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These death notices have been published in the Echo this week:

THIRTY eye patients benefited from free eye surgery on Monday at the Trinidad Eye Hospital (TEH) in Woodbrook, sponsored by Caribbean Vitreous and Retina Surgery Ltd (CVRS), Good Health Medical Centre and the Diabetes Association, plus others.

Dr Clement Apaak, Chairman of the disability caucus in Parliament, has said the caucus is working to officially formalize and make it (the caucus), a committee. The disability caucus is a voluntary group made up of parliamentarians interested in championing the cause of persons with disabilities in Ghana. Dr Apaak…

The Standard Chartered Nairobi Marathon has launched a 6 week training program for Persons with Disabilities taking part in the 2022 marathon

The Standard Chartered Nairobi Marathon has launched a 6-week training program for Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) who will be taking part in the 2022 marathon.

A workshop aimed at building the capacity of stakeholders in the disability sector has ended with a call on participants to be committed to continuous self-improvement Participants were also advised to focus their advocacy on the right issues and do what is right. The week-long workshop, organized by the Ghana…

Aim: The Cass Clinic is a student-run free clinic in Detroit, Michigan that treats chronic diseases including hypertension (HTN), diabetes mellitus (DM), and obesity. Our study aims to quantify the effectiveness of our clinic in managing chronic diseases. Subject and methods: This study assessed selected health outcomes for 137 patients who visited our clinic between September 1, 2017 and August 31, 2018 based on initial and most recent surrogate markers including manual blood pressure, hemoglob...

Canada’s only neglected tropical disease-focused organization sends congratulatory message to the Government of Canada

The creation of a new name and logo is just one small part of a huge team effort

The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has commended the intervention of some non-governmental organisations like Smile Train, Save the Children, Sight Savers and fhi360 in bridging healthcare gap in Nigeria’s health sector. Speaking during a media roundtable in Abuja, Chairman of the NUJ FCT Council, Mr. Emmanuel Ogbeche, stressed the need to encourage more investments […]