Health
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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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What is the New Variant of COVID-19? Here’s What We Know So Far
New reports indicate that a new variant of the coronavirus has been identified by scientists in South Africa. Identified on…
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PART 2: #BawumiaSpeaks: More False Claims Found in Vice President Dr Bawumia’s Digitization Speech
On November 2, 2021, Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia delivered a public lecture on the digital economy of the country…
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False: The Japanese government is not disposing of all microwaves due to radio waves
Claim: Viral WhatsApp message suggests that there is an end to the microwave industry as the Japanese government has decided…
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#BawumiaSpeaks: Fact-checking Bawumia’s Digitization Speech at Ashesi
A Cocktail of True, False and Partly False Claims: Part 1
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