HEALTH

Professor Solomon Fiifi Ofori-Acquah, Director of GhGenome Project has said Ghana does not have genetic programmes to diagnose rare diseases, and to identify mutations responsible for cancer in children. According to him, over one…
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Some Persons with Disability in the Akrofuom District in the Ashanti Region have been given items ranging from Deep Freezers, Mist blowers, wheel chairs, Fufu pounding machine whiles others were also given medical and educational support.…
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SEB Foundation Ghana, a non-governmental organisation in the Western Region has called for regular public sensitization on blood disorders and related diseases especially to persons living in rural communities. It said public health and…
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The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Dr. Opoku Ware Ampomah, has commended the Peer Review Officers of the hospital for their commitment and efforts that has strengthened data quality across the hospital.…
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Dr. Collins Badu Agyemang, National President, Ghana Psychological Association (GPA), says majority of Ghanaians are not only suffering from economic inflation but “mental illness inflation” as well. He attributed the problem to stress,…
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Happy 98.9 FM in partnership with Donewell Insurance has held the annual Happy FM/Donewell blood donation exercise to help restock the National Blood Service and the 37 Military Hospital Blood Bank. The National Blood Service has always…
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The Ghana Health Service (GHS) says the country’s only survivor of the Marburg Virus Disease (MVD) has fully recovered. This follows two negative tests carried out on the patient in 48 hours. “The patient has since been discharged and…
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Scientists are tracking a new, animal-derived virus in eastern China that has infected at least several dozen people. The novel Langya henipavirus (LayV) was found in 35 patients in the Shandong and Henan provinces. Many had symptoms…
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DETTOL Ghana has partnered the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA) to promote good hygiene for expectant, nursing mothers and Ghanaians at large. The partnership gives Dettol the exclusive right to use the…
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The Wenchi municipality of the Bono Region has recorded 330 teenage pregnancies in the first six months of the year. According to Robert Kwaku Bio, the Wenchi municipal director of health service, the issue of teenage pregnancy has been…
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