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I Will Not Allow GMO Foods In Ghana― Prof Boateng
The Minister for Environment, science and Innovations, Prof. Frimpong Boateng has assured Ghanaians that all efforts to introduce Genetically Modified seeds into the country’s agricultural system would not see the light of day.
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USAID Donates Equipment to Health Facilities in Volta Region
USAID’s Systems For Health (S4H) has donated basic healthcare equipment to primary care provider network facilities in two districts in the Volta Region.
The items, which included BP apparatus, weighing scales, glucose monitors,…
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Universal Health Coverage Within Reach in Africa – WHO
Dr. Matsidiso Rebecca Moeti, World Health Organisation (WHO) Africa Regional Director has observed that accelerating Universal Health Coverage (UHC) was within reach in Africa.
She said what was required was political leadership, clear…
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Health Sector Must Be Involved in Seeking Solutions for Cerebral-Palsy
Dr Isabella Sagoe-Moses, National Child Health Coordinator of the Ghana Health Service has said there is the need for the health sector to be actively involved in seeking solutions to cerebral palsy issues.
She specifically mentioned the…
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Socio-Cultural Perceptions Hinder Treatment of Malaria in Pregnant Women
Beliefs and perceptions by pregnant women that they are not at risk of contracting malaria discourages most of them from prevention and treatment efforts of the disease in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA).
Available records from the National…
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Bawku: Hospital Staff Snub Fundraising for Poor Patients
The sight of several empty chairs, which were reserved for staff of the Presbyterian Hospital in Bawku at a durbar organised by the hospital’s management to raise funds for patients too poor to access healthcare services at the facility,…
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Physician Assistants Begin Sit-Down Strike Over Colleague’s Detention
Physician Assistants in the Eastern Region have begun a sit-down strike in support of their colleague who is in prison custody.
The Physician assistants had vowed to embark on a strike today over what they termed as the wrongful…
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One Alcoholic Drink A Day Could Shorten Your Life, Study Says
Having as little as one alcoholic drink a day could shorten your life, according to a major new study.
An analysis of 600,000 drinkers found that drinking five to 10 alcoholic drinks a week was likely to shorten a person’s life by up to…
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A/R: 21 Shops Face Punishment for Tramadol Sale
Twenty one drug sellers in the Ashanti region have been referred to the Pharmacy Council for the necessary action to be taken against them for stocking and selling high doses of tramadol.
This was after the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA)…
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I Don’t Know About Physician Assistants’ Intended Strike – GHS Director
The Director-General of Ghana Health Service, Dr. Anthony Nsiah-Asare, says he is not privy to plans by some physician assistants in the Eastern Region to boycott all medical facilities over the detention of their colleague.
The…
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