Mozambique To Circumcise 100,000 Men
More than 100,000 men in Mozambique are to be circumcised in a bid to help prevent sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV/Aids. The health authorities in the central province of Zambezia say...
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WHO Warns of Soaring Rates of Measles In Europe
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...
HIV, Stroke Killing Scores In Koforidua
Medical doctors at the Eastern Regional Hospital in Koforidua are alarmed over increasing death cases related to stroke, HIV, Pneumonia and heart related diseases in the region. Other prominent...
Early Cancer Diagnosis Needs Strengthening
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...
Neglect of Ghanaian Cultural Values Causing Indiscipline In Society
Mr Rockson Ayine Bukari, the Upper East Regional Minister has attributed growing indiscipline in Ghana to modernisation and wholesale adoption of foreign cultural values and practices. According to...
Media Houses, Drug Manufacturers Face Prosecution
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...
Bishop Agyin-Asare Offers Free Medical Screening To Mark 35 Years In Ministry
Founder of Perez Chapel International, Bishop Charles Agyin-Asare has organized a free medical screening and party for some less-privileged in society as part of activities marking the celebration of...
India Minister In Hot Soup After Obnoxious Remarks
Sin Causes Cancer – Are you a sinner? then you are at risk of having cancer… so says Indian Health Minister from Assam state. Himanta Biswa Sarma has said that cancer “is divine justice”...
FDA Embarks On Clean-Up Exercise At Aboabo Market
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...
Traders At Dome Market Have High Blood Pressure, Diabetes
Their condition have been blamed on long hours of sitting and their inability to have regular medical checks due to the nature of their jobs, medical officials from the Ministry of Health and the Ga...
UN Sees 70% Shortfall In Aid For South Sudan Refugees
Only 30 percent of $1.4 billion aid needed in 2017 for refugees fleeing the conflict in South Sudan has been raised, a UN official said Monday, raising fears of aid cuts. Nearly two million South...
10 Amazing Reasons You Must Not Miss It Any Day!
Whether taken wholesome or juiced, carrot health benefits can never be overemphasized! A lot of people have come to understand the health benefits of making fruits and vegetables an indispensable...
Australia Cautiously Enters Medical Marijuana Market
At a secret location in Australia's southeast, Peter Crock delicately tends to a two-month-old cannabis cutting. Barely knee high, it is one of about 50 government-sanctioned "mother plants" to be...
West Africa’s Fight To Keep Bad Medicine Off Shelves
As West Africa declares war on the market for expired and counterfeit medicines, start-ups are putting quality control in the hands of patients to stop them risking their lives trying to get well....
Puerto Rico Enacts Medicinal Marijuana Law
The depleted government coffers of bankrupt Puerto Rico will take in $50 million a month now that a law allowing the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes has taken effect, the governor said. After...
Schools Warned Over Classrooms Without Light
Deputy Director of Public Health in the Greater Accra Region, Dr. John Eleeza, has warned that the continuous construction of poorly lighted classrooms would result in the mass of students suffering...
MP To Organise Outreach Programme On Sickle Cell
Member of Parliament (MP) for North Dayi, in the Volta Region, Ms. Joycelyn Tetteh, has hinted that plans are far-advanced for the outreach programme she intends to embark on to educate her...
North Dayi MP To Organise Outreach On Sickle Cell
Ms Joycelyn Tetteh, Member of Parliament (MP) for North Dayi, is gearing up for an outreach programme to educate her constituents on the sickle cell disease. “Don’t marry just because you are in...
UN Warns Against Refugee Returns To Nigeria From Cameroon
The UN voiced alarm Wednesday at the many Nigerian refugees returning from Cameroon to Banki, a border town clouded by Boko Haram violence and already struggling with overstretched supplies and...
Coconut Oil ‘as Unhealthy As Beef Fat and Butter’
Coconut oil is as unhealthy as beef dripping and butter, say US heart experts. It is packed with saturated fat which can raise "bad" cholesterol, says the American Heart Association in updated...