HEALTH

The Ghana Health Service (GHS), has expressed concern about the rising cases of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) in the Ga Central district of the Greater Accra Region (GAR) and advised the public to make responsible lifestyle choices.…
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Authorities of the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital have announced that the facility will begin liver transplant procedures this week. This will be the first time a hospital in Ghana will carry out a liver transplant. The  CEO of the…
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Eight persons have been reported dead from a suspected Yellow Fever outbreak in the Savannah Region. This follows interim laboratory results of an unusual disease from the region, a press release from the Ghana Health Service (GHS) has…
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Mrs. Ama Henrietta Serchie, an Ophthalmic Nurse at the Hohoe Municipal Hospital, has called on the public to desist from putting drops of breast milk on their eyes as a treatment when they have eye conditions. “Breast milk is not meant…
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After Ghana recorded its first two (2) COVID-19 cases in March 2020 and the surge in cases over time, the country encountered service delivery disruptions as a result of the fragile health system. To mitigate the worrying situation and…
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Some 5,200 new infections of HIV were recorded in children 0-14 out of a total population of about 19,000 in 2020; Dr. Stephen Ayisi Addo, Programmes Manager, National AIDS/STI Control has disclosed. He said data from the 2020 HIV…
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Students of the Odupong Senior High School have benefited from a breast cancer screening event organized by Zipline Ghana, in partnership with Awutu Senya East Health Directorate. The event, organized in commemoration of the Breast…
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Covid has severely affected healthcare staff and may have killed between 80,000 and 180,000, the World Health Organization (WHO) says. Healthcare workers must be prioritised for vaccines, WHO head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said, and he…
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President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has reiterated his administration’s commitment to continue partnering with the private sector to improve sanitation in the country. He intimated that disposal of solid waste and establishment of…
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Lifebuoy, the world’s number one hygiene soap brand , is celebrating Global Handwashing Day (GHD) by hosting the World’s Largest Virtual Classroom to impart the important lesson of handwashing with soap. Having already helped over 1 billion…
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