HEALTH

The flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, has promised to provide all the six newly created regions with a regional hospital each when he wins the 2020 elections. He made this known at a two-day…
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The Kwesimintsim hospital in the Western Region is in dire need of financial support as government is unable to pay its nine months national health insurance payments amounting in excess of 2 million Ghana Cedis. The Administrator of the…
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The Ghana AIDS Commission (GAC) says the activities of some herbalists, prophets and other religious groups who claim to have a cure for HIV continues to hinder the management of the disease. In 2018, a visit by Citi News and the Eastern…
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ALL BREEDING areas for Mosquitoes in Kaase in the Asokwa Constituency in the Ashanti Region have virtually been cleared by members of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the constituency. The Asokwa First Vice Chairman of the party,…
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The government has said plans are far advanced to train forty (40) brilliant but needy medical students a year from Zongo, inner city and other deprived communities in Ghana. This follows a proposal by the Vice President, Dr Mahamudu…
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The Eastern Regional Drug Law Enforcement Unit of the Ghana Police Service has arrested a Guesthouse owner at Akateng near Assesewa in the Eastern Region for allegedly producing pineapple juice mixed with marijuana. Starr News has…
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Tina Gifty Naa Ayeley Mensah, Deputy Minister of Health says medical innovations seem to be the only option to maximize quality health care delivery in the country. She said to achieve major strides in healthcare delivery, there was the…
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The rate of Tramadol abuse by some unsuspected youth in the country nowadays has become a challenge that required well-coordinated inter-disciplinary collaboration and multi-sectoral approach to control. The degree of drug abuse…
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Excessive intake of alcoholic beverages, including locally brewed gin, ‘Akpeteshi’ or ‘Apio’, has been cited as reducing sexual potency in men. In this regard, Ghanaian men, especially those that are fond of overly consuming alcohol,…
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The National Malaria Control Programme (NMCP) in collaboration with the Ghana Health Service (GHS) has launched the Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention (SMC) intervention at Tolon to help fight the prevalence of malaria in the country. The…
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