Ensure Hepatitis vaccination at birth - Ghanaian Times ghanaiantimes.com.gh - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from ghanaiantimes.com.gh Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Dr Adwoa Agyei-Nkansah, a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, University of Ghana Medical School, has called for the reintroduction of birth doses of Viral Hepatitis B vaccination for babies nationwide. She said that would provide effective protection against Mother-To-Child-Transmission (MTCT), which had been found to be…
Dr Adwoa Agyei-Nkansah, Physician Consultant and Hepatologist at Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH), has called on Ghanaians, particularly pregnant women to screen for hepatitis B (hep B) to know their status. She said babies born to a mother with hepatitis B had a 90 per cent chance of developing chronic hepatitis…
Commemoration of World Hepatitis Day: Set targets to eliminate disease - Hepatologist graphic.com.gh - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from graphic.com.gh Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The National Viral Hepatitis Programme of Ghana Health Service has called for the support of corporate bodies to bring down viral hepatitis B and C infections in the country. Hepatitis C now has very effective treatment but expensive and out of reach to most persons diagnosed with the disease. Dr…