Health

The Ministry of Health has appealed to picketing members of the Coalition of Unemployed Private Nurses to return home as their issues are addressed...

At a global meeting of experts organised by Meningitis Research Foundation (MRF) and Wilton Park, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced a renewed effort...

The Volta Region has recorded 10% decline in sanitation concerns just one year after UNICEF introduced the ‘Tippy Tap’ hand wash system in the...

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Oheneba Kasempa Enterprise, producers of Abensuo, Mr. Alex Tenkorang has been adjudged the eye care philanthropist of the...

The Friends Eye Centre in collaboration with the Kog Kriationz network is to establish a state of the art Eye Centre at Sefwi Wiawso...

An estimated number of more than twenty thousand people within the six political districts in the Sefwi enclave of the Western Region are undergoing...

The two nurses who went viral for broadcasting on Facebook Live have been sacked. Trudy Ewurama Marcel and her colleague nurse Ramatu both workers of...

People who drink three to four times a week are less likely to develop type 2 diabetes than those who never drink, Danish researchers...

Director-General of the GHS, Dr. Anthony Nsiah-Asare, has revealed a newborn baby dies every 15 minutes in Ghana representing 90 deaths daily. “While 21, 000...

Two hundred and seventy-five (275) people died of HIV/AIDS in the Ashanti Region, last year. Mr. Dennis Bandoh, the Regional Focal Person, who announced this,...

Men’s sperm counts have fallen by almost 60 per cent since the 1970s, according to major research which warns that modern life may be...

Dr Bettina Ama Buohene Andah, a medical doctor has counseled women to desist from excessive alcohol and addictive drugs intake due to the potential...

The three-decade-old quest for an AIDS vaccine received a shot of hope on Monday when developers announced that a prototype triggered the immune system...

The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has said the capitation programme which was being operated in the Ashanti Region has been suspended. A statement released...

The National Blood Service has set up a committee to investigate circumstances leading to the death a 21year-old donor believed to have died after...

A midwife in the Upper East region has advised men to suck the breasts of their partners regularly to help women keep breast cancer...

Traditional medicine practitioners have been urged to register and renew their licenses to ensure lawful operations of their businesses. They must also uphold standards to...

The government has paid GH¢539 million out of the GH¢1.2 billion debt it owes creditors of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) from January...

There are those who work when they want and how they wish. They have no regular schedules and are not limited to certain timelines...

Controversial relationship expert, George Lutterodt has said that many teenagers can prevent unwanted pregnancy if given a condom. Speaking to Gifty Andoh Appiah on The...

As part of efforts to making healthcare accessible to all, especially childless couples, a team of Ghanaian medical doctors from South Africa have put...

Deputy Minister of Gender Children and Social Protection, Mrs Gifty Twum Ampofo, has announced government’s move to enroll households with cerebral palsy on the...

Ghana ranks lowest in sanitation levels among all lower middle-income countries, although richer than a lot. That's according to the United Nations International Children’s Emergency...

Only 36 per cent of pregnant women in the Northern Region patronise health facilities for delivery, Ms Georgina Amidu, Communications for Development Officer at...

The 2016 Immunization Data released by the World Health Organization (WHO) shows that Ghana has reached the Global Vaccine Action Plan (GVAP) target of...

Two of possibly the greatest joys in life are food and sex. You can enjoy both separately or together, by yourself or with a...

A 30-year-old pregnant midwife, who also works at the Atebubu district government hospital in the Brong Ahafo region has been found dead. According to reports,...

Stressful events in life, such as the death of a child, divorce or being fired, can age the brain by at least four years,...

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Chocho Industries Limited, Alhaji Dr Mustapha Oti Boateng, has paved and handed over a 231 metre-length road...

The Minister of Health Honorable Kweku Agyemang Manu has revealed plans by government to support private health institutions in the country. This, according to him...

A new study shows that bathing too often is actually really bad for your skin.If you take daily showers, you may be doing more...

The Ministry of Health has been burdened with GHC 130 debt, a situation that has gotten stakeholders fearing it will impede the delivery of...

Fatigue is common and should be expected during pregnancy, especially in the first and third trimesters.  Causes range from increased body metabolism to support...

The church has been asked to give strong support to the promotion of sexual health education. Ms. Golda Asante, Eastern Regional Technical Coordinator of the...

Tuberculosis activists (TB) have come up with cost effective ways of reducing stigma on TB-HIV at the just ended 20th Conference of the Union...

Two incubators, five patient monitors and two portable ultrasound machines have been donated to support the Save A Child Save A Mother campaign spearheaded...

Ghana aims to end Tuberculosis (TB) and it related lung diseases by 2030, with the introduction of a new sophisticated diagnostic technology known as...

Striking workers at the Pantang Psychiatric hospital have resolved to return to work following the intervention of the Health Minister Kwaku Agyemang Manu. The minister...

Are you addicted to coffee? Then you may have a reason to celebrate. A long-term international study suggests that enjoying a cup of coffee...

The energy drink industry pulls in roughly 9 billion dollars annually, so it’s obvious that many of us turn to these sugary drinks when we need a...