HEALTH

A women rights advocacy non-governmental organisation (NGO), Songtaba, has called on stakeholders in the health sector to take steps to extend access to mental health services to inmates of alleged witch camps in the northern part of the…
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A renowned international blood donor, Arjun Prasad Mainali, organised a blood donation sensitisation campaign in Accra last Saturday to mark his 204th blood donation. Mainali has visited 18 countries to donate blood since he started his…
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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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