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37 Hospital Investigates Cause of Pesticide-Related Death of Siblings
The 37 Military Hospital is conducting an investigation into the cause of the death of three little siblings allegedly linked to the use of a spray, Topstoxin, which contains aluminium –phosphide, as its active ingredient.
A source close…
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Pharmacy Council Pushes for Prosecution of Arrested Tramadol Dealers
The Northern Regional Area Manager of the Pharmacy Council, Michael Ennim Ameyaw, has hinted of the trial of two persons arrested in Tamale for selling prescribed only pain relief medicine, Tramadol.
According to him, the suspects,…
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98% of NHIS Debt Paid – Bawumia Insists
The Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has insisted that Government has paid 1billion cedis out of the 1.2billion cedis of debt owed NHIS service providers constituting 98% of the total debt paid.
In his keynote address at the 2018…
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MTN to Distribute Treated Nets to Nursing Mothers
MTN Ghana Foundation will distribute Insecticide Treated Nets in commemoration of World Malaria Day on 25th April 2018.
Marking the day under the theme “Ready to Beat Malaria,” MTN staff volunteers will distribute 300 Insecticide Treated…
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‘Gov’t Clears GH¢1Bn Out of GH¢1.2Bn NHIS Inherited Debt’
Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has revealed that his administration is reviving the strength of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), which, under the Mahama government, was being strangled by debt.
According to President…
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NADMO Urges Authorities in Second-Cycle Institutions to Improve Personal Hygiene
School authorities, particularly at the basic and second-cycle levels, have been cautioned to be responsive to issues relating to personal hygiene to enhance the wellbeing of their pupils and students.
Mr. Frank Duodu, Kumasi…
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Women Who Take Anti-ageing Drugs Get Exposed to Breast Cancer
Older women who take in medication to keep them young and gives them the sense of young feeling stand the risk of contracting breast Cancer.
Dr Emmanuel M. Sowah, the Superintendent of the VRA (VRA) Hospital in Accra, who disclosed this…
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USAID Supports Malaria Prevention
The annual spraying campaign dubbed: “Indoor Residual Spraying,” was launched on April 19, in the Northern Region to spray households to prevent the spread of malaria.
A statement issued by the USAID and copied to the Ghana News Agency…
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NHIA Promotes Family Planning Practices in Nabdam District
The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has introduced Family Planning (FP) services onto the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) in the Nabdam District of the Upper East Region.
The introduction of the family planning forms…
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About 19,000 Ghanaians Die from Diarrhoea and Cholera
Madam Mary Ama Kudom Agyemang, a Media Expert on Thursday disclosed that about 19,000 Ghanaians die from diarrhoea and cholera annually due to the practise of Open Defecation in the country.
According to her, 29,000 people were affected…
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