Two babies were safely delivered on Ghana’s 60th independence day at the Cape Coast Teaching Hospital in the Central Region. Although four deliveries were expected on the day, only two women were...
The Upper East Region recorded a total of 5,587 adolescent pregnancies representing 15.4% for the year 2016, with 2.1%occurring among adolescents between the ages of 10 and 19 years, making the...
The Central Regional Office of the Domestic Violence and Victims Support Unit (DOVVSU) of the Ghana Police Service has tasked stakeholders to ensure that social intervention programmes targeted at...
Eva, the baby with no brain was diagnosed of Anencephaly, an un-treatable condition where the brain of an embryo does not develop properly She is heavily pregnant and is going through the maladies...
There rate of teenage pregnancy in the Central Region has in the last 5 years seen a decline, however, officials of the Ghana Health Service say the current figure of 12,048 recorded in 2016 is still...
The Bawku Presbyterian hospital in the Upper East Region has recorded 20 maternal deaths in the past two years. Statistics from the maternity department of the hospital show that six mothers died in...
Touching the Lives of Girls Foundation (TLGF), a non-governmental organization, has organized a day’s workshop on menstrual hygiene for 650 pupils from selected schools within the Accra Metropolis....
Teenage pregnancy in Central Region: 12,000 plus students in the Central Region alone were impregnated, and about 300 teachers were involved. Are teachers doing more harm than good to their...
Mrs Thywill Eyra Kpe, Central Regional Director of the Department of Gender, has expressed worry and described as threatening the trend that suggest that teachers were among the top groups of people...
The Ghana Education Service (GES) says it is unaware teachers are impregnating their pupils as reported by a section of the media stating most cases turn out to be untrue. Public Relations Officer...
The maternal mortality rate in the Western Region increased from 75 per cent in 2015 to 92 per cent in 2016, due mainly to pregnancy-related complications including post-partum haemorrhage (excessive...
The acting Central regional Director of Health Dr. Stephen Anyomi has disclosed that teachers at the Primary and Secondary School levels are responsible for 5.9% of teenage pregnancies within the...
Teachers in the Central Region have been named among the top groups of people who impregnated teenage girls in the area in 2016. They are reported to have impregnated 301 of the 12,048 young girls in...
Teachers are responsible for six percent of the 13,355 cases of teenage pregnancies in the Central region in 2016, a study has found. The 13,355 figure is a slight drop from the previous year's...
Ghana, has for a long time now, acknowledged the need of taking care of the health and development of its adolescents. Recognising that adolescents are a valuable resource to the nation’s future...
Sexual health experts say more research is needed into the effectiveness of fertility tracking apps in preventing pregnancy. The warning comes after the first such app - Natural Cycles - was given an...
Some graduates of the Bolgatanga Midwifery Training School in the Upper East region have cited the principal of the school, Madam Teshiayio Muhammed, and some members of the school’s management for...
Some graduates of the Bolgatanga Midwifery Training School in the Upper East region have cited the principal of the school, Madam Teshiayio Muhammed, and some members of the school’s management for...
Elder Nii Armah Hammond believes that too much is at stake when young teenagers get pregnant A counselor and elder of the Church of Pentecost, New Achimota District, Mr Nii Armah Hammond, has...
The Church of Pentecost has in a statement said it does not support the call for young people who are unable to abstain from sex to use condom. According to the Church, the option is not biblical and...
