Childhood cancer is on the increase in Ghana with only two out of ten children with cancer surviving in the country. The World Child Cancer describes the situation as disturbing and has called for...
Mr Emmanuel Beluzebr, the President of the Ghana Network of Persons Living with HIV and AIDS (NAP+), says the pandemic (HIV and AIDS) is no more a scare in Ghana. Mr Beluzebr said HIV and AIDS test...
Close to one thousand teachers and members of the Methodist church drawn from Bibiani and Awaso in the Western Region have benefitted from two separately organized free breast screening programs...
Heart disease is the deadliest chronic disease in the world. Rapid urbanization in low- and middle-income countries is a contributing factor – migration from rural to urban areas is associated with...
Masturbation may be good for you – or bad, depending on your age. The solitary sexual activity that is widely practised but little discussed, is linked with an increased risk of prostate cancer...
Morocco eliminates trachoma – the leading infectious cause of blindness Transmitted through contact with eye and nose discharge of infected people, particularly young children, it affects...
Second wife of the late ace veteran Ghanaian actor Ebenezer Donkor,popularly known as Katawere, Maame Beatrice Boatemaa has passionately revealed that her departed husband died of kidney failure....
Telecommunications operator Airtel has presented a cheque of GHc 4,600 to Breast Care International, (BCI) to support the NGOs awareness creation program on breast cancer. At a brief presentation...
More than 4,000 chickens have died since the outbreak of the Newcastle disease in Namibia early July this year. The disease that was first detected at Etunda in the north of the country about 760...
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday called on people with diabetes to have their eyes examined regularly to prevent vision health problems. “Diabetes is a leading cause of poor eyesight and...
The Ashanti Regional Minister, Mr. John Alexander Ackon, has encouraged everybody to get screened to know if they are at risk of diabetes and to take steps to prevent it. Knowing their status, he...
Ghana is making strong progress in its effort to reduce infant and child mortality, with the rate of death having been reduced to 42.8 per 1000 live births. Dr. Luiz Octaviano Amoussou-Gohoungo,...
Dr. James Raymond Kofi Appiah-Kusi, Head of Koforidua Regional Hospital’s Internal Medicine Department and Diabetics Clinic, has urged Ghanaians to lead stress-free and simple lifestyles to prolong...
Ghana is making strong progress in its effort to reduce infant and child mortality, with the rate of death having been reduced to 42.8 per 1000 live births. Dr. Luiz Octaviano Amoussou-Gohoungo,...
Reported cases of cholera in the Central Region had hit 268 as of last Wednesday evening. No death had been recorded. This was made known by the Central Regional Director of Health Services, Dr...
Measles jab saves more than 20 million young lives in 15 years, but hundreds of children still die of the disease every day, United Nations health agencies report has revealed. According to the...
Fellow Nigerians, Sometime in April this year, I was a guest on a radio programme on Ghana’s Starr FM. I was asked to assess the pace of development in Ghana under the current administration of...
The Central Regional capital, Cape Coast is a fishing port and one of the most historical cities in Ghana, founded by the people of Oguaa and is situated on its south to the Gulf of Guinea. According...
Statistics indicate that about 1,000 men are diagnosed of prostate cancer every year, and an estimated of 800 die of the disease annually, figures that have compelled President John Dramani to devote...
The Ashanti Regional Health Directorate has assured that adequate steps have been taken to effectively respond to any cholera outbreak. Mr. Afriyie Asubonteng, the Disease Control Officer, said...
