HEALTH

There is an acute water shortage in Damongo, the capital of Savannah Region. For more than a decade, the area has struggled with a regular flow of potable water but the recent water shortage is hitting hard. Reports that classrooms…
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When news broke that a troublesome virus called ‘Coronavirus’ has broken out in China and killed some 106 persons out of over 2000 persons affected, many in Ghana though it was a ‘far-away’ challenge until it was confirmed that the same…
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The management of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has described as false reports indicating that some students of the University have created a vaccine for the deadly and fast-spreading coronavirus. The…
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Mr. Kwaku Agyeman Manu, the Minister of Health has appealed to newly inducted medical and dental practitioners to endeavour to develop the interest to work in rural areas as people in those areas lacked adequate healthcare. It is…
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The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has announced that it will be embarking on a nationwide polio vaccination for every child under five years of age. The move by the service is to curb the further spread of the virus which has been recorded…
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Government will start the distribution of a new ambulance each to all the 275 constituencies in the country in January 2020. The Vice President, Alhaji Dr. Mahamadu Bawumia, made the announcement during the New Patriotic Party (NPP)…
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Nearly half of women diagnosed with breast cancer have experienced sexual difficulties as a result of treatment, a new survey suggests. The research, conducted by Breast Cancer Now and YouGov, questioned more than 1,000 women who had…
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The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, on Sunday, December 15, inspected ongoing works at the site for the third medical drone delivery service at Kukua near Walewale in the North East Region. When completed in January 2020, the…
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President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said his government has successfully tackled the ‘cash and carry’ system which plagued the country’s health sector in the past. Speaking at a media encounter on Friday, the President said this…
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The Eastern Regional Branch of the Health Services Workers Union (HSWU) of the Trade Union Congress (TUC) has passed a resolution in support of nationwide strike action. They say their outstanding grievances are yet to be resolved by the…
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