Health

Provide breastfeeding corners at workplaces – UNICEF, GHS advocate

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has partnered the Ghana Health Service (GHS) to advocate for baby-friendly environment for lactating mothers at workplaces. The objective...

Increasing number of young persons diagnosed with stroke – Korle-Bu Stroke Unit

Doctors at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital’s Stroke Unit have disclosed that more young persons are now being diagnosed with stroke. According to the Head of...

Ghana to ban tobacco advertising and depiction in entertainment media

Ghana is expected to enforce a ban on tobacco advertising and depiction in entertainment media while taking steps to ensure a tobacco-free country by...

5 disadvantages of eating too much honey

Honey is the healthy alternative to sugar and it can be harmful to health if eaten in excess. Since it’s the best alternative to sugar,...

Pharmacists to charge consultation fees from April 30

Ghanaians may soon have to pay for consultation services at retail pharmacies across the country. Stakeholders are discussing plans to develop a policy around charges...

Young women advised against inserting substances into private part

Young women have been advised against inserting substances to tighten their vagina to satisfy men in bed as such practices expose the women to...

New drug that prevents you from catching Covid-19 gets green light in Europe

British-Swedish pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca announced on Monday its antibody-drug Evusheld, which is taken pre-emptively to prevent Covid-19, has been approved in the European Union. The treatment, administered...

COVID-19: Shanghai expands lockdown as new daily cases surge by a third

Authorities began locking down some western areas of Shanghai two days ahead of schedule, as new COVID-19 cases in China's most populous city jumped...

My timeline for Agenda 111 was overly ambitious – Akufo-Addo admits

Like all major construction projects, it's evident that the initial schedule we gave for the completion of Agenda 111 was overly ambitious, President Nana...

SONA 2022: First phase of local commercial vaccine production to start in 2024 – Akufo-Addo

President Akufo-Addo has indicated the first phase of the local commercial vaccine production will commence in January 2024. In view of this, a bill will...

SONA 2022: Ghana’s Covid-19 management has been exemplary – Akufo-Addo

President Nana Akufo-Addo has touted the management of the Covid-19 pandemic situation in Ghana as exemplary. He has also acknowledged lives have been saved by the...

Why men have morning erections

Every morning, it is not only the sun that rises. Morning wood or nocturnal penile tumescence (NPT) are morning erections men experience. Why do men experience...

Doggy style doesn’t give stroke – Doctor debunks claims

A Medical Doctor, Dr Adu Boateng, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Endpoint Homeopathic Clinic, has debunked the erroneous assertion that sex causes stroke in...

Here’s what it means to be scared of sex and what to do

Sexual anxiety or worry is by no means uncommon. They can range from small insecurities about body image to larger concerns around sexual performance. The...

Learning from the TB Pandemic

As countries around the world - from Kenya to Canada, South Africa to Sweden - relish the prospect of an unofficial transition of COVID-19...

Do you have a spider bite? These 7 photos can help you tell

For the rest of us non-superheroes, getting bit by an eight-legged critter is something well do anything to avoid. For the rest of us non-superheroes,...

Agenda 111 will be completed by end of my tenure – Akufo-Addo

President Akufo-Addo has reiterated his commitment to complete all projects under the Agenda 111 initiative. Delivering his 28th update on measures taken by government to...

Ghana recorded 266,000 abortions in 4 years

The first-ever model of unintended pregnancies and abortion rates for 150 countries has estimated that 266,000 abortions were done in Ghana between 2015 and...

Health workers rejecting postings to deprived areas worrying -Akufo-Addo

President Nana Akufo-Addo has made a passionate appeal to healthcare professionals to accept postings to rural and deprived communities. Expressing concerns about the low number...

Why you’re so intensely horny in your period

Yep, if your period often ranks as one of your best sex weeks of the month, you are in fine company. But why do you...

Covid PCR Test: Minority serves notice to picket KIA

The Minority in Parliament has served notice of series of picketing at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) in protest of fees travellers pay for...

Man bitten by snake he thought was dead inside a wine bottle he bought for his son

A Chinese father had the shock of his life when a supposedly dead snake inside a jar of snake wine he bought a year...

For women: 5 peeing mistakes that you might be making

Peeing mistakes can cause imbalances and uncomfortable situations to your vagina. How many times have you put your nature’s call on hold? Well, holding your...

Shisha, other substances predisposing Ghanaians to Tuberculosis – GHS

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) says it is concerned about the acceptance and widespread smoking of shisha in the country. The Service says it has...

Scrap Covid-19 testing at KIA immediately – Mintah Akandoh to govt

Ranking Member on the Health Committee of Parliament, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, is demanding the immediate scrapping of the Covid-19 testing at the Kotoka International...

Agenda 111: Mentally ill patients at Accra Psychiatric Hospital to be integrated into communities

The Accra Psychiatric Hospital has said it will be reintegrating its patients into the society when the facility is downsized for a redevelopment project. Under...

PharmAccess to boost Ghana’s healthcare delivery with launch of Medical Credit Fund II

As part of efforts to make health care delivery more sustainable and effective in Ghana, PharmAccess Group has launched the second phase of the...

World TB Day: Increase financial commitment towards fight against TB – Aurum Institute to govt

The Aurum Institute Ghana, an NGO aimed at combating Tuberculosis (TB) has called on the government to bring it's attention to the disease and...

Redevelopment of Accra Psychiatric Hospital to begin September

A redevelopment project at the Accra Psychiatric Hospital has been scheduled to take off in September 2022. The project, according to the hospital’s Director, Dr...

Glass found in woman’s bladder 4 years after she used it as sex toy [Photo]

A glass tumbler has been found inside a woman’s bladder who doctors thought had a Urinary Tract Infection (UTI). According to New York Post, the...

Covid-19: Fully vaccinated persons to be exempted from mandatory test at the airport

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has hinted at cutting out the Covid-19 test requirement at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) for persons who have...

Nigeria scraps pre-departure Covid tests

The Nigerian government says fully vaccinated travellers coming into the country will no longer be required to take a pre-departure PCR Covid-19 test. This is...

Govt finally approves two loans for Health Ministry

https://soundcloud.com/joynews_adomnews/government-finally-approves-two-loans-for-health-ministry?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing Parliament of Ghana Tuesday approved two separate loans for the construction and equipping of major hospitals in the Ashanti Region and it's environs. The loans...

4 side effects of being a virgin for too long, according to research

Is it wise to remain a virgin for too long? Here's what research says. Many choose to be virgins until marriage or until a goal...

Girl, 5, dies on way to meet doctors after being sent home from school with ‘tummy bug’

A five-year-old girl from Hull tragically died on her way to see an out-of-hours General Practitioner just hours after another doctor sent her home...

Bawumia Commissions two drone distribution centres [Photos]

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has commissioned the fifth and sixth drone distribution centres for Zipline Ghana. The two new centres located at Anum...

5 most common sexual fantasies

Human beings are sexual beings and they think of sex a lot. In a study carried out by the Journal of Sex Research, it...

Health alert: Measles cases surge in Ghana

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has announced a surge in suspected measles cases across the country. According to the GHS, the Greater Accra Region...

I don’t know anyone who drinks alcohol and has lived over 100 years – MOG Music [Video]

Gospel musician Nana Yaw Boakye, popularly known as MOG Music, passed by Hitz FM's Daybreak Hitz show on Friday to make some deep revelations...

For almost a decade, I could not pass urine, menstruate – Presenter

She now calls herself God's favourite daughter as someone who was given a second chance to live after years of battling chronic kidney disease....