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Stop Reporting Suicide Cases – Psychologist To Media

Clinical psychologist and lecturer at the Central University College Aku Hayfron is appealing to the media to tone down...

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Society Has Failed Youth – Mental Health Authority

Society has not lived up to its responsibilities towards the youth hence the rise in suicide rates among young persons...

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Trump Healthcare Plan ‘will Strip Insurance From 14 Million’

An estimated 14 million people would lose insurance coverage in 2018 under the new Republican healthcare plan,...

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Strong Family Ties Solution To Suicide – MFKI

The increasing rate of suicide in the country cannot be solved with only prayers but through strong family relations,...

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Addressing Suicidal Thoughts, A Concern For All

IN the last four weeks, four cases of suicide have been widely reported in the media with three of the victims being...

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‘NHIS Must Provide Quality Health Care’

HEAD of National Health Insurance Authority, Dr. Lydia Dsane-Selby has expressed her concerns about compromised health...

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Suicide Rate Similar To Ebola Outbreak – Psychiatrist

The recent spate of suicides among Ghanaian youth is similar to the Ebola crisis that hit some West African states a...

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Many Accidents On Our Roads Are Actually ‘suicides Missions’ By Drivers Gone Bad

Many of the deaths that occur on our roads that we comfortably refer to as accidents, are actually not accidents but...

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Kwabena Duffuor Applauds 2017 Budget

A former Finance Minister Dr Kwabena Duffuor has advised the government to focus on stabilizing the economy this year...

International

Alfred Banks Takes Us To Church With ‘the Funeral of Orlandas Banks’

play videoThe song dedicated to his brother who committed suicide at the age of 33 After unveiling the single last...

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Former Police Commander Kicks Against Calls To De-Criminalise Suicide

Former Ashanti and Greater Accra Regional Police Commander, DCOP Kweku Ayensu Opare-Addo, has kicked against the calls...

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South Africa’s Social Security Payments In Chaos

Millions of vulnerable South Africans risk missing out on vital social security payments from next month in a scandal...

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NDC Missed Macro Economic Targets For 2016 [Infographic]

Statistics from the 2017 budget has revealed that the erstwhile National Democratic Congress (NDC) government missed...

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Look! Itemized List of Health Ministry’s GHc 4.2 Bn Allocation [Infographic]

The 2017 Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MMDAs) allocation to the Ministry of Health stands at GHs 4.2 billion....

International

Texas Bill Would Fine Men $100 Each Time They Masturbate

A Texas lawmaker has proposed a bill that would fine a man $100 each time he masturbates. The bill also imposes a...

International

South Africa Launches Hate Crime Unit With Nigeria

South Africa says it will launch an "early warning" system with Nigeria to track and deter xenophobic attacks following...

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Malaysia Censors ‘gay Moment’ In Beauty and the Beast

Malaysian censors have reportedly cut out a "gay moment" in the Disney film "Beauty and the Beast" before agreeing to...

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Enduring Pain For Philippine Drug War Widows

Sally Antonio is exhausted from working three jobs since police killed her husband and son, a typical Philippine drug...

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23 US States Advancing Anti-Gay Bills

Gay rights groups and child welfare advocates raised alarm Monday over what they see as legislative attempts in nearly...