facebook is also paying for 100 satellite communication terminals to help […]
By Ukachi Uwadinobi It is generally believed among astute political observers in and outside the United States that Democratic presidential nominee Al Gore lost the 2000 presidential election to Republican George W. Bush, ostensibly because Gore practically dis-owned President Bill Clinton, his boss who put him a heartbeat away from the Oval Office. Yes, the […]
By Sarah Knapton, Science Editor Scientists at Lancaster and Ulster universities have discovered that two common diabetes drugs reverse the devastating effects of Alzheimer’s disease. Drugs used to tackle Type 2 diabetes may also reverse Alzheimer’s disease and restore memories, a new study suggests. Liraglutide and lixisenatide work by increasing insulin production, reducing the amount […]
By Kwabena Opong The constant unfolding of events in Ghana makes it difficult to place them in any order of priority. The people’s action in Burkina Faso to take back their country comes at a time when in Ghana 12 labor unions have embarked on a strike action to demand accountability from government about their […]
By Michelle Arrouas “Press line 2,” Malick El Hadji, known as Malick Tall, says to his co-anchor Abdou Diaw. It’s Tuesday evening close to midnight, and WPAT-AM’s “African Global News,” the weekly broadcast of global news from Senegal plus local news from Harlem’s Little Senegal, is on the air. Callers are debating how West African […]
by Sarah Jane Tribble Holly Dawson believes her job is a calling. She is one of about 2 million home care workers in the country. The jobs come with long hours and low pay. Each workday, Dawson drives through the Cleveland suburbs to help people take their medicines, bathe and do the dishes. She also […]
Nearly 75 percent of Americans surveyed in a Reuters/Ipsos poll believe medics returning to the United States after treating people with Ebola should be quarantined, and 80 percent believe the healthcare workers’ movements should be controlled. The findings show broad support for the type of controversial new screening rules announced by the governors of New […]
By Philip Ross West Africa needs more than 5,000 additional health care workers if the Ebola outbreak is to be controlled, the president of the World Bank, Jim Yong Kim, said Tuesday. Officials said they were concerned that fear of the virus could keep health workers in Africa away from the countries most affected by […]
Switzerland’s drug regulator said Tuesday October 28 that it had approved the testing of an experimental Ebola vaccine from GlaxoSmithKline on healthy volunteers, some of whom will be travelling to West Africa as medical staff. The trial will be conducted among 120 volunteer participants at the Lausanne University Hospital, with support from the World Health […]
by Bill Chappell In the latest tweak to America’s plan to prevent the spread of the deadly Ebola disease, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention leader Dr. Tom Frieden announced changes to the U.S. response to Ebola and the guidance federal agencies are giving to state and local governments. The new protocol stops short of […]