Health
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Suspected Marburg Virus Disease recorded in Ghana: Understanding this virus
It would be the first of such infections recorded in the country if this is confirmed.
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False! NDC did not build all the ten Regional hospitals in Ghana
Claim: “The NDC built all the regional hospitals in our country,” Samuel Ofosu Ampofo, National Chairman, NDC. It is not…
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Sleeping: Which side is advisable, Left or Right?
Sleep is a vital, often neglected, component of every person’s overall health and well-being. Sleep is important because it enables…
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Consuming trash: unravelling the multi-million cedi business in Ghana’s expired products business (Part 2)
Cracking the Sarpong Code After digging through a maze of email conversations by top management of Fareast Mercantile to unravel…
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Consuming trash: unravelling the multi-million cedi business in Ghana’s expired products business (Part 1)
Months of painstaking investigations by DUBAWA, a fact checking organisation in Ghana, have uncovered a business model involving one of…
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Mostly True: Plan ‘B’ pills or emergency contraceptives are less effective for ‘heavier’ women
Claim: TikTok user claims Plan ‘B’ pills and emergency contraceptives do not work for women over a 155 lbs weight. Mostly…
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Male contraceptive pill 99% effective in mice yet to be tested in humans
For many years, women have taken contraceptives to prevent pregnancies but on occasions when these contraceptives fail to do the…
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The glass of water semen test: what’s true and what isn’t?
Viral TikTok video suggests that men can check the potency of their semen by doing a test that requires just…
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Claim Ghana is the only country enforcing mandatory COVID-19 vaccination is false
Claim 1: News reports claim Ghana is the only country championing mandatory vaccination. Ghana is not the only country making…
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These are NOT sheep faeces being used to prepare a beverage in China
Claim: Social media users are sharing a photo of a beverage, claiming that it was prepared with the faeces of…
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