Dr Ebenezer Badoe, a Neuro Paediatrician at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, says medical students will have communication training as part of their curriculum. “Those already in practice will also...
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...
For over 10 years now Eritrea, a small country in East Africa, has been winning the Malaria War without vaccines, though much work remains to be done. Since 2005 I have been monitoring the reduction...
(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...
As our hands and feet remain exposed most of the time, they have a tendency to get darker than the skin on other parts of our bodies. Due to constant exposure to harmful ultraviolet A and B (UVA and...
This year has not been a good one for the creative industry, as it has been bogged with several deaths. Quite unprecedented, over 20 personalities from the creative industry have faced their demise,...
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...
Passing wind is a natural process but very embarrassing especially when in the company of someone new and you really like. It is a way of telling you that whatever you just ate wasn’t handled well...
About 500 persons have been affected by cholera since its outbreak in the Central Region a month ago, the Ghana Health Service (GHS) has confirmed. According to the service, no death has been...
Today, I wish to dedicate my page to young and beautiful Verma Marie Annan, a twenty-three year old woman and graduate of University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, who packed bag and baggage and left to...
Health authorities in the Cape Coast are still battling with cholera cases even as they attempt to ban food vending on the campus of the University of Cape Coast. Over 400 people have been affected...
An Indiana mother is accused of injecting fecal matter into her 15-year-old son's IV bag while he was undergoing cancer treatments at Riley Hospital for Children in Indianapolis. According to Marion...
Dr Ebenezer Badoe, a Neuro-Peadiatrician at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital has reiterated the need to implement a multidisciplinary working method in managing cerebral palsy patients. He explained...
The Ministry of Health has warned of an outbreak of Dengue Fever in neighbouring Burkina Faso and, therefore, advised the public on preventive measures. A Statement signed by Mr Alex Segbefia, the...
Beautiful and versatile Ghanaian screen diva Nana Ama McBrown has finally started a charity project which is very dear to her heart. After researching and leaning more about the deadly Cholera...
A patient has sued six medical doctors, the 37 Military Hospital, the Attorney General and the Ghana Health Service for medical negligence. The action by the plaintiff, Mr Wisdom Tettey Narh, comes...
Actress and producer, Juliet Ibrahim became mischievous on IG yesterday and got her followers confused after she shared a photo of what seemed as a pregnancy scan with twins. Though the beginning of...
Childhood cancer is on the increase in Ghana with only two out of ten children with cancer surviving in the country. The World Child Cancer describes the situation as disturbing and has called for...
I have often wondered why the Ghanaian who is so destructive and disobedient suddenly becomes so law abiding when he travels to Europe, America or any other country. Some have postulated it’s...
Ghana has enhanced its health surveillance and initiated precautionary measures against the outbreak of dengue fever, a mosquito-borne tropical disease that causes high fever and joint pains among...
