Health

Photo of ‘unhappy’ baby staring at doctor goes viral

A Brazilian baby is becoming an Internet sensation at an unusually young age — thanks to one skillful photographer. Isabela Pereira de Jesus was born...

NHIA pays over GH¢ 91m to health facilities

The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has revealed it has so far in 2020 paid over GH¢ 91 million to service providers. According to the...

Coronavirus forces Gifty Anti to cancel event in Italy

Television personality, Gifty Anti, has called off a marriage seminar she was scheduled to host on Wednesday in Italy due to the deadly coronavirus. Gifty...

Pregnant women need to be pampered

Miss Theresa Kuadah, a nurse based in the United States is appealing to health workers to handle expectant mothers with loving care and make...

NHIA pays over GH¢91m to 4,292 health facilities

The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) says it has paid over GH¢91 million to some 4,292 health service providers who submitted their claim vouchers in...

Coronavirus: Protective face masks selling like hotcake

The protective face mask has now become the fastest and most lucrative commodity on the shelves of pharmaceutical shops at Okaishie in the Central...

How a man’s visit to Ghana turned out to be fatal medical tragedy

Solomon Asare Kumah came to Ghana in 2019 to visit his ill father who had been on admission at the Korle Bu Teach Hospital for...

Coronavirus cases in Italy moves from 3 to 130 in three days

Italian authorities have announced sweeping closures in the country's north as they scramble to contain Europe's biggest outbreak of the novel coronavirus. Italy's confirmed cases...

I was hypnotised, almost used for money rituals by my boyfriend – Teenager

Her stricken scream of 'help me' rented the air at the early hours of Tuesday, jolting residents of Mechanic Village in Jakande Estate, Oke-Afa,...

Ghana Medical Association calls for immediate payment of NHIS arrears

The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) is calling on government as a matter of urgency to pay all National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) arrears. In a statement issued...

Photos: Thieves ransack specialised health facility at Bunkprugu, assemblyman goes wild!

A member of the Bunkprugu/Nakpanduri district assembly in the North East region wants the the police to investigate the looting of medical equipment and materials...

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...