HEALTH

Ghana today, Tuesday, 22 May 2018, joined the rest of the world to mark World Pre-eclampsia Day with a call on government to create more awareness on the condition. Pre-eclampsia is responsible for the death of close to 100,000 pregnant…
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Professor Augustine Ocloo, Executive Director of the Centre for Plant Medicine Research (CPMR) has said that after extensive research carried out on the potential of a herbal plant known as Nibima to treat malaria, the results have proven…
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Twelve tertiary education students have appealed for support to help them to prosecute their mission of launching a campaign against dangers of using skin bleaching products which expose users to several health hazards and eventual death.…
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The deputy Director-in-charge of marketing at the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), Oswald Essuah-Mensah, has said there is no cause for alarm after the Ghana Audit Service cited the authority for financial malfeasance and the…
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Members of the Ghana Association of Biomedical Laboratory Scientist (GABMLS) have withdrawn their services. The strike, which began on Monday, 21 May 2018, according to members of the Association, has become necessary as part of their…
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The struggling National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has been indicted for wanton financial waste and abuse of procurement processes. Audit work done by the Ghana Audit Service shows that the Authority may be losing close to 23…
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The Central region last year recorded a 2.9% drop in the number of malaria cases as well as a 3% fall in malaria related deaths. According to statistics by the Regional Health Directorate, the year 2017 saw 618, 820 malaria cases being…
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Medical Laboratory Technicians across the country have resolved to completely withdraw their services on May 29, 2018. This was announced Tuesday after a demonstration by the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital Chapter of the Ghana Association of…
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The family of a pregnant woman who died along with her unborn triplets at the Koforidua Central Hospital, are threatening to sue for negligence, if hospital authorities fail to disclose the circumstances which led to their death. The…
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The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has denied reports that Ghana has recorded a case of Ebola and authorities are trying to suppress the information. According to the GHS, the news making rounds on social media about an Ebola outbreak in the…
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