Professor Ahmed Adu-Oppong, the former Head of Department of Community Medicine, School of Medical Sciences, University of Cape Coast (UCC), is now the Director of the Kintampo College of Health and...
About 200 members of the Tamale Keep Fit Club, have benefited from a health screening exercise organized at the Fuo Community Hospital. They went through eye screening, hepatitis B and C, HIV, Blood...
An experimental Ebola vaccine was highly protective against the deadly virus in a major trial in Guinea. The vaccine is the first to prevent infection from one of the most lethal known pathogens, and...
The Half Assini Government Hospital has so far recorded a total of 119 HIV cases as against 36 cases last year. Mr Kwame Koomson, HIV Data Officer at the Hospital, made this known at Half Assini...
The Half Assini Government Hospital has so far recorded a total of 119 HIV cases as against 36 cases last year. Mr Kwame Koomson, HIV Data Officer at the Hospital, made this known at Half Assini...
Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has praised Ghanaian authorities for efforts at conducting successful presidential and parliamentary elections, and the electorate for showing peace and...
Once again, Africa is making headlines for the wrong reasons. In a study just released by the World Health Organization ( WHO), Africa led all continents with 46% of adults having high blood...
Mr. Paul Evans Aidoo, the Western Regional Minister, has said having been infected with HIV was not the end of one’s life and thus, encouraged persons living with the virus to take the right...
In this report, Odimegwu Onwumere writes that a compassionate Nigerian rescued an insane young lady from the Abuja streets recently and admitted her to a hospital; while the Nigerian winks that many...
Mr. Paul Evans Aidoo, the Western Regional Minister, has said having been infected with HIV was not the end of one’s life and thus, encouraged persons living with the virus to take the right...
Patricia Asero Ochieng, who is HIV positive, says the ruling will protect those with the virus from stigmatisation A Kenyan high court has ruled that a government directive to collect data on...
Be careful when you hear that the lion has become a new convert and he’s on his way to the Church or the Mosque. Chances are that he wants to mingle with the saints and receive baptism. Or he’s...
The end of HIV “is in sight” in Western countries, but increased testing is vital, Sir Elton John has said. The music star said early testing could save “millions of pounds each year” for the...
Dr Kofi Issah, the Upper East Regional Director of the Ghana Health Services (GHS), has said the region has recorded a constant decline in the Human Immune Virus (HIV) infections. He said HIV...
Today is world HIV day. When this epidemic started, there were arguments about whether it originated from Africa or not. Regardless of its origins, HIV has become mainly an African disease. According...
Every 1st December, across the globe we celebrate World AIDS Day (WAD ) to continue reinforcing awareness on HIV/AIDS as well as remember souls lost to this worldwide menace, just like many other...
Bacterial infection is the main risk associated with body piercings. A build-up of pus (abscess) may form around the piercing site. If left untreated, this may need to be surgically drained and can...
(CNS): Success breeds complacency and complacency breeds failure. When the number of people affected by a disease decreases, there is a tendency to disregard it as a public health problem. Even as...
No fewer than 9, 579 people were tested positive to HIV of the 616, 318 that attended the HIV Counselling and Testing (HCT) awareness programme from January to June, 2016. Dr Oluseyi Temowo, the...
The Ghanaian domestic helpers with HIV are between the ages of 20 and 40 Jordan has suspended the recruitment of domestic helpers from Ghana for public safety reasons after some 30 workers tested...
