HEALTH

Ghana has over the last decade recorded significant progress in general public health care delivery and also a major decline in the malaria prevalence from the high level of over 50 per cent in 2012 to 20.4 per cent in 2016.…
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Health experts who are investigating the cause of death of students at the Kumasi Academy (KUMACA) suspect Meningitis, Kwaku Agyemang-Manu, Minister of Health has said. He told Parliament on Tuesday, 5 December that: “As I speak, the…
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An estimated 1 in 10 medical products circulating in low- and middle-income countries is either substandard or falsified, according to new research from the World Health Organisation (WHO). This means that people are taking medicines…
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The Association of Health Services Administrators, Ghana, is calling for an end to the seeming politicization of their position at Teaching Hospitals in the Country. According to the Association, Government “must not allow certain…
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The government has been asked to do more to sustain the anti-HIV/AIDS campaign, to slow down the spread of infection of the disease. Mrs. Cecelia Senoo, Executive Director of Hope for Future Generations (HFFG), an NGO, said everything…
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Ghana recorded 80 per cent rise in new HIV infections in the year 2016, the UNAIDS Country Director in Ghana, Ms Angela Trenton-Mbonde has disclosed.She said new HIV infections declined in children by 46 per cent but increased among adults…
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Taking ‘heavy breakfast’ apparently does not promote healthy living. This is the view of the President of the Vegetarian Association of Ghana, Dr. Kofi Asare, who says the perception of taking heavy food in the morning for breakfast is a…
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Tramadol, a pain relief drug used to treat moderate or severe pains, is a household word on the lips of the youth in the Upper West Region. However, the wrongful use of Tramadol according to medical experts can cause difficulty in…
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The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has launched the Public Health Emergency Response Plan for the Kotoka International Airport to guide the prevention and control of health related emergencies at that port of entry. The…
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The Member of Parliament (MP) for Odododiodio constituency, in the Greater Accra region, Nii Lantey Vanderpuye has advocated for punitive measures to be exercised in matters leading to teenage pregnancy. He stated categorically that he…
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