Health

Coronavirus may spread from corpses – Scientists report

Like a zombie in a horror film, the coronavirus can persist in the bodies of infected patients well after death, even spreading to others,...

New Zealand passes world-first tobacco law to ban smoking for next generation

New Zealand has introduced a steadily rising smoking age to stop those aged 14 and under from ever being able to legally buy cigarettes...

National COVID-19 vaccination: Hard-to-reach vulnerable should be targeted

The Rural Initiatives for Self-Empowerment Ghana (RISE-Ghana), a Non- Governmental Organisation, has underscored the need for a deliberate effort to target vulnerable groups in...

42% of Covid-19 vaccines supplied to Volta Region gone waste – GHS

About 42% of the over 2.1 million doses of  Covid-19 vaccines supplied to the Volta Region have gone waste due to high hesitancy.  Statistics from...

Sale of aphrodisiac, body enlargers on the rise in Bolgatanga Market

Sales of sex enhancing and body enlargement products in the Bolgatanga market is on the rise despite warnings and confiscation of the products from...

Private-public partnership is key to accelerating Universal Health Coverage – PharmAccess Country Director

As part of efforts to improve Universal Health Coverage (UHC), a concerned stakeholder has called for enhanced collaboration between the private and public sectors...

Health care for Ghanaians above 70 is now free – NHIA

Health Care for Ghanaians above 70 is now free. President Nana Akufo-Addo has signed the policy document bringing this into effect. It guarantees a...

Staunch NPP supporter bemoans neglect after amputation of his leg

Alhaji Ahmed Bandoh alias Bahmed, a member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), is beside himself with grief as a result of what he describes...

NHIS to make treatment of prostate cancer free

The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) will from next 2023 add the treatment and medication of prostrate cancer to the number of cancers treated...

Meet Dr Lenusia Ahlijah: Ghana’s first locally trained geriatrician

Ghana has produced her first locally trained Geriatrician at the Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons in Accra. Geriatricians are primary care doctors who have...

Ghana Health Service resumes Covid-19 vaccination exercise ahead of Christmas

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has begun another phase of the covid-19 vaccination exercise which is the fifth ahead of Christmas and New Year...

Maiden Universal Health Coverage Day seminar to be held on December 12

The maiden Universal Health Coverage Day seminar in Ghana is scheduled to be held on Monday, December 12, 2022. The one-day event which will be...

Why asaana drinkers may live long, with good mental health and eyesight

Asaana is a non-alcoholic, caramelized corn drink made from fermented corn and sugar. It is referred to as elewonyo in other parts of Ghana...

Academic City engineering students invent ventilators to support health care

Nicholas Adjabn, head of Biomedical Engineering unit, has commended engineers for venturing into innovation field to explore opportunities to design and develop technologies to...

How patients at Ankaful Psychiatric Hospital were pampered ahead of Christmas

Foundation for Mentally Challenged Ghana - A non profit making organisation has served patients of Ankaful Psychiatric Hospital with acts of kindness. The assorted items...

Faking orgasm: Here’s why it may be bad for a relationship

Faking an orgasm to give your partner extra pleasure may not be the worst thing, but if the sex isn't doing it for you,...

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...