Month: November 2016

Dr. Matshidiso Moeti from Botswana is the first woman to head the World Health Organization (WHO)’s Regional Office for Africa. The new regional director has over 36 years of experience in public health. Her goal […]

If there is one area that vividly sums up Africa’s development challenges, it is the field of health. Every year, lack of access to basic health care, mostly caused by poor funding, contributes to millions […]

Folks, a friend of mine sent me a private message, expressing serious concerns at the reaction of “Americans” to the death of Cuba’s Fidel Castro. He was unhappy that the “Americans” were jubilating instead of […]

In reference to the warning given by the US Embassy in Ghana to US citizens living in Ghana “to be cautious of their movements around the country as the December 7 presidential and parliamentary elections […]

Folks, those of us who have persistently condemned the kind of “masochistic” politics that Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is leading the NPP to do toward Election 2016 won’t stop saying that the NPP’s rogue politics […]

In June, this year, a 52-year-old Ghanaian woman, Ms. Asabea (pseudonym) sought assistance at the Ban Ying Coordination and Counselling Centre, for a remedy of malpractices she suffered at the hands of her employer, a […]

Sexualstraftaten lösen in der Bevölkerung große Betroffenheit aus. Viele Menschen gehen davon aus, dass die Täter psychisch krank sind. Dabei zeigt die Statistik ein anderes Bild: Die Taten werden in den meisten Fällen von psychisch […]

Mit einer Reihe von Forschungspreisen zeichnet die DGPPN innovative und herausragende Arbeiten und Projekte aus, die zu verbesserten Kenntnissen über psychische Erkrankungen und zu neuen Ansätzen in Diagnostik und Therapie führen. Die Preise sind mit […]