Women working in artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) in southwestern Ghana face simultaneous economic, social, health and reproductive challenges, according to a new study. The study, titled Women’s Resilience in the Rough: Navigating Livelihoods in Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining, examines why women continue to participate in the sector despite the risks and difficulties associated with […]

A new vaccine to tackle Ebola will now be tested on people after the UK regulator gave permission for trials to take place. Scientists at the University of Oxford started developing the vaccine eight weeks ago when a  public health emergency was declared on 17 May. It is the first – out of four  vaccines […]

The Meningitis B vaccine does not prevent gonorrhoea infections despite being offered to at-risk men, scientists say. The NHS started offering the vaccine to men who have sex with men last year, after previous studies suggested it might protect them. But a new trial in Australia, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, has […]

A medicinal plant widely used in Ghana for prostate disorders may help slow the growth of prostate cancer by blocking the formation of blood vessels that feed tumours, according to a new study by researchers at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi (KNUST) and partner institutions. The study, published in Cancer Cell […]

A new study by scientists at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi (KNUST) has revealed the presence of a dangerous drug-resistant strain of tuberculosis (TB) in Ghana. The research, published in the Egyptian Academic Journal of Biological Sciences Microbiology examined four TB samples collected from patients at Cape Coast Teaching Hospital and found that all […]

Researchers at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi have found that children carrying malaria parasites without showing symptoms may still experience significant changes in their gut health. The study, published in the journal PLOS One, examined how asymptomatic malaria, a condition in which a person is infected but does not feel ill, […]

Couvade syndrome is experienced by almost half of all partners. It is changing how scientists think about how non-pregnant parents-to-be are affected by their partner’s pregnancies. Four years ago, when his wife was six months pregnant with their first child, Alex Jones started feeling sick almost every night. “I first noticed a nausea,” says the […]

Artificial intelligence is inventing new drugs against Parkinson’s disease, antibiotic-resistant superbugs and many rare diseases – progress that many scientists never dreamed possible. For around half a century, humanity has been slowly losing its battle against bacteria. The most powerful weapons we have in this fight, antibiotics, are increasingly ineffective as drug resistance spreads. Around […]

The Director-General of the Service, ), Dr Samuel Kaba Akoriyea, has directed the Navrongo Health Research Centre and the Kintampo Health Research Centre to intensify investigations into the recurring seasonal meningitis outbreaks in Ghana’s meningitis belt, with the aim of identifying their root causes and proposing lasting, evidence-based solutions. The directive was issued during a […]

The menopause is linked to changes in the brain similar to those seen in Alzheimer’s, according to a large UK study. The loss of grey matter in areas involved with memory and emotion might partly explain why women are generally at greater risk of dementia than men, researchers speculate. The findings come from nearly 125,000 […]