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Districts in Central Region to Prioritise Sanitation Issues
Mr Kwamena Duncan, the Central Regional Minister, has said he would ensure that the Regional Coordinating Council (RCC) prioritises good sanitation in districts of the Region.
He said the RCC has, therefore, set-up sanitation committee…
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Trainee Nurses Receive November, December Allowances
Trainee nurses and midwives have begun receiving their allowances for the month of November and December 2017 after assurances from the government earlier this week.
The Ghana Nurses and Midwives Trainees Association confirmed to Citi…
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Ten Amazing Foods That Help You Stay Hydrated
Most of us get around 20% of our water content from food, but the ideal would be to eat the right foods and drink enough water throughout the day, so that we stay properly hydrated. See, dehydration is bad. When we’re not hydrated, we feel…
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Need for More Taxes to Fund NHIS – Dr Baah
Dr Yaw Baah, Secretary General of the Trades Union Congress, has advocated the need for the citizenry to pay higher taxes to fund the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) to make it more functional.
He recounted his experiences on…
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Best Performing Mothers in Child Healthcare Rewarded
Empowering Rural Women and Orphans Initiative (ERWOI), a Non Governmental Organisation (NGO), has rewarded 36 women from six communities in the Lawra District of the Upper West Region for doing well in child healthcare services.
The…
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Malaria Related Deaths Reduce Significantly in Mfantseman
Malaria related deaths in the Mfantseman Municipality reduced significantly from 22 in 2016 to two in 2017 due to improved case management, the Municipal Health Directorate has said.
The period also saw a reduction in institutional…
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Alternative Healing is Not Quackery
Quackery is a health scam that brings to the noses of unlooking and desperate persons seeming solutions that are most likely to purloin their health―the most priceless of all gifts and almost always, death comes decisively.
In healthcare…
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Ejisu-Juaben Makes Progress in Fight Against Maternal Deaths
The Ejisu-Juaben Municipality is making good progress in the fight to prevent maternal deaths, Mrs. Josephine Ahorsu, the Municipal Health Director, has announced.
The number of such deaths in the area was down to two, last year, from…
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Construction of Soybean Processing Factory Begins at Sang
Construction of a Soybean Processing Factory has begun at Sang in the Mion District of the Northern Region to process soybean into various food products for children in the district to help boost their nutritional status.
The Factory,…
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Ministry Of Food & Agric Takes Journalists Through Fall Armyworms
Mr Delali Nutsukpo, the Greater Accra Regional Director of the Agriculture, has said it is untrue that the Fall Army worm outbreak was developed in foreign laboratories.
He said as far back as 1797 in Georgia USA, the worms were…
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