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Police in Guinea-Bissau have seized a batch of vaccines from a facility affiliated with a stalled, US-funded hepatitis B immunization trial on newborn babies that the WHO has slammed as "unethical".
The study, which would randomize whether or not 14,000 newborns in the highly impoverished west African nation receive a hepatitis B vaccine birth dose, was suspended pending further technical review, the WHO said in February.
The Guinea-Bissau judicial police… See more
Police in Guinea-Bissau have seized a batch of vaccines from a facility affiliated with a stalled, US-funded hepatitis B immunization trial on newborn babies that the WHO has slammed as "unethical".
The study, which would randomize whether or not 14,000 newborns in the highly impoverished west African nation receive a hepatitis B vaccine birth dose, was suspended pending further technical review, the WHO said in February.
The Guinea-Bissau judicial police said that on Monday they carried out a "seizure of a batch of hepatitis B vaccines intended for the immunization of children in the country". See less
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Her name was Alice Augusta Ball. She was born in Seattle in 1892. She earned two bachelor's degrees from the University of Washington, then moved to Hawaii for her master's in chemistry. In 1915, she became the first woman and first African American to earn a master's degree from the College of Hawaii. She was 23.
That same year, a physician named Harry Hollmann asked for her help. Leprosy patients in Hawaii were being exiled to a remote peninsula on Molokai. The… See more
Her name was Alice Augusta Ball. She was born in Seattle in 1892. She earned two bachelor's degrees from the University of Washington, then moved to Hawaii for her master's in chemistry. In 1915, she became the first woman and first African American to earn a master's degree from the College of Hawaii. She was 23.
That same year, a physician named Harry Hollmann asked for her help. Leprosy patients in Hawaii were being exiled to a remote peninsula on Molokai. The only treatment was chaulmoogra oil, a thick, foul substance that was painful to inject and barely worked. Hollmann wanted something better.
Ball cracked it. She isolated the active compounds in the oil and converted them into ethyl esters—a form that was water-soluble, injectable, and absorbed by the body. The Ball Method wasn't a perfect cure, but it was the best treatment available for the next two decades. It freed patients from quarantine. It saved lives.
She died on December 31, 1916, at 24 years old. The cause was likely chlorine poisoning from a lab accident. She never published her findings.
Her supervisor, Arthur Dean, took the research. He published papers in 1920 and 1921. He didn't mention her name. He called it the Dean Method.
Hollmann tried to correct the record. In 1922, he published a paper crediting Ball explicitly. He wrote that Dean's method was no improvement over hers. Few people noticed.
Ball stayed forgotten for decades. The University of Hawaii didn't recognize her until 2000. A plaque was dedicated. February 29 was declared Alice Ball Day. In 2007, the school gave her its highest honor.
Today, her name is finally attached to the treatment she created. The Ball Method. Not the Dean Method. See less
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“My name is Maa Adwoa, I’m a Fante lady, and I’m looking for a man to settle down with”
—A Lady Appeals To Men On Social Media.
A beautiful Ghanaian lady has appealed to men, saying she is ready to settle down.
In a TikTok video, Maame Adwoa shared her desire to find a man and build a serious relationship
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Uganda is seeking technical expertise from Ghana’s Tema Oil Refinery as it prepares to build its own oil refinery, aiming to strengthen domestic processing capacity and energy security. The collaboration draws on Tema’s long operating history and infrastructure experience to help inform Uganda’s project planning.
The knowledge exchange focuses on refinery operations, logistics, and technical challenges involved in developing a large-scale facility. By sharing expertise, Uganda and Ghana… See more
Uganda is seeking technical expertise from Ghana’s Tema Oil Refinery as it prepares to build its own oil refinery, aiming to strengthen domestic processing capacity and energy security. The collaboration draws on Tema’s long operating history and infrastructure experience to help inform Uganda’s project planning.
The knowledge exchange focuses on refinery operations, logistics, and technical challenges involved in developing a large-scale facility. By sharing expertise, Uganda and Ghana hope to support regional energy development and industrial growth as Uganda works to make greater use of its natural resources See less
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Samuel Sey, a Ghanaian-born blogger based in the United States who has consistently supported President Donald Trump and US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) over the mass deportation of immigrants, has been arrested and detained by ICE for overstaying his visa and is set to be deported.
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Ghana and Kenya are emerging as promising destinations for vehicle assembly investment in Sub-Saharan Africa, outside South Africa, according to Fitch Solutions.
Ghana’s automotive sector is benefiting from government policies and incentives designed to encourage local assembly, with vehicle production projected to increase from about 4,700 units in 2025 to 4,900 in 2026.
Recent investment, including Zonda Tec’s expansion of its Tema assembly facility to an annual capacity of… See more
Ghana and Kenya are emerging as promising destinations for vehicle assembly investment in Sub-Saharan Africa, outside South Africa, according to Fitch Solutions.
Ghana’s automotive sector is benefiting from government policies and incentives designed to encourage local assembly, with vehicle production projected to increase from about 4,700 units in 2025 to 4,900 in 2026.
Recent investment, including Zonda Tec’s expansion of its Tema assembly facility to an annual capacity of 12,000 vehicles, is expected to strengthen the sector and create jobs.
#Thevaultzafrica #Wheels #Automobile See less
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These 3 uneducated Zulu morons have killed our billion rand tourism industry. Reported by a South African
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