Health

Ghana’s response to coronavirus very poor – Coalition of NGOs in Health

Chairman of the Coalition of Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) in Health, Dr Gabriel Bernaku, has described as very poor the response by the Ghana Health...

Measures put in place will keep Ghana safe from coronavirus – GHS

Head of Disease Surveillance at the Ghana Health Service (GHS), Dr Franklin Asiedu Bekoe, has described measures put in place to avert the spread...

Ethiopia quarantines four over coronavirus fears

Four people with suspected coronavirus have been put into isolation in Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa, the BBC's Bizuwork Olana reports. Since last Wednesday, all passengers...

Coronavirus: Ghanaian students in China bemoan living conditions

Ghanaian students in China, following the outbreak of Coronavirus in the country, are lamenting about how the epidemic is affecting living conditions. Ghanaian students in...

307 ambulances Commissioned [Photos]

The 307 ambulances, procured by the Akufo-Addo-led government, have been commissioned at the Black Star Square in Accra. This is in fulfillment of the Akufo-Addo-led...

Coronavirus: Ridge, Tema General Hospitals named management centres

The Ministry of Health has announced the Ridge Hospital and the Tema General Hospital as centres to manage possible cases of coronavirus in Ghana. The move, according...

Coronavirus: Ivory Coast tests woman for China virus

Health officials are dealing with a suspected case of coronavirus in Ivory Coast, the country's health ministry has announced. An unnamed student, who returned to...

We’ve not created a vaccine for coronavirus – KNUST responds to fake news

The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has described as false media reports that, its Pharmacy Department, has created a vaccine for...

Ghana, China to hold emergency meeting over Coronavirus

Ghanaian Ambassador to China, Edward A. Boateng, says an emergency meeting will be held with the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs to discuss how...

MP to build 100-bed hospital in constituency [Audio]

Member of Parliament (MP) for Tema East constituency, Nii Kwatei Titus-Glover, has announced plans to build a 100-bed facility hospital at Tema New Town...

EC Advisory Committee meets IPAC over register brouhaha

The Eminent Advisory Committee of the Electoral Commission (EC) will meet members of the Commission and representatives of political parties over the contentious...

Medical Society challenges Stacy Amoateng’s cervical cancer claims

The Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Ghana has challenged the authenticity of media personality Stacy Amoateng’s claims she contracted cervical cancer from a...

Coronavirus: Postpone planned trips to China – Gov’t advises

Ghana’s mission in China has advised Ghanaians planning to travel to the Asian country to consider postponing their trips as the death toll from...

MEMHREP calls on govt to pay attention to the mentally ill

A non-governmental organisation, MEMHREP, has appealed to government to help build more rehabilitation for mental health patients. Chief Executive Officer of the organisation, Mr...

Girls must abstain from early sex to avoid cervical cancer

Ms Rose Eduful, the Principal Nursing Officer of the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH) Reproductive Health Centre, has urged teenage girls to abstain...

Y’asem Nie: Terrifying story of a cervical cancer survivor [watch]

A mother of six and a cervical cancer survivor has shared her horrifying experience of how she almost lost her life. According to Margaret Asiedu...

We’re on alert for Coronavirus – Health Ministry

The Health Ministry says it has began implementing measures to prevent the outbreak and spread of a new virus that first broke out in...

Ambulance service completes personnel training ahead of distribution

Personnel of the Ghana Ambulance Service have completed a week-long training and dress rehearsal ahead of the commissioning and distribution of recently acquired state...

672 roaming mentally challenged to get treatment

Six hundred and seventy-two mentally challenged people who have been roaming the streets in the Bono, Bono East and Ahafo regions...

Doctors warn women against putting Tobacco in their v*ginas

Medical doctors have come out to warn women against putting tobacco in their vaginas, a very popular trend in West Africa due to misleading...

7 smoothies varieties to help you lose weight

In recent times, several individuals are beginning to embrace the positive impact of weight loss. As a Herculean task as it may appear, some of...

I caught HIV on a one-night stand and now I want to warn you

A Kenyan woman who was infected with HIV is speaking out about the risks of getting infected after she became HIV-positive following a one-night...

Pregnant women receive treatment on plastic chairs at Ejura hospital

Health workers at the Ejura Municipal Government Hospital in the Ashanti region have been forced to admit and treat pregnant women on plastic...

Women who have more sex reduce risk of early menopause – Scientist

Women who have sex at least once a month have a lower risk of entering menopause early than women with less active...

Women who have more sex reduce risk of early menopause – Scientist

Women who have sex at least once a month have a lower risk of entering menopause early than women with less active sex lives,...

There are at least 4 different ways of aging, scientists say

Anyone who has attended a class reunion has seen firsthand that people age in different ways. Some former classmates appear to have aged a...

15 common sleep beliefs that are false

Over the years, there are many myths about sleep passed down from one generation to another. Some of the information about sleep are largely...

This is why you wake up at the same time every night

It’s three a.m., but you don’t need to check your phone to know that. You know it’s that time because you always wake up at three a.m....

Joy News to air ‘Cervix in Crisis’ documentary

Joy News is set to air another masterpiece documentary captioned 'Cervix in Crisis' done by Seth Kwame Boateng, one of the country’s most-celebrated...

Come what may, ambulances will be distributed January 28 – Health Minister assures [Audio]

Minister for Health, Kwaku Agyemang Manu has revealed government’s readiness to distribute parked ambulances at the forecourt of the State House on January 28,...

Paternity fraud rising in Ashanti Region – DOVVSU

Cases of false paternity fraud have shot up in the Ashanti Region, the Domestic Violence and Victims Support Unit (DOVVSU) of the Police...

Ghana gets ‘Plastic Fund’ for levies mobilisation

Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation (MESTI), Prof. Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, has announced the establishment of a Plastic Fund to support plastic management in...

Health tips: Dear Asthmatics, harmattan is here again

If you are asthmatic, here are some tips to deal with the Harmattan. 1. Carry your inhalers everywhere you go. Having an inhaler doesn't make...

Polio vaccination to begin in Oti Region tomorrow

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) will from tomorrow, Wednesday, embark on a 5-day polio vaccination exercise in the Oti Region. The exercise has been targeted...

Visually impaired man defies odds to make ends meet [video]

Many people with disabilities in the Ghanaian society and elsewhere would often give up in life and resort to begging. The case of 29-year-old visually impaired man,...

Listen: Ambulance Service boss breaks silence on distribution brouhaha

The Director of the National Ambulance Service has brought closure to the controversy surrounding the botched distribution of the over 275 ambulances by the...

Detained nursing mother breaks down in tears at Tema General Hospital

A nursing mother who has been detained over client protection reasons at Tema General Hospital (TGH) was in tears when help finally came...

Adom FM’s ‘Nyinsen Ne Awo)’ rewards listeners

Adom FM’s Health talk show, Nyinsen Ne Awo), on New Year’s day, rewarded listeners for their support throughout the year. The listeners were expected to...

Sight for a lifetime: How to protect your eyes this harmattan season

As sure as the rising and setting of the sun, the harmattan season is an inescapable period in West Africa. The north easterly trade...

National Ambulance Service makes public its essential needs [Listen]

The National Ambulance Service (NAS), which operates under the Ministry of Health, is in need of urgent support to enable it to deliver the...