HEALTH

BETTER sex, a stronger pelvic floor and eating...who would say no to that? Keeping your pelvic floor muscles strong is an important, yet often overlooked, part of women's health. You've probably heard of pelvic floor exercises, and of…
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Knowledge on cerebral palsy among health care professionals is low compared to other disabilities, Dr Kwame Sakyi, Director of the Centre for Learning and Childhood Development said on Saturday He said a survey conducted among health…
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Madam Naomi Ahortor, a Senior Nursing Officer in Public Health on Nutrition and Food Management has said the human body needed essential nutritional substances to grow healthy. She said the human body needed animal and plant proteins,…
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A total of thirty (30) institutional maternal deaths have been recorded in the Eastern region between January to May this year. Though the figure is a reduction from 44 and 40 recorded within the same period in 2017 and 2016…
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The Ministry of Health (MOH) has described as ‘false and misleading’ the claims on social media that there is an outbreak of Ebola in the country and the Health Authorities are trying to suppress the information. A statement issued…
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The Shai Osudoku District Hospital has earned international acclaim for recording zero maternal mortality cases in the last five years. The District Hospital that was earmarked as a benchmark for Africa by the World Health Organization…
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The health of patients in the country is in danger as Medical Laboratory Scientists yesterday embarked on strike following government’s failure to address their key concerns. The Laboratory Scientists are demanding an increment in…
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The First Lady, Mrs. Rebecca Akufo Addo, has tasked health professionals to intensify public education on Eclampsia in the country. According to her, pre-eclampsia and other conditions still lead the unacceptable rate of maternal deaths…
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The Central Region has witnessed a significant reduction in malaria related deaths over the last twenty-five months due to improved case management at the Regional Health Directorate. It recorded a sharp decline of malaria related deaths…
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First Lady Rebecca Akufo-Addo is calling for intensified efforts in tackling pre-eclampsia, which is responsible for the death of close to 100,000 pregnant women around the world annually, and also accounts for a lot of infant mortality…
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