AGP Executive Report
Last update: 5 hours agoPublic Health & Food Safety: In Ho, Ghana, environmental health officers supervised the destruction of expired and unwholesome beverages and food products after a court prosecution, including hundreds of bottles/cartons of energy drinks and juices—another reminder that unsafe food can quickly become a community health risk. Healthcare Access & Compassion: Ghana’s government urged healthcare professionals and diagnostic providers to keep saving lives while showing more compassion to patients, highlighting the growing burden of non-communicable diseases like diabetes, hypertension, cancer and kidney disease. Clean Air & Healthy Cities: The Africa Clean Air Forum in Pretoria stressed that Africa receives less than 1% of global clean-air investment, calling for stronger implementation of cleaner transport, fuels and city planning to protect health. Health Security Planning: WHO says five African countries have adopted an eight-year health security and emergencies strategy (2022–2030), now being implemented in Botswana, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria and Togo, with plans to expand soon. Drug Safety Enforcement: Lagos police arrested suspects accused of repackaging and trafficking suspected adulterated/counterfeit pharmaceuticals, including large quantities of drugs like omeprazole and other products—an urgent issue for patient safety.
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