HEALTH

In response to the swelling health concerns in some senior high schools, as lives were lost and many others hospitalised, the Ghana Medical Association (GMA) has called on government to initiate plans for two Infectious Disease Centres.…
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The New Juaben Municipal Health Director of the Ghana Health Service in the Eastern region has attributed the spread of meningitis in some Senior High Schools across the country to congestion in those schools. So far over five students…
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The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) has asked the government to set up at least two national infectious disease centres, one in the southern sector and another in the northern sector, to facilitate prompt diagnosis, service delivery,…
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The leadership of the Pharmaceutical Society of Ghana (PSGH) has expressed concern on the recent outbreak of H1N1 Influenza at the Kumasi Academy Senior High School (KUMACA) that has claimed the lives of some students. The leadership of…
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The newly constructed Mother & Baby unit of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), is ready, First Lady, Mrs Rebecca Akufo-Addo has said. The new facility has room for 130 babies, eleven children and enough…
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The Ashanti Regional Health Director, Dr. Emmanuel Kwadwo Tinkorang, has given the assurance that the Influenza Type A (swine flu) outbreak at the Kumasi Academy Senior High School (KUMACA) was now under control. He therefore called for…
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Dr. Fred Nana Poku, acting Policy and Technical Manager of the Ghana AIDS Commission, has called for the young people to take centre stage in the fight to stop the spread of HIV-AIDS infection. He indicated that their involvement was…
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85 cases of the deadly Influenza H1N1 have been recorded so far in the recent outbreak at the Kumasi Academy in the Ashanti region. 11 out of the number are currently on admission at various hospitals in the region. The outbreak of …
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The Ghana Health Service has slammed the media for creating panic and misinforming Ghanaians over the Influenza H1N1 deaths that plagued the Kumasi Academy. Four students have so far died of the virus while scores of students are also…
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The Tamale Teaching Hospital (TTH) can now boast of an emergency centre to cater for patients infected with Ebola and other deadly diseases. As the only infectious disease isolation centre, it is expected to augment the nation’s…
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