HEALTH

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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THE NEW Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament (MP) for Subin in Kumasi, Eugene Boakye Antwi, has said very poor people, the aged and pensioners in his Constituency, who are cash-strapped, would be registered freely with the National…
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The quality of Oxytocin, a life-saving drug used to prevent excessive bleeding during childbirth (postpartum haemorrhage) is reported to be consistently losing its efficacy across low and middle income countries. This has been attributed…
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Pressing babies’ heads to obtain 'better' shapes damages brain - Neuroscientists Neuroscientists at the University of Cape Coast (UCC) are calling on women to stop pressing the heads of newborn babies in order to change the shape of the…
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One in eight middle-aged adults in the UK could have a potentially serious form of liver disease - because they are overweight. Scans of nearly 3,000 individuals from the UK Biobank research project showed that 12% had inflamed, fatty…
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