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VACCINE SAFETY IN GHANA: A CRITICAL REVIEW OF THE FOOD AND DRUGS LAW AND PUBLIC HEALTH ACT

By: Kofi Owusu-Agyemang Boateng , Sarah Amuah Boakye
Published: January 29, 2025
Amidst vaccine safety hesitancy risks, this analysis applies CREAC method to interpret Ghana’s Food and Drugs Law 1992 (PNDCL 305B) establishing regulation alongside Public Health Act 2012 (Act 851) enabling compulsion, evaluating policy levers balancing access assurance and outbreak response efficacy with dissent and rights protections. Key amendments and guidance...

BOOSTING IMMUNIZATION IN GHANA: OVERCOMING URBAN PROFESSIONAL BARRIERS TO VACCINATION

By: Kofi Emmanuel Osei-Ad
Published: January 29, 2025
Objective: Diagnose multi-level barriers inhibiting COVID-19 vaccination among Ghanaian urban professionals using a socio-ecological model to inform targeted intervention design. Method: Analysis of peer-reviewed studies, surveys, policy and legal environments across individual, interpersonal, organizational, community and societal lenses. Results & Conclusion: Individual knowledge gaps, interpersonal hesitancy contagion, workplace promotion deficiencies,...

THE ROLE OF MEDICINAL PLANTS IN TRADITIONAL HEALTHCARE: RESEARCH AT FEDERAL UNIVERSITY GUSAU

By: Chinedu Emmanuel Okafor
Published: January 29, 2025
Guiera senegalensis is a medicinal plant used for the treatment of various illnesses. The study was aimed to investigate the phytochemical constituents and antibacterial activity of Guiera senegalensis root extracts. Extraction was conducted with the aid of soxhlet Extractor. Phytochemical screening was carried out using conducted by conventional method. The...

EMPOWERING HEALTHCARE WORKERS IN RURAL GHANA: A REVIEW OF TRAINING PROGRAMS AT ASANKRANGWA COLLEGE

By: Afia Ama Kwaku
Published: January 29, 2025
Objective: Diagnose drivers of disproportionate COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among educated Ghanaians integrating theoretical frameworks and health systems perspectives. Method: Expanded analysis blending Health Belief, Transtheoretical, Planned Behavior models and Structure-Process-Outcome constructs with scholarly literature, case studies and Public Health Act scrutiny. Results: Multifaceted attitudinal, normative, informational, digital, procedural and policy...