HEALTH

All 231 health workers in the Bono Region who contracted COVID-19 have recovered, the acting Regional Director of the Ghana Health Service, Dr Amo Kodie, has disclosed. According to him, the 231 health workers represented 53.6 per cent…
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Distinguished economists from Ghana and abroad have presented new research on a wide range of health interventions that will improve the delivery of healthcare in the country. They presented their findings as part of the “Ghana…
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“Aggressive and bold” action is needed as Africa’s COVID-19 cases pass the one million mark, according to the African Union (AU) body dealing with the pandemic. It says South Africa – where testing has been widespread – accounts for more…
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August 1-7 is the World Breastfeeding Week, a week that seeks to extol the virtues of breastfeeding. The theme for this year is "Support breastfeeding for a healthier planet". Along with the theme, the World Health Organisation (WHO)  and…
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The good book states, "for lack of knowledge my people perish." This is not too far from the truth, when we look at the ideas people have on this all important subject. There is much fiction paraded as the truth on Erectile Dysfunction…
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The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said that there is a possibility that a “silver bullet” answer to defeating the virus might never happen. Director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a virtual press conference: “There…
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Nine more persons have died from coronavirus raising Ghana's death toll to 191 in the latest update provided by the Ghana Health Service.  In addition, 798 new cases have been recorded pushing the national cumulative tally to 37,812.…
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Nine out of the 95 Ghanaian nurses who travelled to Barbados to work for two years have tested positive for COVID-19. They are said to be asymptomatic, according to the acting Chief Medical Officer of Barbados, Dr. Kenneth George. “It…
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The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) says Bernice Alcohol based hand sanitizer is safe for use and that it does not contain acid. The FDA in a statement signed by its Chief Executive Officer, Mrs Delese A. A. Darko today , said it has seen…
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The Programme Manager of the National Malaria Control Programme (NMCP), Dr Keziah Malm, has stated that despite the emergence of COVID-19 and the attendant risks, malaria control efforts in the country have not been greatly hampered. She…
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