HEALTH

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie gave a speech at the Malaria Summit on Wednesday, 18th of April, in London, England. The Malaria Summit was held to urge Commonwealth leaders to commit to halve cases of malaria across the…
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The World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Director for Africa, Dr Matshidi Moeti, will be visiting Ghana for the first time from April 21-25 2018 at the invitation of the Ghanaian authorities. The visit will provide an opportunity for…
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The Neo-natal Unit of the Wenchi Methodist Hospital in the Brong Ahafo region is under stress as it operates with only one incubator to cater for the increasing number of pre-term babies. The Wenchi Methodist Hospital is a major referral…
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