Farmers in parts of the country have expressed optimism over Ghana winning the fight against the invasion of fall armyworms which have started destroying vast tracks of farmlands. This optimism...
At her family house at Osu, in the Greater Accra Region, 13-year-old Pamela Wayor sat on a wooden bench. From a distance, I could count her ribs when she lowered the piece of cloth tied to her chest....
General Electric (GE), a digital Industrial Company has partnered with the Ghana Ministry of Health and Bouygues Batimat International with the support of the United States government to overhaul the...
At least 179 people, almost half of them children, have died of meningitis since January in Niger, where some 3,000 suspected cases have been reported, the United Nations said Wednesday. "From...
Mr Sylvester Mensah, who is speculated to be eyeing the presidency in next year’s elections, has interacted with cadres of the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) urging them to...
A cholera outbreak in war-torn Yemen has killed 184 people in recent weeks with another 11,000 suspected cases across the country, the International Committee of the Red Cross said Monday. The...
Boko Haram jihadists have killed six farmers who were working on their land near the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri, civilian militia members and locals told AFP on Monday. Gunmen on...
Rebel authorities in Yemen's capital have sounded the alarm over a spreading cholera outbreak that has killed dozens in the war-torn country, calling for urgent international assistance. Yemen is...
The Directorate of Health Services , University of Cape Coast (UCC), has cautioned people within the Cape Coast Metropolis to be vigilant as an outbreak of cholera looms. The caution was given at an...
The United Nations said Monday that $1.4 billion (1.3 billion euros) was needed this year alone to help the nearly two million people who have fled war and famine in South Sudan. The UNHCR refugee...
A state of emergency has been declared in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, after an outbreak of cholera killed scores of people. Hospitals in the city, which is controlled by Houthi rebels, are crowded...
When Dalal Ahmad heard that the fighters who expelled the Islamic State group from the Syrian town of Tabqa were distributing food, she began to run, desperate for any scraps. After more than a month...
The theme for this year’s celebration is ‘Depression and suicide - the role of the family physician’ Family Doctors fear depression and suicide may soon reach an overwhelming level if immediate...
More than 1,000 people have died in an outbreak of meningitis in Nigeria, the Centre for Disease Control said Thursday, but added that the spread of the disease is slowing. The outbreak has mostly...
Young people on the latest HIV drugs now have near-normal life expectancy because of improvements in treatments, a study in The Lancet suggests. Twenty-year-olds who started antiretroviral therapy in...
This article has been necessitated by my longtime observation that the Ghanaian media treat health in a restricted, straightjacket manner. The WHO defines health as a state of complete physical,...
Young people on the latest HIV drugs now have near-normal life expectancy because of improvements in treatments, a study in The Lancet suggests. Twenty-year-olds who started antiretroviral therapy in...
Joyce Dzidzor Mensah a one time HIV/AIDS Ambassador has made startling revelations about her late husband who according to some social media posts, died from an HIV infection. According to a social...
The Ministries of Health and Gender and Social protection have jointly proclaimed the 10th of May as World Lupus Day in Ghana, joining many other nations globally in doing so. This was done in...
At least 570 suspected cases of cholera have surfaced in war-torn Yemen in the past three weeks, sparking fears of a potential epidemic, Doctors Without Borders said Sunday. Healthcare has...
