As part of efforts to scrutinise research in the organization, the National Ambulance Service has inaugurated an Institutional Review Board (IRB).
The eight-member board...
As livestock and other stray animals roam the environment with careless abandon, health officials have raised alarm about the dangers to public health, lamenting...
Africa has the highest neonatal mortality rate in the world, with 27 deaths per 1,000 live births.
However, comprehensive research on the relation between...
Research conducted by the Journal of Periodontology highlighted a potentially startling connection between oral hygiene and male sexual health.
The 2012 study unveiled a link...
The Ada East District HIV Programmes Coordinator, Mr Adator Anani, says the district recorded 95 Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) positive cases in the first...
More than ever before, women are living longer and feeling younger, but the fear of entering menopause and all the symptoms associated with it, or even...
Four officers from the National Food Safety Laboratory (NFSL) under the Veterinary Services Directorate of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Ghana, have successfully...
The World Bank Group is offering $27.7 million to the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), to increase the National Health Insurance Scheme's (NHIS) annual...
Twenty- nine expectant mothers in the Central Region died during childbirth from January to June this year.
The deaths were mostly caused, among others, by...
The World Bank has commended Ghana’s National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) for being one of the best in Africa, especially with regard to population...
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, Budgit, a prominent civil society organization has called for a robust primary healthcare system in Ghana.
This vital...
Medical experts are raising concerns over what they describe as a silent threat, ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE (AMR) that needs urgent attention.
According to these professionals, ‘Antimicrobial...
Patronage of HIV self testing has soared, barely a month after the kit was launched, Dr Stephen Ayisi Addo, Programme Manager, National Aids Control...
The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) in Ghana has been designated as a Regional Center of Excellence for Vaccine Regulatory Oversight in Africa.
This was...
A 2022 study has found that health professionals in Ghana are hiding large breast lumps and refusing various treatment options, especially chemotherapy and mastectomy.
The...
The Presidential Advisor on Health, Dr Anthony Nsiah-Asare, has visited and inspected the progress of work on the Agenda 111 projects ongoing in the...
The Upper East region of Ghana has recorded the highest number of cases of elephantiasis, also known as lymphatic filariasis, in the country.
According to...
A medical practitioner says women are more likely to suffer from stroke because of the prolonged consumption of oral contraceptives.
According to Dr Collins Abaitey...
In a new study, researchers have found an increased risk of liver cancer and chronic liver disease mortality among women who consume sugar-sweetened beverages...
The Upper West Regional Directorate of the Ghana Health Service (GHS) has identified Open defecation (OD) as a contributing factor to the malnutrition situation...
Three staff of the Bolgatanga Regional Hospital have been remanded by the Circuit Court for allegedly stealing medicines belonging to the health facility.
The accused...
The Ghana AIDS Commission has mounted an aggressive campaign to drive down new HIV infections in Ghana.
The Commission specifically wants persons engaging in sexual...
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is currently on the rise in Ghana, and according to the Ghana AIDS Commission, over 100,000 persons in the country...
