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Reduce Intake of Salt to Reduce NCDs – INSLA
The Institute of Leadership and Development (INSLA), has called on Ghanaians to reduce their intake of salt (sodium chloride) to avoid high blood pressures, strokes and heart diseases.
It said the World Health Organisation (WHO)…
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Bawumia Wants Ghana to Become Pharmaceutical R&D Hub in West Africa
Vice-President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has tasked players in the pharmaceutical industry to work toward making Ghana the go-to destination in all things pharmaceutical for the sub-region.
“I urge all the players in the pharmaceutical…
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Open Defecation Costs Ghana $79million Annually
Open defecation costs the country approximately $79million annually, Mr. Raphael Godlove Ahenu, the Chief Executive Officer of Global Media Foundation (GLOEMF), a media advocacy non-governmental organisation said on Monday.
In…
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Patients in Fanteakwa to Test for HIV
All patients in public health facilities in the Fanteakwa District have been encouraged to test to know their HIV status.
This is a strategy being adopted by the Fanteakwa District Health Directorate to help reduce the HIV prevalence in…
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Ghana to Ban Shisha Smoking by Mid-Year – GHS
The Ghana Health Service says it is making efforts to secure a ban on the smoking of water-pipe tobacco popularly known as shisha and electronic cigarettes by the middle of 2018.
The Principal Research Officer of the…
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Government Urged to Empower Persons with Intellectual Developmental Disorder
Mr Nortey Dua, a Senior Clinical Psychologist, has called on government to invest in the empowerment of persons with Intellectual Developmental Disorder (IDD) to help them contribute meaningfully to national development.
He said…
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NHIS Must Cover Kidney Disease – Ghana Kidney Association
The President of the Ghana Kidney Association (GKA), Professor Michael Mante-Kole, has pleaded with the government to come to the aid of kidney disease patients living in Ghana.
Professor Mante-Kole, who was speaking at a public lecture…
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Stakeholders Call for Proactive Health Policies for The Poor
The Alliance for Reproductive Health Rights (ARHR) has called for the review of existing health policies and interventions targeted at vulnerable groups as most of these have failed to address their needs.
It suggested the harmonisation…
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You Can’t Force Us to Post You – GHS to Picketing Graduates
The Director-General of the Ghana Health Service, Dr. Anthony Nsiah-Asare, has criticised the growing trend of health professional graduates resorting to picketing at the Health Ministry to demand financial clearance and posting.
He said…
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GHS Monitors 92 Close Associates of Deceased Lassa Fever Victim
Ninety-two persons are being monitored by the Ghana Health Service for signs of Lassa fever after having physical contact with the victim of the first case of the disease detected in Ghana.
The 92 comprised of health workers of the Tema…
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