HEALTH

The Ministry of Health through the Ghana Health Services is taking steps to deploy midwives to all Community-based Health Planning Services (CHPS) compounds across the country as part of efforts to address maternal and neonatal mortality.…
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One of the worst outbreak in history ―Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) has surfaced again as the Democratic Republic of the Congo two days ago confirmed the presence of the disease in Bikoro in Equateur Province. It is in the light of this that…
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The Ministry of Health (MOH) and the Ghana Health Service (GHS) on Thursday disclosed that measures have been instituted to help prevent the transmission of the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD), into the country. This was as a result of the…
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Minister for Health Kwaku Agyeman-Manu has urged hospital administrators to work diligently at improving their Internally Generated Funds (IGFs) to meet demands for expansion, health workers benefits and logistics in their various…
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Children infected with the malaria parasite Plasmodium were found to produce distinctive skin smells making them more attractive to malaria mosquitoes than uninfected children, according to new research. Previous studies have indicated…
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The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has advised the public to intensify preventive measures against the deadly Ebola virus after it resurfaced in DR Congo with five confirmed deaths. The Director-General of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), Dr.…
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Ghana Health Service has issued an alert over a potential outbreak of cholera in the country. The service in a statement signed by the Director-General, Dr. Anthony Nsiah-Asare, said with the onset of the rainy season and other…
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Professional Nursing Assistant Clinical (NAC) and Nurse Assistant Preventive (NAP) would soon benefit from a top-up programme designed to upgrade their current certificate holding status into a Diploma in Midwifery. To ensure this, the…
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The Tin-can Island Command of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, has impounded two containers loaded with Tramadol Hydrochloride (225 milligrams). The drugs that were loaded in 20-feet and 40-feet containers, were imported from India with…
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Ghana has been rated as one of the countries in the world with the worst emergency healthcare services. The country has been labelled as a ‘high medical risk’ country especially for travelers according to the 2018 Health Risk Map by…
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