Ghana Lacks Neurosurgeons
There are only 15 resident neurosurgeons; medical specialists who treat diseases and conditions affecting the nervous system and brain, in the country. Dr Kafui Tamakloe, a medical specialist in the...
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NeglectingKids With Cerebral Palsy
In this report, Odimegwu Onwumerewrites that some households can no longer take absolute care of their children living with cerebral palsy or stigmas associated with the condition Air Vice-Marshall...
13 Year Old Honoured Internationally For Feats In Tech Space
The 3G Awards, an international award honouring group has discovered and honored a future scientist whose scientific creativity is above reasoning. He is 13 years old Simon-Peter Frimpong – a...
A/R Health Directorate Takes Steps To Deal With Cholera Outbreak
The Ashanti Regional Health Directorate has assured that adequate steps have been taken to effectively respond to any cholera outbreak. Mr. Afriyie Asubonteng, the Disease Control Officer, said...
GlaxoSmithKline Calls For Research Into Communicable Diseases
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has announced the third call for proposals of research into non-communicable diseases (NCD’s) in Ghana and the sub-Saharan Africa. The move which forms part of the Africa NCD...
Saved By The Whiskers!
In July when L/Cpl William Amuzu of the Tema Police Regional Command's Rapid Deployment Force Unit run amok and killed his mother-in-law, two kids and committed suicide, the country was expectedly...
X.O Senavoe Empowers Women In Fight Against Breast Cancer
On Saturday, October 29, rap star and activist X. O Senavoe, with the help of various health organizations and individuals, organized a very well-attended and hugely successful Breast Cancer...
‘Brain Wi-Fi’ Reverses Leg Paralysis In Primate First
An implant that beams instructions out of the brain has been used to restore movement in paralysed primates for the first time, say scientists. Rhesus monkeys were paralysed in one leg due to a...
Ashanti Health Officers Plans To Deal With Possible Cholera Outbreak
The Ashanti Regional Health Directorate has given assurance that adequate steps have been taken to effectively respond to any cholera outbreak. Mr. Afriyie Asubonteng, the Disease Control Officer,...
A Look At Cape Coast’s Cholera Outbreak
The Central Regional capital, Cape Coast is a fishing port and one of the most historical cities in Ghana, founded by the people of Oguaa and is situated on its south to the Gulf of Guinea. According...
Musings From Afar
I write not because I want sympathy, far from it. I believe I long won my fight against Breast Cancer. For me it was the battle of the mind and I triumphed. Yes I triumphed! I am writing mainly to...
ODEBRECHT Screens Workers For Breast Cancer
As part of the global breast cancer awareness month, Odebrecht Ghana has organized a free Breast Cancer Education and Screening exercise for its employees (both male and female). They were taken...
Society Of Radiographers Steps To Purge Health Facilities
The Ghana Society of Radiographers (GSR) has called on the Allied Health Professions Council to engage the law enforcement agencies to rid health facilities and imaging centres of unqualified...
Health Directorate To Tackle Cholera Outbreak
The Ashanti Regional Health Directorate has given assurance that adequate steps have been taken to effectively respond to any cholera outbreak. Mr. Afriyie Asubonteng, the Disease Control Officer,...
Pastor, Electricians Behind Bars For Stealing
The Electricity Company of Ghana is cautioning the public against the purchase of scam energy saving cards. The cards are being sold by some unscrupulous persons parading as staff of ECG. Three of...
The Breasted One Foundation Pays Medical Bills For Breast Cancer Patient
The Breasted One Foundation, TBOF, Ghana, this Tuesday morning made a presentation in the form of cash, to Madam Barbra from Accra The amount is to cover the cost of Mastectomy at the Korle-Bu...
Canada Lab Worker May Be Exposed To Ebola
An employee at the National Centre for Foreign Animal Disease in Winnipeg has potentially been exposed to the Ebola virus. The employee was working on Monday in a lab with pigs that had been infected...
Doctor Cautions Against The Abuse Of Antibodies
Dr Hanson Nortey, the Deputy Programmes Director of the Tuberculosis Control programme, has warned about the abuse of antibiotics, which he said would create a security and economic crisis if not...
Documentary On Cholera Outbreak In Cape Coast
The Central Regional capital, Cape Coast is a fishing port and one of the most historical cities in Ghana, founded by the people of Oguaa and is situated on its south to the Gulf of Guinea. According...
The Lingering Shadow of Ebola Outbreak In Sierra Leone
The lingering shadow of Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone Hassan sits silently and stares into the distance, he has tired of brushing his hair and an upright comb is tangled into the back of his curls....