Sex-related inequalities in crude and age-standardized suicide rates: trends in Ghana from 2000 to 2019 - Adoboi F, Mohammed A, Duodu PA, Aboagye RG, Seidu AA, Wongnaah FG, Ahinkorah BO.
BACKGROUND: Suicide represents a major public health concern, affecting a significant portion of individuals. However, there remains a gap in understanding the age and sex disparities in the occurrence of suicide. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 22, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Risk Factor Prevalence, Injury Occurrence Source Type: news
Gait speed and its associated factors among older black adults in Sub-Saharan Africa: evidence from the WHO study on Global AGEing in older adults (SAGE) - Tawiah P, Mensah PB, Gyabaah S, Adebanji AO, Konadu E, Amoah I.
Gait speed is an essential predictor of functional and cognitive decline in older adults. The study aimed to investigate the gait speed of older adults in Ghana and South Africa and to determine its associated factors, as the Sub-Saharan representatives in... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 22, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news
World Bank official calls for shake-up of G20 debt relief scheme
The mechanism for providing debt relief to the world’s poorest countries is failing to deliver and requires a major rethink, a senior official at the World Bank has said. Indermit Gill, the bank’s chief economist, said that after four years the G20’s common framework – designed to speed up and…#worldbank #indermitgill #g20 #guardian #nicholasbrady #chad #ethiopia #ghana #zambia #parisclub (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 21, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
How to Turn Off Meta AI in the Instagram Search Bar
After introducing its AI assistants and chatbots in September, Meta officially integrated the company’s Meta AI chatbot into Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp on Friday. While some welcomed this latest in AI development, others have demanded the ability to turn it off. While Meta has insisted that…#meta #metaai #metallama3 #ghana #jamaica #newzealand #nigeria #pakistan #singapore #southafrica (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 20, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Drone startup Zipline hits 1 million deliveries, looks to restaurants as it continues to grow
Autonomous delivery drone startup Zipline said Friday that it hit its 1 millionth delivery to customers and that it's eyeing restaurant partnerships in its next phase of growth. The San Francisco-based startup designs, builds and operates autonomous delivery drones, working with clients that range…#clevelandclinic #walmart #gnc #sequoiacapital #googleventures #iv #ghana #panerabread #seattle #houston (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 20, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Africa intensifies battle against mpox as ‘alarming’ outbreaks continue
Researchers and public health officials in Africa are intensifying their battle against mpox, a neglected infectious disease that long has circulated on the continent and suddenly gained notoriety in 2022 when it started to spread rapidly in Europe and North America. At a meeting last week in Kinshasa, the capital of the DRC, scientists from there and nine other affected African countries reviewed an alarming rise of cases on the continent, discussed plans to improve mpox surveillance and introduce vaccination, and launched an African-led research consortium.
The meeting, convened by the Africa Centres for Disease Co...
Source: ScienceNOW - April 19, 2024 Category: Science Source Type: news
Cocoa prices are the highest on record as Nigerian flooding further depletes supply
None Cocoa futures topped a new high on Thursday, hitting over $10,770 a ton. • None Supply stress is behind the price gains, with more to come as Nigeria prepares for flooding. • None Production is forecast to fall short of demand by 374,000 metric tons this season. Cocoa prices are soaring to…#nonecocoa #nonesupply #nigeria #ivorycoast #ghana #ghanacocoaboard #darrellmartin #apextraderfunding (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 18, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Meta ’s battle with ChatGPT begins now
To that end: the Meta AI assistant, introduced last September, is now being integrated into the search box of Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp, and Messenger. It’s also going to start appearing directly in the main Facebook feed. You can still chat with it in the messaging inboxes of Meta’s apps. And…#instagramfacebook #whatsapp #meta #llama3 #bing #ahmadaldahle #metaai #ghana #jamaica #newzealand (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 18, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Ghana: 'MOH Committed to Improving Adolescent Well-Being'
[Ghanaian Times] The Ministry of Health (MoH) says it is commitment to harness resources and expertise to improve adolescents health and wellbeing, a Programme Officer, Abena Kumiwaa Osae has stated. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 17, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Ghana Health and Medicine West Africa Source Type: news
Atlantic Lithium Pioneers Ghana ’s Lithium Production
Atlantic Lithium Ltd. (GB:ALL) has released an update. Atlantic Lithium Ltd. is set to revolutionize Ghana’s mining landscape by developing the cou...#atlanticlithiumltd #ghana (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 16, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Africa: Communiqué - United in the Fight Against Mpox in Africa - High-Level Emergency Regional Meeting
[Africa CDC] We, the Ministers of Health of Angola, Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, Uganda and partners, meeting in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo on 13 April 2024; (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 15, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Africa Health and Medicine Source Type: news
Occupational injury prevalence and predictors among small-scale sawmill workers in the Sokoban Wood Village, Kumasi, Ghana - Opoku FA, Opoku DA, Ayisi-Boateng NK, Osarfo J, Sulemana A, Agyemang S, Amponsah OKO, Asiedu MT, Gyebi R, Agyei-Baffour P.
BACKGROUND: Sawmill workers are at increased risk of occupational injuries due to their exposure to workplace hazards. However, little is known about the burden of occupational injuries among them in Ghana. Understanding its prevalence and associated facto... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 13, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Engineering, Physics, Structural Soundness and Failure Source Type: news
Low Cocoa Crop Yields Have Sent Chocolate Prices Soaring
The chocolate Easter Bunny is the new caviar. The price of cocoa beans, the key ingredient in chocolate, has soared this year due to ailing crops in Ivory Coast and Ghana. Consumers were already feeling a chocolatey pinch around Valentine’s Day, but cocoa futures hit a record high this week of…#easterbunny #ivorycoast #ghana #easterweekend #pascalboll #stifel #mars #hershey #caramel #superbowl (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 11, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
As cocoa outprices copper, farmers reel from bitter deals – DW
Global market prices for cocoa have tripled within just a few months. Farmers hope for higher earnings and lower poverty as a result, but what seems only logical isn't quite that simple. Cocoa prices have surged to unprecedented heights in recent months, shattering records as the commodity's value…#ivorycoast #ghana #friedelhützadams #südwindinstitute #bonn #hützadams #dw #elnino (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 10, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Ghana: Resolve Global Fund Donation Impasse to Avert Health Calamity
[Ghanaian Times] On page 9 of our yesterday issue is a story in which the Coalition of CSO Networks in HIV, Tuberculosis (TB) and Malaria is calling on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to assist in the clearing of locked-up Global Fund-donated health care items at Tema Port, valued at over US$40 million. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 10, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Ghana Health and Medicine West Africa Source Type: news
