Ghana becomes the latest African country to reject a US health deal, citing data sharing concerns

Arnold Kavaarpuo, executive director of Ghana's Data Protection Commission, said the scope of data access requested "went far beyond what would typically be required for the purpose for which it's…

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Climate change an escalating threat to brain health: World Stroke Organization

Published in the International Journal of Stroke, the statement summarises the latest evidence on the association between stroke and the environmental factors exacerbated by climate change, including extreme temperatures, temperature…

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Rich nations might eliminate cervical cancer by 2048, progress slow in poor countries: Study

Almost all cervical cancer cases (99 per cent) are linked to infection with high-risk human papillomaviruses (HPV), an extremely common virus transmitted through sexual contact, according to the World Health…

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