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FDA directs withdrawal of Lavet Feminine Hygiene Wash
The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has directed the immediate withdrawal of Lavet Feminine Hygiene Wash, manufactured by Yamok Industries and Company Ghana Limited, from the market.
According to the FDA, the said product had been defaced…
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Doctors, Nurses Strike Over NPP Youth Attack
Doctors and Nurses of the Tamale Teaching hospital in the Northern region, have declared an indefinite strike action. This follows the attack on the Chief Executive Officer of the Hospital, Dr David Zaawumya Kolbi.
He was chased out of…
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The Radio ‘Saved My Little Girl’s Life’
When Marieta was just a year old she developed a high fever and became really unwell.
Her family thought she had fallen under a curse that in parts of rural Burkina Faso is believed to happen when a bird flies over a child asleep outdoors.…
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WHO Head ‘Worried’ About DR Congo Ebola Outbreak
The head of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said his visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo has made him even more worried about the outbreak.
Ongoing conflict makes it more conducive for the virus…
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Angry NPP youth drags Tamale Teaching Hospital CEO out of Office
The Chief Executive Officer of the Tamale Teaching Hospital in the Northern region Dr David Zaawumya Kolbila has been chased out of the hospital by members of an NPP affiliated vigilante group Kandahar Boys.
The irate NPP group Kandahar…
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Okudzeto Ablakwa donates first ambulance to North Tongu
Mr Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, Member of Parliament for North Tongu, has donated an ambulance and hospital consumables to the District to mark his 38th birthday.
The items, including wheelchairs estimated at GHC 100, 000 are expected to…
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Akufo-Addo Promises to Complete 41-Year-Old KATH Maternity Building
The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has promised to complete the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital’s (KATH) maternity ward project which was started in 1974.
The project which is expected to cost some $70 million to complete has…
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Let’s Congratulate Ourselves …At Least for Conquering Trachoma
News that Ghana has eradicated trachoma is one of the most positive to be handed the good people of Ghana in a long time.
Considering the fact that trachoma is a potentially blinding disease, one cannot but jump into the high heavens…
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Maternal Deaths Drop In Upper West
Health facilities in Upper West recorded 10 maternal deaths within the period of January to June, 2018, showing a reduction from last year’s figure of 13 within the same period.
The Region has generally seen a significant decrease in…
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NYA Leads March Against Tramadol Abuse
The National Youth Authority has led a youth march against Tramadol abuse to mark International Youth Day.
The youth in their hundreds marched through prinicpal streets in the Brong Ahafo regional capital, Suyani, to drum home what has…
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