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ICU-Ghana urges sustained breast cancer awareness beyond October

The Industrial and Commercial Workers’ Union (ICU-Ghana) has urged Ghanaians to sustain breast cancer awareness efforts beyond October, emphasising the importance of early detection and timely medical intervention. Speaking at a breast cancer awareness programme organised in collaboration with Ibis Styles Hotel in Accra on Thursday, October 29, ICU-Ghana General Secretary Morgan Ayawine said the initiative represented a partnership aimed at raising awareness, promoting early detection and saving lives.

Health Review: Ebola case, child malnutrition, medicine security, other developments that shaped October

Beyond Nigeria, the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) continued to raise concerns about regional health security.

₦10bn Intervention Fund Not For Ebola Only, Covers Multiple Disease Threats — NCDC

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has said that the Federal Government’s ₦10 billion emergency intervention fund, approved in June 2026 amid the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, was not meant for Ebola alone but to strengthen the country’s preparedness against multiple disease threats. ₦10bn Represents Two Per cent Of Annual Requirement The NCDC chief, however, said the allocation was inadequate when compared with the country’s broader health security needs, explaining that Nigeria requires an estimated ₦104.4 billion annually to implement its…

Obi not hospitalised, spokesman dismisses viral gym injury report

The camp of the Nigeria Democratic Congress presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has dismissed a viral report and photographs circulating on social media claiming that the former Anambra State governor was hospitalised after breaking his neck in a gym. Obi’s spokesman, Idris Zekeri, described the report as false in an exclusive interview with The PUNCH on

‘I won’t tolerate false reports about Regina’s health, death or personal life’ — Ned Nwoko

The lawmaker said fabricated reports were worsening Regina’s emotional distress and warned that those responsible could face legal action.

Airline damages $33k wheelchair belonging to girl with rare bone disease

After Amanda Tuimalealiifano flew with her daughter, she realised why some people with disability never take public transport.

Trial of nine men accused of abusing woman drugged and raped by husband begins

The husband, who cannot be named to protect his victim, has already pleaded guilty to a number of offences carried out at the couple’s Stockport home Nine men have gone on trial accused of being involved in the abuse of a woman who was drugged, raped and sexually assaulted by her husband while he “lived a double life masked in respectability”. The husband, who cannot be named in order to protect the anonymity of his victim, has already pleaded guilty to a number of offences against his wife spanning more than two decades.

Dutch police offer record €2m reward in hunt for drug lord

Jos Leijdekkers has been found guilty in absentia of cocaine smuggling and is believed to be in Sierra Leone.

Defendant tells court he believed he had consent of woman drugged by her husband

Connor Sanderson-Doyle is one of four men accused of sexually abusing Joanne Young, who was repeatedly assaulted by her husband, Philip Young Former Tory councillor Philip Young has pleaded guilty to multiple charges of drugging and sexually abusing his wife, Joanne Young, during a 13-year period at their home in Swindon, Wiltshire.

Newcastle hospital told woman whose unborn baby had died to go home and ‘book a slot to give birth’

Trust admits Danielle Brown’s baby would have survived had she not been sent home from RVI days earlier A seven-months-pregnant woman whose unborn baby had died was sent home from hospital with a booklet for bereaved parents and told to book a slot to give birth. Danielle Brown, 31, had been discharged from hospital with pre-eclampsia, a potentially life-threatening pregnancy complication.

Health Department readies 724 medical teams in 13 cyclone-prone districts

A total of 4,628 emergency beds, 205 relief camps and 807 ambulances and mobile medical units kept ready; 1,103 pregnant women shifted to nearby hospitals

US Approves Cheap Version Of HIV Prevention Shot

The generic will be available for $40 per person per year in 120 countries, under a pricing agreement announced in September 2025 between Dr. Reddy’s and Unitaid, the African health research institute Wits RHI, and the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI). “This is a moment of immense pride for all of us at Dr. Reddy’s,” said Deepak Sapra, CEO of Pharmaceutical Services and API at Dr. Reddy’s, in a statement.

Six dialysis machines inaugurated at SCCL’s Ramagundam Area Hospital

Violence in northern Ethiopia pushing health system towards collapse: WHO

Renewed fighting between rebels from northern Tigray and ​the government in Addis Ababa has shattered 2022 peace deal.

Ebola outbreak kills more than 5,300 people – Africa CDC

According to data shared with AFP by the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) on Monday, the outbreak, which has spread to other countries on the continent, has killed 5,376 people — 5,372 in the DRC and two each in Kenya and Uganda. That same month, Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country, reported an Ebola case involving a 42-year-old Swiss woman whose husband works at the Swiss embassy in Abuja.

Patient dies at McGann Hospital entrance, waiting for stretcher; relatives allege negligence of staff

Seminar explores Ayurveda’s role in digestive health

The 63rd edition of the seminar, held in memory of renowned Ayurveda practitioner P.K. Warrier, coinciding with the golden jubilee celebrations of the institution’s Coimbatore branch, focussed on the clinical importance of digestive health from Ayurvedic and modern medical perspectives.

Six mourners abducted in Benue, N15m ransom demanded

By Peter Duru, Makurdi Six persons, including a man conveying his deceased wife’s corpse from Kano State to Okpoga, headquarters of Okpokwu Local Government Area of Benue State, for burial, have been abducted along Adoka Road in Otukpo Local Government Area. Olotu said: “The man, who is based in Kano, lost his wife, and they were bringing her corpse back home to Okpoga in Okpokwu LGA of Benue State for burial.

WHO convenes first Africa Health Data Forum in Nairobi to drive coordinated action

NAIROBI, Kenya, Nov 2 – The World Health Organization (WHO) will convene the first Africa Health Data Forum in Nairobi next week, seeking to strengthen health information systems through country-led priorities, investment and closer coordination among development partners. The forum comes as WHO seeks to advance health data transformation through investment, innovation and collaboration, under the theme, “Better Data, Better Health for All.”

Ebola Crisis Highlights Urgency Of Pandemic Treaty — WHO

Deadly outbreaks like the Ebola epidemic raging in the Democratic Republic of Congo show the urgent need to complete an international pandemic treaty, the World Health Organization chief said Monday. As the ninth meeting towards finalizing the deal opened in Geneva Monday, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus called on countries to “finish the job”.

CEO of St John’s Hospital and Fertility Centre named Female CEO of the Year 2026 at Ghana CEO Vision & Awards

Dr (Mrs) Maame Yaa Afriye, Chief Executive Officer of St John’s Hospital and Fertility Centre, has been named Female CEO of the Year 2026 at the fifth edition of the Ghana CEO Vision & Awards. About St John’s Hospital and Fertility Centre St John’s Hospital and Fertility Centre provides medical and fertility services in Ghana under the leadership of Dr Afriye.

Kovalam spa case: Corpn. health inspector remanded in police custody

health inspector remanded in police custody.

Hair donation drive to support cancer patients held at Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research

The drive was organised in association with Ladies Circle India, Hair for Hope India, and the Adyar Cancer Institute

Keralam Health dept. asks doctors to follow wound certification protocols strictly

Circular issued following complaints from the Director General of Prosecution that often wound certificates prepared by doctors without due diligence are hampering criminal prosecutions and the administration of justice.