HEALTH

Dr. Efua Owusu Ansah, a Dietician at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) has cautioned Ghanaians especially children against excessive consumption of noodles since it does not contain any nutrients nor fibre. Dr Ansah further…
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A psychologist at the Centre for Peace and Reconciliation, Dr. Emmanuel Hopseon, has suggested that children who witness armed robbery attacks in their homes should be made to seek help from psychologists or counselors. This he explained…
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Rates of unintended pregnancy have decreased globally since 1990, according to a new study made available to the Ghana News Agency. While the unintended pregnancy rate fell worldwide from 1990–1994 to 2010–2014, it dropped less sharply…
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The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has directed health facilities in the country not to refer any suspected Lassa fever cases to Tema General Hospital or any higher institution. Health facilities from CHPS compound to higher institutions…
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An emergency unit at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH) which was refurbished at millions of dollars at the expense of the taxpayer is still lying idle four years after it was handed over. The Chief Executive of the hospital, Dr Felix…
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The Food and Drugs Authority , has commenced investigations into the death of five persons who passed away after eating a meal of banku and okro soup at Akakpokope (Aka-Kpo-Kofe), in the South Tongu District of the Volta Region. Four…
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Several southern African states have banned processed meat from South Africa after it said it had identified the source of a food poisoning outbreak. The government blamed the sausage known as polony for the listeria poisoning that has…
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Supermarkets in South Africa have been clearing a popular sausage from the shelves after it was blamed for a food poisoning outbreak behind 180 deaths. The government identified the cold meat polony as the source of the listeria poisoning…
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Government, through the Ministry of Health, is engaging various stakeholders in the pharmaceutical industry to help reduce the prices of medicines on the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) list by some 30 per cent. The move forms…
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More than 500 senior doctors in Kenya’s biggest referral hospital have boycotted work, demanding the reinstatement of their colleague who was suspended for performing brain surgery on the wrong patient. Sammy Oroko, the chairman of the…
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