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Finland To Give Dads Same Parental Leave As Mums
Finland's new government has announced plans to give all parents the same parental leave, in a push to get fathers to spend more time with their children. Paid allowance will increase to a combined 14 months, which works out as 164 days per…
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Use Homeopathic Medicine To Prevent Coronavirus – Gov’t Told
Dr. Michael Kyeremateng, a specialist in homeopathic medicine at C4C Homeopathic Hospital has urged the government of Ghana to adopt the use of Homeopathy medicine to prevent Coronavirus in the country.
According to him, this method has…
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Suspected Coronavirus Patient Causes Fear At Korle Bu
The Korle Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH) has recorded another suspected case of coronavirus (COVID- 19) this time, a US based Ghanaian woman.
The said woman according to a release signed by Head of Public Relations, KBTH, Mustapha…
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NHIS Begins Settling Arrears Owed Service Providers
The National Health Insurance Authority has made some payments to the Health Insurance Service Providers Association of Ghana (HISPAG).
The Association last month threatened to withdraw some of its services this month if arrears owed…
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Coronavirus: Avoid Handshakes – Health Minister Urges Ghanaians
Ghana’s Health Minister, Kwaku Agyemang Manu, has urged the public to avoid handshakes as a preventive measure for Covid-19 popularly known as Coronavirus.
He added that so far 40 suspected cases have all proven negative.
Nigeria and…
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Provide more rapid aflatoxin test kits – Gov’t told
The government has been urged to take decisive steps to tackle the increasing threat to public health by the high levels of aflatoxins in most of the country’s staple foods.
Ms. Sally Nai Kai Adoley Adjetey, a representative of the…
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No evidence Chloroquine can treat coronavirus – Dr. Sarkodie
The Director of Public Health, Ghana Health Service (GHS), Dr. Badu Sarkodie, says they have no evidence that Chloroquine Phosphate 250mg is an effective treatment of the flu-like coronavirus (COVID-19).
He was reacting to claims on…
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La General Hospital Shutdown
Management of the La General Hospital has announced a closed down of the facility to pave way for its redevelopment into a modern health institution.
The redevelopment of the hospital according to management had become necessary due to…
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Ghana Prepared For Coronavirus Outbreak – Gov’t
The Government of Ghana has released updates on the country’s preparedness towards the possible outbreak of the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Ghana.
Health Minister, Kwaku Agyeman Manu, in a statement issued in Accra, gave…
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West Africa Records First Confirmed Coronavirus Case
The first positive case of Coronavirus has been confirmed in West Africa, Nigeria, after two earlier suspected cases tested negative in Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire.
Nigeria’s Health Minister, Dr. Emmanuel Osagie Ehanire, in a statement…
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