HEALTH

The Minister for Local Government and Rural Development, Hajia Alima Mahama, has given a facelift to the Women’s Infirmary Ward of the Accra Psychiatric Hospital. The Minister fixed hanging roofs at the ward, replaced old louvres with…
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Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, Asantehene and Chancellor of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), has called for increased funding for research into tropical medicine. He said the Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research…
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Yaw Attah Arhin, Technical Coordinator, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) has called on government to prioritize sanitation and increase its budget for the sector. According to him, government’s lack of prioritizing the sector has…
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Accra Brewery Ltd. (ABL) has extended its Alcohol and Pregnancy Programme to the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) as part of its efforts to create a Healthier World. The Programme sensitises pregnant women on Foetal Alcohol Spectrum…
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The Upper East Region on Friday marked the World Prematurity day at the Tanga-Poore Community in the Bongo District with a call on stakeholders, particularly traditional rulers and community members to ensure that women go for antenatal and…
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Hundreds of school Pupils in the Cape Coast Metropolis on Sunday defied their usual church service and marched through the principal streets to re-echo the need to end the menace of open defecation. Supervised by dozens of teachers…
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A paediatric nurse at the Apinto Government Hospital in the Tarkwa Nsueam Constituency, Madam Gladys Mawuse Fummey, has advised women to adopt the habit of regularly examining their own breasts. She said examining the breast monthly was…
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The Kangaroo Babies Care Unit of the Eastern Regional Hospital, Koforidua, has saved the lives of 450 preterm babies in less than two years of its establishment. Dr. Jocelyn Asibey, Head of the Child Health Department of the Hospital,…
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Students at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) benefitting from the Mastercard Foundation Scholars’ Programme, have joined the campaign to save lives at the KomfoAnokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) with a blood…
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A health watchdog has ordered a more explicit warning on labels of green tea extract products over concerns about the risk of liver injury. The move by Health Canada follows a federal safety review, which was prompted after teenager…
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