HEALTH

A film documented on Women’s Sexual Reproductive Health and titled “A Thousand Needles” was launched in Accra this weekend. The documentary merges monologues, poetry, arts and a brutally honest script to explore the reality of living…
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Mr. Sidney Agoyomah Abilba, the Upper East Regional Focal Person for Malaria has called on the media to disseminate information on the need to use Long Lasting Insecticide Net (LLIN) as part of measures to reduce the prevalence of malaria…
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The Ghana Health Service has confirmed that Ghana has recorded its first case of  extensively drug-resistant (XDR) Tuberculosis (TB). According to the Service, the victim of the extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis has been confirmed…
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Doctors at Asuofua Health centre in the Atwima Nwabiagya North District in the Ashanti region have implemented a One (1) bed, two (2) patients system following the lack of beds at the facility. Doctors and Nurses at the Asuofua Health…
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The Member of Parliament for Efutu Constituency, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, is pushing for the production of pharmaceutical labels locally. Mr Afenyo-Markin was speaking in parliament during a debate on the importation of pharmaceutical…
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Ghana has recorded its first case of extreme drug-resistant Tuberculosis. According to the programme Manager of the TB Control Programme at the Ghana Health Service, Dr Frank Bonsu, the victim has died. The rare type of TB known as…
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The Food and Drugs Authority has warned the general public to be cautious of meat imported from South Africa following news of Listeriosis outbreak in that country. According to the FDA, it has intensified market Surveillance and…
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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints through the Hunger Project, Ghana has donated health equipment to four Epicenter health facilities. The equipment which cost Ghȼ90,000.00 were presented to the Kwakyekrom Epicenter Clinic,…
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The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA), has confirmed the presence of a toxic substance in the corn dough that was used to prepare a meal that took the lives of five persons in Akakpokope, a village in the South Tongu District of the Volta…
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The World Health Organization is to launch a review into the potential risks of plastic in drinking water. It will assess the latest research into the spread and impact of so-called microplastics – particles that are small enough to be…
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