HEALTH

Livestock farmers have been advised to put in place strong biosecurity measures to protect their animals from diseases. Mr. Michael Konadu, the Sekyere East District Animal Production Officer, said they needed to focus on correct…
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The Ministry of Health has urged the public to be calm following the death of a 26-year-old man from Lassa fever last week. The deceased was on admission at the Tema General Hospital with general body weakness, severe headaches and…
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THE NEW Patriotic Party (NPP) government has initiated a pragmatic programme to eliminate bedbugs from the campuses of the various Senior High Schools (SHS) in the country. The dangerous parasites, which feed on human blood to survive,…
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DR. KWODWO Eyeson, Head of the Dialysis Unit at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), in Kumasi, is virtually on his knees, begging for public support for the top medical facility. He was of the view that government could not…
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The aim of medicine is to prevent diseases and prolong lives but it is more precarious when the medication earnestly sought for plunges the ailing into greater complications and if not fortunate—death. An investigation by the PUBLISHER…
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A joint statement by the Ghana Health Service, World Health Organisation and Government have confirmed the existence of Lassa Fever Case in Ghana. It said the patient was rushed to the Tema General Hospital with general body weakness,…
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The United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and its 11 UN agency partners, including the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the World Bank, have declared March 1, as "Zero Discrimination Day". The UN, therefore, urged each person…
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In spite of the several strategies, put in place to prevent maternal mortality, in the Eastern Region still recorded 108 maternal deaths in 2017 as against 102 and 104 in 2015 and 2016 respectively. This means that approximately nine…
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The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has confirmed the first record case of Lassa Fever in the country at Tema General Hospital. Dr Anthony Nsiah-Asare, the Director-General of the Ghana Health Service who was speaking to the media in Accra on…
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Embattled Director of the Ankaful Psychiatric Hospital, Dr. Eugene Dordoye, has handed over management of the facility to the Deputy Director of Pharmaceutical Services, David Otuo Serebuor. This follows months of agitation by staff of…
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