HEALTH

Patients requiring medical attention for mental health illnesses in the Volta Region have been left with no other option than to seek treatment elsewhere, as the region has no psychiatrist. Two years after the retirement of the only…
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Special Mothers Project, an advocacy and awareness creation organisation on Cerebral Palsy (CP), has had a training seminar for entrepreneurs with a call on government to support them create extra advocacy programs about cerebral palsy.…
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Wife of Vice President, Mrs Samira Bawumia has launched the Nursing and Midwifery Strategic Plan and Services Framework (2019-2023) at the 2018 National Nurses and Midwives Managers and Leaders Conference opened in Accra.Delivering the…
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The Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA) has partnered Abidjan-Lagos Corridor Organization (ALCO), and the Ghana AIDS Commission to sensitize long-distance drivers on human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The sensitization exercise…
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Doctors in Belarus are reported to have cured more than 80% of sufferers from a deadly drug-resistant strain of tuberculosis using a new drug, bedaquiline, alongside other antibiotics. Belarus has the highest rates of multidrug-resistant…
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Mrs Florence Dedey, the Head of the Breast Unit at the Surgery Department of Korle Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra, said this year’s Breast Cancer Awareness examination has increased as compared to the previous years. Mrs Dedey said,…
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The West Africa Centre for Cell Biology of Infectious Pathogens (WACCBIP) put together free breast screening exercises for women at the University of Ghana’s campus Saturday. The breast screening was part of efforts to reach out to both…
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The Chinese fish farm at the centre of the mass fish killings at Asutsuare, Fujian Farms, has indefinitely suspended its operations. This is in compliance with an order from the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture. Last Friday, some 40…
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The Ghana Federation of Disability Organisation is calling on the Akufo-Addo's government to make available sign language interpreters in public health facilities across the country for better welfare of its members. “Our brothers who…
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The Trust Hospital is helping to create greater awareness on Breast Cancer prevention, early detection and treatment with its outreach breast screening and education campaigns in the Greater Accra and Eastern Regions. Since October 1,…
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