HEALTH

The Ghana AIDS Commission (GAC) has launched its fourth National HIV/AIDS Research Conference (NHARCON) 2018 with a call for a rethink and change of HIV/AIDS prevention interventions that are not working. Professor Isabella Quakyi, an…
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The First Lady, Rebecca Akufo-Addo joined over 40,000 people in the Eastern Regional capital Koforidua, for the 7th annual breast cancer awareness walk dubbed “Walk for the Cure.” The event which was under the auspices of Breast Care…
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The Ntiamoah Foundation, a Non-Governmental Organisation, in collaboration with the Ghana Hope Foundation and the New Abirem Government Hospital has organised free surgeries for the vulnerable at Abirem in the Birim North District. They…
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The Vice Chancellor of the University of Health and Allied Science (UHAS), Prof. John Gyapong has attributed the failure of health interventions in West African countries to weak and broken country systems. According to him, these broken…
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Dr. Foster Amponsah Manu, Head of the Surgical Department of the Koforidua Regional Hospital, has encouraged breast cancer survivors to take centre stage in the fight against the disease. They should share their experience with other…
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Nurses in the country have been advised to desist from looking down on patients that seek healthcare at their hospitals. Daniel Atta Tuffuor, Principal of the Seventh-Day Adventists (SDA) Nursing and Midwifery Training College at Kwadaso…
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The Ekumfi District Health Director of the Ghana Health Service in the Central Region, Abigail Nyarkoh-Cudjoe, has warned that consumption of alcohol and smoking by women increases their risk of contracting breast and cervical cancers.…
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The lack of a Resident Obstetric Gynaecologist at the Asante Mampong Municipal Hospital in the Ashanti Region is raising life-threatening concerns. Emergency cases depending on their complexity are either booked for a visiting obstetric…
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Richard Avadetsi, the Deputy Director of Nursing Services of the Psychiatry unit of the Bawku Presbyterian Hospital, on Tuesday urged Senior High School Students to observe healthy living habits so as to avoid mental illnesses. He asked…
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The Mental Health Authority will today counsel survivors of the Atomic Junction gas explosion which killed seven people. The exercise is aimed at mitigating the psychological impact of the disaster on the survivors including students.…
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