Health

SONA 2020: Akufo-Addo expresses worry about obesity in Ghana [Video]

President Nana Akufo-Addo has urged Ghanaians to check what they eat on a daily basis following his observation that many citizens are obese.The...

Beware of fake news on coronavirus spreading on social media – Scientist

Professor William Kwabena Ampofo, a Senior Researcher at the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, is worried about the level of fake news on...

GHS launch innovation for early infant diagnosis of HIV

The Ghana Health Service(GHS) has launched two new innovations to help improve medical care for children and help further reduce child mortality in the...

5 ways to naturally increase the size of your breasts

Not all women are blessed with naturally full breasts but with these beauty hacks, you can give your boobs a much-needed boost. Keep reading...

Anti-malarial drug ‘effective on coronavirus patients’

An anti-malarial drug widely used in Africa in the 1980s and 1990s has been found to be effective on coronavirus patients, according to China's...

The health benefits of a random act of kindness

This year, "Random Acts of Kindness" Day falls on Monday, but the foundation behind it wants you to consider being kind every day.In fact,...

Coronavirus: Government ships food items to stranded Ghanaian students in China

The government has dispatched cartons of assorted local food items to China to be distributed to 151 Ghanaian students stranded in Wuhan, the epicentre...

Director of Veterinary Services ‘chokes’ on infested gizzard question on live radio [Audio]

Director of Veterinary Services Directorate at the Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Dr Asiedu Baah, in a live radio was unable to answer a...

AMA orders closure of chop bars for operating in unhygienic conditions

Public Health Officials of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) have ordered the closure of three chop bars for preparing their meal under unhygienic conditions.As...

Winnie’s Women World Initiative shoulders medical bills for dozens of struggling new mothers

A group championing women advocacy has brought smiles on the faces of some five mothers by settling their medical bills at the Mother and...

Coronavirus outbreak: Hotlines for case management introduced

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) and the Ministry of Health (MoH) in preparing for the effective management of suspected cases of Coronavirus (Convid19) have...

Coronavirus: Armed robbers steal hundreds of toilet rolls in Hong Kong

Armed robbers in Hong Kong made off with hundreds of toilet rolls worth more than HKD1,000 ($130).Toilet rolls are currently in short supply in...

Coronavirus: A Cameroon student on how he recovered

When Kem Senou Pavel Daryl, a 21-year-old Cameroonian student living in the Chinese city of Jingzhou, contracted the coronavirus he had no intention of...

8 ways to know that you are depressed

You are lying to yourself if you say that you haven’t been down about something in your life at least once in your life....

Oral sex is driving up rates of cancer – the 5 early warning signs

ORAL sex is triggering a surge in cases of cancer, experts are warning.There's growing evidence that an increasing proportion of cancer is caused by human papillomavirus (HPV) infection...

Two companies under investigation for importing infested gizzard

Chief Executives of two food import companies are being investigated by the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) for importing four 40-footer containers of salmonella infested...

Tourism Authority distributes chocolates at children’s ward

The Ghana Tourism Authority has distributed chocolates to the children’s ward of the Eastern Regional hospital I’m Koforidua with a call on parents to...

Ruth Eshun’s Murder: Nurses threaten to withdraw services in Ashanti region

Nurses in the Ashanti region have given the police a two-week ultimatum to find the killers of Ruth Eshun Arhin, a community health nurse who was...

Ashaiman Municipality reduces maternal mortality

The Ashaiman Municipal Health Directorate reduced maternal mortality in 2019, recording only three cases against six cases in 2018. ...

Nigeria announces bounty for scientist with Coronavirus cure

Federal Government of Nigeria has vowed to give N36million cash gift to any Nigerian scientist who can find a cure for the deadly disease.This...

Man who wrongly thought he had coronavirus kills himself

A man, who wrongly thought he had coronavirus, killed himself to protect his family, according to reports.The 50-year-old Balakrishnayya feared he would pass on...

Coronavirus: Evacuation out of the question for now

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has given reasons why government has not yet taken a decision on evacuating Ghanaians in China, especially those living...

Coronavirus surveillance training underway – Ghana Health Service

Director of Public Health at the Ghana Health Service, Dr Badu Sarkodie, has disclosed appropriate measures are currently in place to manage the Coronavirus...

Coronavirus update: All 15 suspected cases in Ghana negative – Minister

Health authorities in Ghana have explained that the country has as of Wednesday, February 12, 2020 encountered 15 suspected cases of coronavirus but they...

Coronavirus disease named Covid-19

The World Health Organization says the official name for the disease caused by the new coronavirus is Covid-19."We now have a name for the...

Coronavirus disease named Covid-19

The World Health Organization says the official name for the disease caused by the new coronavirus is Covid-19."We now have a name for...

How to talk to kids about coronavirus

Reports of the coronavirus, combined with its potential deadly nature, is reason enough for most adults to have some concern. But for kids taking...

First lady hints on plans to expand Rebecca Foundation for more benefits

The Rebecca Foundation has announced the expansion of its social intervention programmes to enhance girls’ education and gender equality.Executive Director of the foundation and First...

New ambulances save 23 lives in Central Region

Barely a month of distributing the much anticipated 307 ambulances by the government, more than 23 lives have been saved by the National Ambulance...

Coronavirus: Senior Chinese officials sacked as death toll hits 1,000

China has "removed" several senior officials over their handling of the coronavirus outbreak - as the death toll passed 1,000.The party secretary for the...

1,072 test HIV positive in Tema

One thousand and seventy two persons, made up of 636 females and 436 males in 2019, tested positive to the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)...

Ghanaian students in China insist on immediate evacuation

Ghanaian students in Wuhan, China are insisting the Government of Ghana should, with immediate effect, evacuate them as the death toll on the Coronavirus...

Coronavirus: Calls for evacuation step in the right direction – Ablakwa

Member of Parliament for the North Tongu Constituency on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress says calls to evacuate Ghanaian students in China...

George Andah holds medical outreach for constituents

Member of Parliament (MP) for Awutu Senya West Constituency, George Andah, has initiated a medical outreach programme which has seen over 5000 people from fifteen communities ...

Govt, UG split ownership of UG Medical Centre

The impasse between the leadership of the University of Ghana and the government over the ownership and management of the University of Ghana Medical...

Wuhan doctor who warned about coronavirus dies from the illness

Li Wenliang, the Chinese whistleblower doctor who warned the public of a potential "SARS-like" disease in December 2019, has died, according to Wuhan Central Hospital. The...

Ridge Hospital dedicates 9 doctors, 26 nurses to coronavirus fight

The Greater Accra Regional Hospital – Ridge has put in place a comprehensive system to handle coronavirus cases should there be any...

Newborn is youngest victim of coronavirus

A newborn baby has become the youngest victim of coronavirus - after being diagnosed at just 30 hours old.The infant was born in the...

Just touching it can kill you – Police warn of lethal drug

Officials in Louisiana are warning people to stay away from 'gray death', a lethal drug that is 10,000 times more potent than morphine.The drug,...

Interior Minister reaffirms preparation to combat Coronavirus

The Government of Ghana has reassured citizens of its diligence in working to keep the Novelle Coronavirus out of the country.Minister for Interior,...