Health

Nurses and Midwives upset over govt’s Debt Exchange Programme

The Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA) has expressed displeasure over the government’s debt exchange programme. The Association has described the programme as unfair...

Sunyani Regional Hospital to be upgraded into teaching hospital by April 2023

The Sunyani Regional Hospital will be upgraded to a teaching hospital by the end of the first quarter of 2023, the Health Minister has...

I lost vision in one eye due to medical negligence – Victim recounts

Normally, patients resort to hospitals with the trust and assurance that their health needs will be attended to, but it gets disappointing when the...

Bawumia launches MyNHIS app

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia on Monday launched a new comprehensive online self-enrollment portal, "MyNHIS app". The launch of the app held in Tamale is...

Dr Okoe-Boye installed chief

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), Dr Bernard Okoe-Boy, has been installed as a Health Development Chief in...

Health Service Workers Union sends strong message to govt over ‘haircut’ on pension funds

The Health Services Workers Union (HSWU) has warned government they will resist any attempt to touch their pensions as part of the debt restructuring...

Adom News gets results: 1997 Wesley Girls Group donates GHS 70,000 worth of equipment to Kakumdo CHPS compound

The Kakumdo Assemblyman has lauded Adom News for a publication which has brought some interventions to the district. After a reportage that threw light on...

Dr Frank Owusu-Sekyere: Addressing the elephant in the room

Somewhere in 1998, it was not easy getting an appointment to renew or acquire a visa to the United Kingdom. As a medical student,...

How relatives locked sickle cell patient in a room to die [Video]

https://youtu.be/3D7z119EMJM?t=144 Doris Benjamin, a sickle cell patient and advocate, has recounted how her pain and that of her three other siblings weren't taken serious by...

Decades of battling sickle cell disease; The story of Doris Benjamin and siblings

https://youtu.be/3D7z119EMJM As someone who has lived with sickle cell for the past three decades, she still lives each day in fear not knowing what to...

Manhyia District Hospital nurses call off strike

The leadership of the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association has called off the strike by nurses at the Manhyia District Hospital as well...

One of conjoined twins separated at Ridge Hospital dies

One of the conjoined twins whose surgery was done at the Greater Accra regional hospital at Ridge has died, Starr FM has reported. ...

Akufo-Addo calls for end to HIV stigma

President Nana Akufo-Addo has called on all Ghanaians to denounce HIV-related stigma and discrimination to pave the way for its eradication.  The President, in a...

Woman goes blind after using skin lightening cream

A woman in Minnesota lost part of her vision and inadvertently put her entire household at risk of mercury poisoning, most likely from using...

For men: 4 simple tips to get your woman to experience orgasm

Achieving orgasm can be elusive for a lot of women. But it can be as simple as time, tenderness, and knowing how to stimulate...

Elderly persons need sex too — Gynecologist

Professor Richard Adanu, Rector, Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons (GCPS), says “elderly people need sex” and asked health facilities to provide services that...

Initiate rapid action to boost local production of medical equipment – Govt told

The Federation of Africa Medical Equipment, Disposables and Devices, Manufacturers and Suppliers (FOAMEDDMS) has appealed to government, as a matter of urgency, to...

Ghanaian plastic surgeon awarded US President’s Volunteer Service Award

A Harvard-trained Ghanaian-American plastic surgeon in Beverly Hills, Dr Michael K. Obeng, has been awarded the United States President’s Volunteer Service Award by the...

Monkeypox name changed after racism complaints

The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced a new preferred name for the monkeypox virus, saying it would refer to it as mpox. The WHO...

People living with HIV and unvaccinated for Hepatitis B at higher risk of new infections

Researchers have identified that people living with HIV who are unvaccinated for hepatitis B are at higher risk for new hepatitis B infections. This is...

Some residents of Oti Region happy about Zipline services

Health workers and residents of the Oti Region are impressed with the services of Zipline drones medical services in the various communities of the...

GHS to deworm over 1.9 million school-aged children by December 9

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) is collaborating with the Ghana Education Service to deworm about 1, 943, 000 school-aged children under the 2022 National...

Twins born from embryos frozen 30 years ago

Twin babies have been born in the US state of Tennessee from embryos frozen more than 30 years ago. It is believed to be a...

GHS begins nationwide deworming exercise among 1.9m basic school children

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has commenced a nationwide deworming exercise among basic school children to reduce the prevalence of intestinal parasitic infections in...

I don’t brush twice daily. Is it really that bad?

These were the words of a patient who visited a dentist. In fact, here is the quote in full: “I don’t brush twice daily. Is...

Minority initiates Vote of Censure against Health Minister

The Minority in Parliament has initiated another Vote of Censure against Health Minister, Kwaku Agyemang Manu. The motion, filed by Ketu North Member of Parliament...

4 health issues that can sabotage your sex life

Being intimate with your partner is not just physically important but emotionally fulfilling as well. There are times, however, when low libido makes it hard...

Girl, 16, dies in labour at native nurse’s home 

A 16-year-old girl has died while in labour at a native nurse’s house at New Ebu in the Abura Asebu Kwamankese District of the...

I’ve been denied employment opportunities due to my HIV/AIDS advocacy – Patient

A 30-year-old HIV/AIDS patient, Patrick Adjei, says employers are denying him employment because of his status.Patrick says he's been fired from jobs when employers...

Sompahemaa Foundation screens hundreds at Nsawam Prisons to improve health of inmates

Hundreds of inmates at the Nsawam Maximum prisons have benefited from a health screening organised by the Sompahemaa Foundation. Founder and President of the Foundation,...

The role of sex in marriage: Here’s why every couple must have it

If you're enjoying a regular sex life, you're increasing your chances of living a healthier and happier life. Sex and intimacy help draw couples closer...

Doctors who sleep less have a 97% chance to make mistakes

Some basic lifestyle habits improve our health. However, we fail to adhere to some of these basic nature prescriptions, and this eventually predisposes us...

Rabito clinics get SafeCare’s high international accreditation for quality healthcare delivery

Two branches of Rabito Clinic, have attained SafeCare level 4 accreditation, making the two facilities internationally accredited to provide standardized quality healthcare to Ghanaians. The...

Ghana to expand malaria vaccine implementation from December 2022 

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) and its development partners are set to expand the Malaria Vaccine Implementation Programme (MVIP) to 93 other districts across...

3 quick home remedies to get rid of dark gums, teeth

The teeth and your overall dental area are one of the largest and most complex organs and the way it looks says a lot...

COA’s Dr Ato Duncan adjudged 2022 Best Scientist

The Founder and Chief Executive Officer of COA Research and Manufacturing Company Ltd., Dr. Samuel Ato Duncan, has been adjudged the 2022 ‘Scientist of...

110 doctors accept postings to deprived areas

The Minister for Health has revealed that as many as 110 newly qualified doctors have accepted postings to deprived areas to bring healthcare delivery...

Immigration Service screens personnel for prostate cancer

The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) clinic in collaboration with St. John’s Hospital & Fertility Centre on Monday organised a health talk on prostate cancer. The...

Ridge Hospital takes steps to deal with ‘no bed syndrome’

The Greater Accra Regional Hospital, widely known as the Ridge Hospital, has set up a seven-member committee to deal with the issue of no-bed...

2 regions benefit from $12m healthcare project

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has signed a framework agreement with the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) to strengthen healthcare delivery under a Community-Based...