Health
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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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No Scientific Evidence to Support claim ‘Too Much Sex’ Causes Blindness
Claim: Viral news reports claim a Ghanaian counselor had said women can go “blind” if they have too much sex…
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Over 600,000 global breast cancer deaths recorded in 2020; while diagnosed cases trump 2 million
Breast cancer is the most prevalent cancer and leading cause of death in women globally. Source: GLOBOCAN 2020 It is…
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Drinking coffee with lemon will not cause melting of body fat
Claim: Viral TikTok trend suggests that drinking coffee mixed with lemon will lead to loss of belly fat in as…
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True state of Sunyani Municipal Hospital’s Maternity block
Several images and videos have gone viral on social media suggesting, among others, that the Sunyani Municipal Hospital’s Maternity Block,…
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Inability to get pregnant after 12 months of unprotected sex is not considered a disability by WHO
Claim: A news report by a Swaziland newspaper, Swazi Observer, claims the World Health Organization (WHO) will classify people who…
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False: sticking garlic into your nostrils will not unclog sinuses
Claim: Viral TikTok post suggests that sticking garlic into the nose unclogs sinuses. There is no scientific evidence that garlic…
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Gifting or dumping? Germany’s gift of 1.5 million AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines to Ghana
Germany in March 2021 suspended the use of the Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, owing to incidents of blood clotting in people…
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Ghana’s National Health Insurance Scheme: It’s introduction and implementation process
Claim: A Twitter User by name Mahama2024 says the National Health Insurance Scheme(NHIS) was started by Late President Rawlings and…
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