Malaria Rates Plunge In The Gambia
The Gambia could become the first country in sub-Saharan Africa to eliminate malaria, reports Reuters. The prevalence of the malaria parasite in children under five has plunged to 0.2% from 4 % in...
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Nyonkoko Nurses Abandon Night Duty Over Lack of Electricity
Nurses at Nyonkoko Community-Based Health Planning and Services (CHPS) in Sherigu, a suburb of Bolgatanga Municipality in the Upper East Region, have resorted to abandoning night work, leaving...
NDPC Advocates National Budget For Contraceptives In Ghana
The National Development Planning Commission is advocating a national budget allocation for contraceptives. Ghana’s population has increased by 9.1 million from the 2006 census of 18.9 million to...
Contaminated Blood Scandal Inquiry Announced
A UK-wide inquiry will be held into the contaminated blood scandal that left at least 2,400 people dead, the prime minister has confirmed. A spokesman for Theresa May said it would establish the...
Measles ‘tragedy’ Kills 35 Across Europe
Thirty-five people have died in the past year from measles outbreaks across Europe, the World Health Organization has warned. It described the deaths – which can be prevented with vaccination –...
We Naturals Ghana Named Best Natural Hair Brand
We Naturals, a leading African hair brand has been voted as the best Natural Hair Brand in Ghana. The recognition came after emerging with the highest votes in the Best Natural Brand Category...
How Green Tea Helps You Lose Weight Easily
Latest: NPP And NDC Pendulum Soon To Crush On Ghanaians The use of green tea for weight loss, as well as countless other medical conditions, has been a practice for thousands of years,...
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....
Chinese Societies Support Akuapem School For the Deaf
The Akuapem School for the deaf situated at Mampong Akuapem in the Eastern Region of Ghana, on Saturday, July 8, 2017, received a vital donation from the Ghana Association of Chinese Societies (GACS)...
National Service Postings Out
The management of the National Service Scheme (NSS) has deployed the first batch of 91, 871 prospective national service personnel for the 2017/18 service year to user agencies across the country....
Yemen Cholera Outbreak Tops 300,000 Suspected Cases
A cholera outbreak in Yemen has now surpassed 300,000 suspected cases, the Red Cross said Monday as the war-torn country reels from disease as well as the threat of famine. The International...
Pantang Staff Begin Sit-Down Strike; Threaten To Hit Streets If…
Staff of the Pantang Psychiatric Hospital have begun an industrial action, which will see workers not doing any work though reporting to work. The sit-down strike is in protest to the mass...
9 Traders Arrested For Importing and Selling Illegal Drugs
The Ashanti Regional Police Drug Law Enforcement Unit, in partnership with the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) have arrested nine traders for allegedly importing and selling prohibited drugs. Margaret...
Managers Urged To Ensure Annual Medical Examination of Staff
The Head of the Occupational Health and Safety Department of the Koforidua Regional Hospital, Akofa Adika-Bensah, has called on managers of business entities and labour unions to institute annual...
Decades of Trying, But Health Reform Remains Elusive In US
The United States, entangled in conflict overseas and struggling economically, was at a fraught moment when the president called for a national health care overhaul. The country "now spends more than...
Gov’t To Organise Stakeholders’ Forum On Health Insurance
Government is to hold a national stakeholders forum to find sustained solutions to the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), Minister of Health, Mr. Kwaku Agyemang-Manu, has announced. “It’s...
132 Women Tested HIV Positive In 2016
One-hundred and thirty-two pregnant women in the Tema metropolis tested positive to the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) between January and December 2016. The figure shows an increase over the 107...
Transport of Pigs To Be Banned After Swine Flu Outbreak
The Veterinary Services Department intends to ban the transfer of pigs following reports of an outbreak of Swine flu in parts of the country. According to the department, data available to them...
Oral Sex Producing Unstoppable Bacteria – Health Experts Warn
Oral sex is producing dangerous gonorrhoea and a decline in condom use is helping it to spread, the World Health Organization has said. It warns that if someone contracts gonorrhoea, it is now much...
Oral Sex Producing Unstoppable Bacteria
Oral sex is producing dangerous gonorrhoea and a decline in condom use is helping it to spread, the World Health Organization has said. It warns that if someone contracts gonorrhoea, it is now much...