HEALTH

The Ghana Health Service has heightened surveillance in the Volta Region following the confirmation of the first Lassa Fever case in the country at the Tema General Hospital. Dr Ofori Yeboah, Deputy Director of Health Services in charge…
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Pregnant women in Assin Anhweansu and surrounding villages in the Assin North District of the Central Region avoid seeking medical care at the only health post in the area because they are sometimes treated in the open. The women say…
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The poor state of the only health facility at Assin Anhweansu in the Assin district of the Central region is affecting health delivery in the area with many pregnant women preferring to stay at home than seek medical care until they deliver…
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Maternal death rate at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), in the Ashanti Region has increased according to hospital officials. Latest figures from the hospital show that over 1,200 out of 100,00 women died during child birth in…
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The Minister of Health, Mr Kwaku Agyeman Manu has revealed that the abuse of Tramadol has increased in the Kintampo South constituency of the Brong-Ahafo Region. This information, according to him had been gathered by a market…
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Government has announced that it intends to extend the current maternity leave to enable nursing mothers stay home a little longer. Currently, the constitution allows women to stay home for only 12 weeks after delivery. Speaking at an…
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The Ministry of Health has said it intends to restrict access to the use of Tramadol, a known painkiller, to check the rising cases of abuse of the drug. The drug, which is said to have flooded the Ghanaian market in alarming quantities,…
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Work is complete for transfer of mothers and their babies, staff as well as equipment from the old to the new Mother and Baby Unit at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital. It paves way for full operations to begin next week to bring…
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The Management of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) is taking measures to strengthen staff discipline in the use of resources and their relationships with clients to help improve quality of care at the facility. The board had…
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An appeal has been made to the health authorities to move quickly to vaccinate students in senior high schools (SHS) across the Upper East Region against cerebrospinal meningitis (CSM). This comes on the heels of the death from the…
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