Some Chiefs in the Upper East Region have warned that they would institute bye-laws to punish community members who refuse to use the Long Lasting Insecticide-treated Nets (LLINs) that have been...
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has held an Ebola and Cholera surveillance and contact tracing training for health workers from all the Regions.
The three-day training was to equip participants with...
Health workers at the Achimota Hospital in Accra have reportedly abandoned the facility over a suspected Ebola case Sunday.
A patient was rushed to the hospital Sunday morning showing symptoms of the...
(Cape Coast, GNA) - Twenty people have died since cholera broke out in the Central Region in July, Dr. Kwaku Anin Karikari, the Central Regional Deputy Director of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), has...
I first met Ethel Cofie during one of the #TechRepublic meetups at Republic Bar & Grill. We didn't speak much that night but the second time we did. Here was a woman who had some deep insights on...
Cholera has killed at least 67 people in Ghana since June and infected more than 5,000 others in an outbreak that highlights the health and sanitation challenges facing one of Africa's...
Fear and ignorance have become obtrusive elements stymieing governmental and international efforts in the fight against the current pervasive West African Ebola Epidemic.
In Ghana, there have been...
It has emerged that as the Ebola epidemic spreads quickly across the sub-region, only four of Ghana’s 42 legitimate entry points are equipped to handle the deadly disease.
Worst still, there are...
A cholera outbreak in Ghana's capital has reached "staggering" levels, an official said on Friday, blaming poor sanitation and overcrowded health facilities for the rapid spread of the...
Health workers at the Accra Psychiatric Hospital are praying and hoping that a suspected Ebola patient who they attended to and who died in their arms may well prove negative for the virus.
If he...
According to the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Kasoa, Adam Nuhu, tests conducted on blood samples of two persons suspected to have Ebola have proved negative.
There were reports that the Kasoa...
Nestle Ghana has introduced paternity leave for its male employees to support exclusive breastfeeding for infants within their first 1000 days in life.
“As a recognised leader in Nutrition, Health...
Reports say three persons have been isolated at the Nsawam Government hospital in the Eastern Region for supposedly showing signs of the Ebola attack.
MultiTV’s Matilda Womegah, who visited the...
The current scare of the Ebola virus is gradually affecting the patronage of bush meat in some parts of Accra. The low patronage follows speculations that the deadly Ebola virus may be contracted...
At least 10,250.000 Ghanaians, predominantly women, are suffering from mental distress and depression, the Chief Psychiatrist of the Ghana Health Service, has said.
The number represents 41 per cent...
President John Dramani Mahama will next month lead a government delegation to attend the maiden US/ African Leaders Summit in Washington that will focus on trade and investment.
Mr Gene A. Cretz, US...
