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2020-11-02 00:00:00
PRESS RELEASE - A CALL TO HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS AND THE PUBLIC TO REPORT SUSPECTED SIDE EFFECTS
The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) is participating in the 5th annual social media campaign on medicine safety called #MedSafetyWeek to raise awareness about the importance of reporting suspected side effects from medicines to the FDA with the theme 'EVERY REPORT COUNTS.
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2020-09-25 00:00:00
PRESS RELEASE - VIRAL DOCUMENTARY ABOUT THE PRODUCTION OF TOMATO PASTE
The attention of the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has been drawn to a circulation on Social Media of a documentary about THE PRODUCTION OF TOMATO PASTE IN CHINA. The video condemns the production of tomato concentrate mixed with other ingredients found on the Ghanaian.
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2020-09-01 00:00:00
COVID TEST AT KIA RELIABLE; FDA DISMISSES DR. BONNEY'S CLAIMS
The Food and Drugs Authority, the statutory body mandated by Sec 118 4(b) of Public Health Act 851, 2012 has noted with concern, a media interview granted to Joy News on August 31, 2020 by Dr. Kofi Bonney of Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research.
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2020-08-15 00:00:00
PRESS RELEASE- VIRAL VIDEO OF A SANITIZER PURPORTED TO CONTAIN ACID
The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) wishes to inform the public that it has seen the viral video of a hand sanitizer purported to contain acid and bearing the brand name BERNICE ALCOHOL BASED HAND SANITIZER..
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2020-07-07 00:00:00
PUBLIC STATEMENT ON THE WITHDRAWAL OF JOHNSON AND JOHNSON BRAND OF BABY TALCUM POWDER FROM NORTH AMERICAN MARKET
The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has taken note of a recent video on social media on the ongoing discussions linking the use of Johnson's baby talcum powder with ovarian cancers..
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2020-07-04 00:00:00
FDA ADVISES ON THE USE OF UNREGISTERED RAPID DIAGNOSTIC TEST KITS (RDT) FOR CORONAVIRUS
There have been concerns and calls from sections of the public for the use of Rapid Diagnostic Test (RDT) Kits to test for Coronavirus disease. These test kits are based on the detection of antibodies, in blood or serum, in people who are believed to have been infected .
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2020-06-30 00:00:00
PRESS RELEASE: FDA DETAINS UNREGISTERED COVID-19 HERBAL PRODUCTS
The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) with the assistance of the Police Drug Enforcement Unit of the Ghana Police CID, has seized a total of 431 bottles of two unregistered herbal medicinal products namely, COVID-CURE (1) and COVID-CURE (2), purported to treat COVID-19, as.
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2020-06-18 00:00:00
SAFETY ALERT ON DEXAMETHASONE USE IN COVID-19
The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) wishes to caution the general public about the underlisted
in spite of the preliminary results from the RECOVERY Trial in the United Kingdom which
revealed that dexamethasone is able to reduce deaths in patients on ventilators and oxyg.
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