HEALTH

My Health Behind Bars, a non-governmental organisation, has collaborated with the Ghana Health Service to screen over 299 prison inmates for eye related diseases. The exercise which was carried out at the Nsawam Prisons in the Eastern…
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The National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) is set to roll out a nationwide e-renewal system for subscribers in December this year. The system, which is currently being piloted in Asuogyaman and the West Mamprusi districts, would allow…
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Kangaroo mother care method of caring for preterm babies is a simple but proven method that saves preterm babies and helps with their proper development by reducing complications such as hypothermia (low body temperature). Preterm babies…
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The Ghana AIDS Commission says the prevalence of HIV/AIDS amongst the country’s youth in 2017, particularly those below the age of 24, rose to about 45% nationwide. The Commission attributed the upsurge to unprotected sex as well as low…
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Mothers should wait at least a year between giving birth and getting pregnant again to reduce health risks to mother and baby, a new study says. But researchers say they need not wait as long as the 18 months recommended in the current…
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Dr. Patrick Kobla Quist, a retired obstetrician/Gynaecologist, says breast cancer was not a woman's disease but a disease that can equally affect and even kill men at a faster rate than women. He said men above 40 years were at a greater…
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Professor Agyemang Badu Akosa, former Director-General of the Ghana Health Service, has called on Ghanaians to adopt a healthy lifestyle so as to prolong their lives and contribute to national development. He said diseases that have…
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Civil Society Organisations working in the area of Mental Health have called on the Government to expedite action on the approval of the Legislative Instrument on Mental Health Law. They said the LI, when passed, would help improve and…
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The Korle Bu Teaching Hospital has put measures in place to empower its security unit to arrest imposters and middlemen peddling around the Hospital. Dr Daniel Asare, the Chief Executive Officer of the Hospital, said that would ensure…
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Minister of Health, Kwaku Agyeman-Manu, has called for collaboration among member states to effectively combat health challenges, particularly maternal and child health issues. Mr. Agyeman-Manu said working cross-sectorally allows for…
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