HEALTH

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has developed a new set of guidelines that would enable countries grabbling with sanitation challenges, make a headway. The new guidelines are anchored on four principal recommendations and is expected…
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Lemon, a citrus, is among the most popular fruits in all homes used both in the kitchen and for cleaning. In the kitchen, lemon is popularly used in baking, making salads and drinks owing to its strong flavour. Other people, however, prefer…
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The government has indicated that it is in the process of paying all allowances in arrears owed trainee nurses. This comes after some trainee nurses threatened to boycott class over the delay in the payment of their allowances with some…
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The Special Mothers Project, an advocacy and awareness creation programme on cerebral palsy issues in Ghana, is calling on Ghanaians to wear something with a touch of green on Saturday 6th October. A statement issued and signed by Mrs…
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Figures from the Ghana Health Service (GHS) reveal that 53,114 abortions were supervised in public health facilities in the country in 2017. Unsafe abortion also recorded 13,918 in the same period as compared to 15,325 unsafe abortion…
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The Ghana Health Service (GHS) will on Thursday October 4, begin the registration of households for the free distribution of Long-Lasting Insecticide Treated Nets (LLITN) across the country. The distribution of the LLITN will be done in…
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Mr Philip Duah, Communication and Advocacy Chairman of the Youth Advisory Board, Ipas Ghana, has called for the enforcement of existing policies and laws on safe abortions to reverse the current abortion-related deaths among women and…
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The Global Fund, a not-for-profit entity designed to accelerate the end of AIDS, tuberculosis (TB) and malaria has saved 27 million lives, this year, according to new results released this week. By the end of 2017, the Global Fund…
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An appeal has been made to individuals, corporate bodies and organizations, to support and sponsor the fight to eradicate rabies in the country. The government has also been urged to come to the aid of stake-holders, and help speed the…
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FOR THE second time, the city of Kumasi is being represented at the World Leaders’ Cancer Summit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The delegation from Kumasi is being led by the Chief Executive of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA), Mr.…
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