HEALTH

The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, says the co-operation between Ghana and Cuba is being extended to the eradication of malaria in Ghana. According to President Akufo-Addo, “soon, through a joint venture…
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Doctors say the only thing which can help Sebastian survive is a special surgery in India. But hope is fading very fast because his family is unable to raise the eight thousand dollars needed for the surgery. The family of 31-year-old…
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About 65% of Ghana's HIV/AIDS population are females, the Ghana Aids Commission has revealed. This is according to the 2017 national and sub-national HIV and AIDS estimates and projections report. The report adds that the country's…
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The National Service Scheme (NSS) has announced the posting of over 9,018 nurses for the 2019/2020 service year. The nurses who will be serving in various health centres in all 16 regions of the country, are expected to begin work on…
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THE KOMFO Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), in Kumasi, has made history by being the first Teaching Hospital in the country to pass the Health Facilities and Regulatory Agency (HeFRA) assessment test. The hospital scored 84.3 percent…
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The ministry of Health has stated that due process was followed in the award of the Three Million, Nine Hundred and Ninety-Three Thousand, Nine Hundred and Thirty Ghana Cedis, Thirty-Six Pesewas (GHC3, 993, 930.36) contract, to Pharmanova…
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Dr Anthony Nsiah Asare, the Director General of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), says it has not recorded cases of measles in the country since 2003. He said measles had become one of the rare care medical cases after the GHS had taken…
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A health practitioner has raised concerns about the increasing use of emergency contraceptives by school girls saying it has implications for their ability to get pregnant in future. Mr Peter Mintir Amadu, Executive Director of Total…
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MORE THAN 400 people have benefitted from a one-day free health screening exercise in the Manhyia South Constituency in Kumasi. It was organized by the Asante Professionals Club (APC), made up of different professionals that have come…
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Ghana will use hydroxyurea, a generic drug developed by Novartis, for the treatment of Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) following a five-year agreement signed in January this year. The treatment, according to the Ghana Health Service, will soon…
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