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...
President John Mahama over the weekend said the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) will never allow its current Running Mate, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia to be its Flagbearer.Join GhanaStar.com to receive...
The Ghana Health Service has a assured it has put in place a strong surveillance system to prevent outbreak of dengue fever. According to the Service, qualified persons have been trained to be on...
Government has given financial clearance for the employment of 8,634 nurses and midwives as well as other allied personnel for the various health facilities across the country. The recruitment...
Government has given financial clearance for the employment of 8,634 nurses and midwives as well as other allied personnel for the various health facilities across the country. The recruitment...
The management of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital (KATH) has applauded Vodafone Ghana for its annual Homecoming initiative which pays the bills of financially challenged patients in hospitals across...
A Lecturer at University of Ghana, Dr Florence Naab has called on government to devise a policy that will make it mandatory for pregnant women to be screened for hepatitis. According to Dr. Naab,...
A public health specialist, Mr. Charles Ampong Adjei has revealed that women who test positive for hepatitis B infection suffer psychological and social afflictions including depression, anxiety, and...
First Lady, Mrs. Lordina Mahama interacts with residents of Tuobodom. First Lady Lordina Mahama on Saturday visited Frank May and Bethesda Orphanages, all in the Techiman Municipality , to assess the...
The mosquito-borne Zika virus will no longer be treated as an international medical emergency, the World Health Organization (WHO) has declared. By lifting its nine-month-old declaration, the UN's...
The Agona Swedru Municipal Hospital in the Central Region on Thursday observed the world prematurity day to raise awareness of pre-term birth and the concerns of pre-term babies and their families....
Lifestyle: 10 Things you didn’t know about orgasms Psst—you over there! Don’t be shy…orgasms are as much a part of women’s health as dental floss—but a lot more fun. For all the things...
The Managing Director of the Donkorkrom Presbyterian Hospital has lamented the persistent delays in the payment of claims owed them by the National Health Insurance Authority. According to Mr. Kwaku...
An air strike has hit a children's hospital in Syria's eastern Aleppo, forcing its medical staff to evacuate their patients, including several newborn babies still in incubators. The moment of the...
A group calling itself Patients First, made up of trainee nurses and concerned health workers, has expressed gratitude to the flag bearer of the main opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana...
Many Indians are offering to donate their kidneys to Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj after she tweeted she was undergoing tests for a transplant. The 64-year-old minister has a history of chronic...
Specialists in orthopaedic healthcare delivery, FOCOS, is hosting a US-based orthopaedic surgeon and his team for five days as part of a medical volunteer initiative called the ‘Joint Trip’. Dr....
The SOS Children’s Villages Ghana will launch a worldwide children’s rights campaign on November 20, 2016, themed; “No child should grow up alone”. The Children’s Village noted that, one in...
Religious or other beliefs vs medical treatment of children A report on child mortality indicates that globally in 2013, 3.7 million children aged one month to 4 years of age died. Half of the child...
Ghana has been recording about 128,000 premature births every year, and doctors are advocating cost effective care to save them from dying. Dr. Rita Fosu-Yeboah, a Paediatrician, said 75 per cent of...
