Health

Bilharzia spikes in Volta Basin following dam spillage

Stakeholders are raising alarms over the rise in female genital schistosomiasis (FGS) at lakeside communities within the Volta Basin in the wake of the...

COCOBOD champions cervical cancer awareness among staff in Sunyani

The Bono Regional office of COCOBOD is championing the awareness of cervical cancer among female staff in Sunyani in a strategic move to help...

Reckless lifestyle of the young accounts for increasing HIV cases – Kyeremeh Atuahene

The Ghana AIDS Commission attributes the increasing cases of HIV in the country to the reckless lifestyle of young people. According to the Commission, people...

Korle Bu upgrades 30 wards as part of centenary celebration

Korle Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH) in Accra will renovate over 30 wards of the hospital as part of its centenary celebration this year. The exercise,...

Government must be blamed for state of health facilities – Nabdam MP

Member of Parliament (MP) for Nabdam in the Upper East region, Mark Kurt Nawaane, has blamed the shortage of vital equipment in hospitals on...

These are 5 reasons pregnant women should eat okro

Pregnancy is a journey filled with unique nutritional needs, and okro, a beloved staple in Ghanaian cuisine, is a remarkable food ally for expectant...

Agenda 111: Use funds to maintain already existing hospitals – Cecilia Senoo

The Chief Executive of Hope for Future Generation, Cecilia Senoo has called on the government to prioritise the robustness of already existing health facilities...

Nearly 83% females aged 15-24 do not use contraceptives

Ghanaian females between the ages of 15 and 24 do not use contraceptives, while 24.7% of males within the same age bracket engaged in...

Same-sex marriage, sex workers contribute to HIV fast-track infections – Ghana Aids Commission

The latest demographic survey on health by the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) reveals that the country is classified as one of the HIV fast-track infections...

WHO introduces Health Technology Access Pool

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has announced the Health Technology Access Pool (HTAP) as the successor to the COVID-19 Technology Access Pool (C-TAP). C-TAP was...

76% of men not aware of their HIV status – GSS Report

The Ghana Demographic and Health Survey, conducted by the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has revealed how majority of men are not aware of their...

‘Sick Hospitals’: Effia-Nkwanta Regional Hospital Director says facility doesn’t lack defibrillators anymore

The Medical Director of the Effia-Nkwanta Regional Hospital in the Western Region, Dr. Joseph Tambil has refuted claims that the hospital lacks defibrillators and...

Contraceptive usage: Urban married women most likely to opt for ‘withdrawal method’ – GSS report

Apparently, urban married women like to use the 'pullout' method of contraception more than rural married women. According to the 2022 Ghana Demographic and Health...

Gov’t given 14-day ultimatum to negotiate Medical laboratory workers’ conditions of service

There seems to be another industrial action in the offing. Members of the Medical Laboratory Professional Workers’ Union, an essential healthcare service provider are threatening...

Over 50% of pregnant women are anaemic- GSS 

A survey conducted by the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has shown that over 50 per cent of pregnant women in the country are anemic,...

UG Medical Professor urges doctors to maintain high ethical standards

Professor of surgery at the University of Ghana Medical School (UGMS), Prof. Afua Hesse, has called on doctors and other health workers to uphold...

5% of Ghanaian men aged 15-49 not circumcised – GSS report

The Ghana Statistical Service's 2022 Demographic Health Survey has revealed that, approximately 5 percent of Ghanaian men are not circumcised. This equates to about 835,000...

Mosquitoes in hospitals a cause for concern – Malaria Elimination Programme

The Case Management Focal Person of the National Malaria Elimination Programme, Dr. Paul Boateng has expressed concern over the presence of mosquitoes in hospital...

Is masturbation on the rise?

Masturbating is sexual self-pleasing that involves some form of physical stimulation of the genitals. It usually involves fondling, caressing and stroking of the genitals which...

60 minutes exercise daily can reduce risk of overweight, obesity in children

Dr Seyram Kaali, A Clinical Research Fellow at the Kintampo Health Research Centre, says children must be involved in a physical activity for at...

NHIS chases health facilities over illegal charges

The National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) has threatened to suspend some accredited health facilities charging illegal fees. The NHIS in a statement said they have...

Many women opting for C-section worrying — GHS

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has described as quite high the number of women opting for caesarean sections (CS) in the country as against...

Health workers demand 8 month pension arrears  

The Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA) and the Health Services Workers Union have petitioned the National Pension Regulatory Authority to release their...

‘Sick Hospitals’: The only working defibrillator at Effia Nkwanta Regional Hospital is faulty

Finding a working defibrillator at the Effia Nkwanta Regional Hospital in the Western Region is akin to the 9th wonder of the world. It is...

Namibia’s President Hage Geingob going to US for cancer treatment

Namibia's President Hage Geingob, 82, is flying to the US to receive "specialised" medical treatment for cancer, his office has said. It comes less than...

Korle-Bu to hold mass burial for all unclaimed, unidentified bodies

The authorities of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital have announced their intention to conduct a mass burial for all unknown, unclaimed, and unidentified bodies....

Processed foods, sugary foods, alcohol major causes of dietary obesity – Dietician

Registered dietician, Emmanuella Yayra Saku, says the intake of processed foods, sugary drinks, large portions and alcoholic beverages are the major reasons for dietary...

Doctor lists 5 reasons why people get obese

Specialist in Clinical Biochemistry, Dr. Yaw Osafo, has named some five causatives of obesity in people. Speaking on the Joy Super Morning Show, he stated...

How to manage anxiety and depression during pregnancy

If you're facing these challenges, know you're not alone and there are ways to help yourself. Pregnancy can be a time of joy, but for...

Father struggles to pay hospital bill of deceased daughter

The father of a three-month-old baby, Nsoroma, who needed help for the removal of a lump on her back which she was born with,...

Prof. Frimpong-Boateng reacts to multiple deaths from heart diseases prediction

Ghanaian physician and cardiothoracic surgeon, Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng has rejected reports viral claims of predicting the possibility of several people dying from heart diseases. The former Minister...

Hope for Ghanaians with life-threatening non-typhoidal diseases as KNUST scientists begin clinical trial of vaccine

Ghanaians battling with life-threatening Non-Typhoidal diseases can rest easier as scientists from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) have commenced a...

Obesity saga: Only 10% of Ghanaians exercise and eat healthily-research

The recent Ghana Statistical Service survey which suggests 50 percent of Ghanaians are overweight or obese have taken many by surprise. But what could be...

Half Ghanaian women overweight

Half of females in Ghana, aged between 20 and 49, are either obese or overweight, the 2022 Ghana Demographic and Health Survey (GDHS) report...

Eugene Arhin registers over 3,000 people on NHIS at Awutu Senya West

Over 3,000 rsidents at Awutu Ayensuako, Adawukwa, Mayenda in the Awutu Senya West District have heaved a sign of relief after the New Patriotic Party (NPP) parliamentary candidate, Eugene Arhin, paid for the renewal and registration on the National Health insurance Scheme (NHIS).

Eliminating malaria requires high political will – Dr Kuma-Aboagye

Director-General of the Ghana Health Service, Dr. Patrick Kuma-Aboagye has emphasized that eliminating malaria requires high political will and commitment. He pointed out that, other...

GSS raises concern over locations of Agenda 111 hospitals

The Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has expressed reservations about the government's Agenda 111 initiative, citing concerns about the locations and accessibility of healthcare facilities...

50.2 % of Ghanaian women aged 15 to 49 are either overweight or obese – Report

The 2022 Ghana Demographic and Health Survey report has revealed that the number of women who are overweight is more than twice that of...

Fertility rate declines to 3.9 children in 2022 – GSS

A study report published by the Ghana Statistical Service has revealed a decline in the fertility rate from 6.4 children per woman in 1988...

Vaccine shortage: Govt must not fail to honor financing obligation under Gavi vaccine initiative

Ghana’s vaccination and immunization against the six childhood killer diseases could face a major setback this year if the government fails to meet its...