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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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“Cocoa Consumption Prevents Malaria”
Professor Frederick K. Addai, Head of Anatomy, University of Ghana Medical School has encouraged the public to consume cocoa products because it helps prevent malaria.
According to the Professor, the consumption of cocoa kills the…
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Fake Doctor, Two Accomplices Arrested for Practising Without Licences
A 42-year-old man and two women have been arrested for allegedly practising as a doctor, a nurse and a laboratory technician at a clinic at Akwamu, near Nsawam, without qualification and licences.
They were arrested while they were…
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Lassa Fever – VR On High Alert
The Ghana Health Service has heightened surveillance in the Volta Region following the confirmation of the first Lassa Fever case in the country at the Tema General Hospital.
Dr Ofori Yeboah, Deputy Director of Health Services in charge…
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