HEALTH

A child-focused non-governmental organization, Pumpkins Foundation, has joined the rest of the world in celebrating the 2021 edition of the World Cerebral Palsy (CP) Day. CP Day is observed on October 6 annually. It is a day set aside…
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Lack of adolescents’ communication with caregivers and parents regarding sexual issues is a key factor in the rise of sex among teenagers in the Adaklu District. Others are parental neglect and peer pressure. This came to the fore…
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Dr Sudarshan Ballal, Chairman, Manipal Health Enterprises Pvt Ltd, says heart diseases are becoming common across all age groups with the most being in their 30s or 40s. He attributed the primary reasons to stress, lack of exercise, and…
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President Nana Akufo-Addo, yesterday Tuesday, inspected ongoing work on the retooling and re-equipping of the Kwahu-Atibie Hospital, and also on work on the $$77 million 47-kilometre Mpraeso-Hweehwee- Oyimso. At the commencement of his…
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Complications from unsafe abortions contribute substantially to Ghana’s high maternal mortality, which was estimated at 310 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births in 2017. This is according to the Director of Medical Affairs of the…
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More than eight hundred thousand people in the Ashanti Region have benefited from a blood pressure screening initiative by AstraZeneca championed Healthy Hearts Africa (HHA) programme being undertaken in partnership with the Ministry of…
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DKT International Ghana, a global non-profit social enterprise in collaboration with DKT WomanCare, on Monday, September 27, 2021, coordinated a campaign to create awareness on safe abortion ahead of the commemoration of this year’s…
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The Environmental Health Department in the Oti Region has mounted fortifications against the advance of typhoid disease. The Department, with the support of the Regional Coordinating Council and other direct stakeholders including…
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The Ministry of Health (MoH) has donated some items to the Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture (MOTAC) towards the celebration of this year’s World Tourism Day. The items included tissue papers, sanitizers, nose masks, liquid soaps,…
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The Pharmaceutical Society of Ghana (PSGH), has held a public lecture and launch for this year's World Pharmacist Day, with a call on pharmacists to exhibit humility, integrity, passion, and love to win the trust of clients. Madam Doris…
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