HEALTH

Radio and television personnel as well as disc jockeys may be living with various forms of hearing impairment from persistent use of ear and headphones. A study by a graduate student of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and…
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Mortuary workers in the country have suspended their sit-down strike. Members of the Mortuary Workers Association of Ghana (MOWAG), begun an indefinite strike on Tuesday, 5 March 2019 to press home their demand for better working…
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“A proper and solid erection does not define a man’s ability to impregnate a woman; He may just be shooting blanks,” a fertility expert has said. According to Dr. Edem K. Haidzi, President of the Fertility Society of Ghana, more often…
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The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) has joined forces with the United States (US) Embassy in Ghana to clean-up some major beaches in the metropolis. This activity was part of plans to commemorate the World Wildlife Day which is…
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The Director-General of the Ghana Health Service has confirmed the authorities are aware of babies contracting cancer as result of being fed with metal-infested breast milk by mothers who inhale smoke from the Agbogloshie e-waste dumping…
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By this time tomorrow, dead bodies in some Public health facilities would be left unattended to if government fails to review the remuneration of mortuary workers. The Mortuary Workers Association of Ghana (MOWAG) would begin an…
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HIV/AIDS fatality rate is assuming alarming proportion at the Brong-Ahafo Regional Hospital, says Dr Emmanuel Kofi Amponsah, the Medical Director. This means that, 20 people out of every 1,000 reported cases of HIV/AIDS died at the…
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The Akufo-Addo government has inaugurated an eleven-member Governing Board for the Tamale Teaching Hospital (TTH) in the Northern Region. Health Minister Kwaku Agyeman-Manu inaugurated the board on Wednesday, 27 February 2019 in Tamale.…
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Health facilities in Ghana are set to run on a paperless and cashless system as the country strives for world class health practices for patient satisfaction. Already, 29 hospitals in the Central Region are already operating the system…
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The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Mental Health Authority, Dr. Akwasi Osei, has stated that Parliament will, in June, pass the legislative instrument (LI) which will support the enforcement of the Mental Health Act passed in 2012.…
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