HEALTH

The UK is to give £50m ($64m) in aid money to help stop female genital mutilation (FGM) in Africa. The government says this is the biggest single investment to date in the world to help end FGM by 2030. The practice involves removing…
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An Auditor with the Ministry of Health, Edward Fiawoyife, has suggested the commercialization of the Ghana Ambulance Service. The struggles of the Service have been widely noted due to low investment by government into emergency care and…
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Social Enterprise Development (SEND) Ghana, a civil society group, has advised government to increase the allocated budget set towards the employment of health staff during its midyear budget review. The group believes that this will…
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The Ministry of Health has placed an embargo on the manufacturing, importation and sale of all cough syrups containing codeine. According to a statement issued by the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA), all approved codeine drugs would be…
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The Pharmaceutical Society of Ghana has described the sudden death of Hon. Emmanuel Kyeremanteng Agyarko as a big blow to Society. According to the Pharmaceutical body in a statement signed by Benjamin K. Botwe , the late the Member of…
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Current statistics has revealed that while 19 per cent of Ghanaians defecate in the open, only 15 per cent of the country’s population has access to toilet facilities in their homes. As at yesterday, Ghana’s population was at 29,699,346…
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The Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has reiterated its commitment to guide and guard the country’s ports and borders from the importation of harmful substances. This assurance comes after reports of that South…
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After success in reducing the number of malaria cases, the progress in the fight against malaria has stalled, the World Health Organization says. In its latest report on malaria it says that in 2017, compared to the year before, there…
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Nineteen thousand one hundred and one (19,101) Ghanaians tested positive for HIV in 2017, the Ghana Aids Commission (GAC) has said. The Commission has, therefore, called on members of the public to check their HIV status. According to…
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A Tamale-based Non-Governmental Organization, the Gub-Katimali Society, continues to train Traditional Birth Attendants (TBAs) and Community Volunteers on Maternal Mental Health and epilepsy in the Northern Region. A day’s capacity…
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