New Sierra Leone leader sworn in at hotel Sierra Leone’s opposition candidate, Julius Maada Bio, has rushed to take his presidential oath in a hotel after winning the run-off election. Mr Maada Bio...
More than 33 people have been killed in a fresh outbreak of ethnic violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo, authorities say. Unrest broke out between the Hema and Lendu communities in the...
One person has been confirmed dead in Accra from Lassa fever, an acute viral haemorrhagic illness. Director of Ghana Health Service, Dr Anthony Nsiah-Asare, confirmed this to 3FM’s Sarah Parku...
Europe has seen a big surge in measles cases in 2017, which the World Health Organization says is a tragedy after a record low of 5,273 cases in 2016. Cases increased four-fold, with more than 20,000...
Director of the Ghana Public Health Service, Dr. Badu Sarkodie, has assured Ghanaians his outfit is prepared to contain lassa fever should there be an outbreak in the country. He was reacting to the...
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has allayed the fears of the public on the outbreak of Lassa fever, saying its alert was to create the needed awareness so that precautionary measures would be strictly...
Plans were underway for Ebony Reigns to launch her ‘Ebony Cervical Cancer Foundation’ later this year before meeting her untimely and terrifying death. The foundation when launched is aimed to...
As the world marked World Cancer Day on February 4, 2018, Dr Kwabena Twum-Nuamah, a legislator, has called for the strengthening of early diagnosis at all levels of the health system to reduce the...
Dr Joseph Obeng, the National President of the Ghana Union of Traders Associations (GUTA), has asked Government not to introduce any new levies and taxes that would take them out of business....
A number of media houses and product owners, who are alleged to have flouted the country’s law on public health through the advertisement of drugs they claim to cure or prevent some manageable...
A 37 year old herbalist, Mallam Abdul Razak Mohamed, resident at Suhum in the Eastern Region, claims to have found cure for HIV and AIDS to end the pain and suffering of people infected with it....
Swine Flu Vaccines – Vaccines for the H1N1 flu have arrived the country says the Ministry of Health. The Public Relations Officer officer at the ministry who interacted with Citi News said that a...
Swine Flu – Drugs will be administered to carriers, as well as those quarantined for the endemic swine flu disease. Ghana Education Service (GES) issued a statement after a meeting with the...
Deputy Communications Director of the National Democratic Congress, Fred Agbenyo, has questioned the preparedness of government agencies in responding to emergencies on the back of the health crisis...
The Kumasi Academy is to be closed down indefinitely after three days to allow health officials conduct a thorough environment assessment with the view to identifying the root cause of the mysterious...
Statistics from the Ghana Health Service has shown that one out of five children in the country is stunted. The development is even severe in the Northern Region as 37% of children in the region are...
As part of measures to promote healthy lifestyle in the country, the SIC Ladies Association (SICLA) has organized a day’s workshop to sensitize women and raise awareness on the dangers of breast...
The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has embarked on a clean-up exercise to climax the Food Safety Sensitization Week Programme at Aboabo Market in Tamale. The Programme dubbed ‘Enhancing Food...
The Veterinary Services Department is working at stopping stray dogs from giving birth as a means to fight the spread of rabies. According to the service, stray dogs are a major cause of rabies...
Three people have died of rabies in the Ashanti Region since the beginning of the year, the regional directorate of Veterinary Services has said. It added that the figure could be high as many cases...
