Health and medicine articles
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Pittsburg elementary students get inspired about medicine in new health facility tour
PITTSBURG, Kan. — Lakeside Elementary School students take a peek into the health field by touring the John Parolo Education Center. More than 70 fourth graders listened and learned about four different health career paths. Students read books, asked professionals questions, watched videos, and participated in hands-on activities. The tour focused on different parts of []
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14 PWDs selected for maiden Africa Health Collaborative Medicine Counter Assistant training
Fourteen persons with disabilities have been selected to participate in the maiden Medicine Counter Assistant (MCA) training by the Africa Higher Education Health Collaborative, KNUST in partnership with Mastercard Foundation. Beneficiaries will be served with modules such as Ghanaian sign language for health communication, industrial pharmacy, entrepreneurship among others. The course will include a 3-month […]
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Haiti health system nears collapse as medicine dwindles, gangs attack hospitals and ports stay shut
By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — On a recent morning at a hospital in the heart of gang territory in Haiti’s capital, a woman began convulsing before her body went limp as a doctor and two nurses raced to save her. They stuck electrodes to her chest and flipped on an oxygen