Health

Wa, Ghana – The Upper West Regional Coordinator for Mental Health Mr. Randy Sedem, has revealed that 1,400 persons in the Region have been diagnosed with epilepsy this year from January to June 2018. He described the development as “sad to note that even though epilepsy is not a mental …

Tamale, Ghana – Interim Executives of the Alumni Association of the Tamale School of Hygiene have been tasked to mobilise resources for the redevelopment and expansion of existing infrastructure of the school. According to Principal of the school, Bello Seiwu, the school since its establishment two decades ago, has produced …

Bole, Ghana – Constituency Watch, a civic group in the Bole-Bamboi Constituency in the Bole District of the Northern Region, has observed that poor road networks to local communities in the area are seriously impeding quality education and healthcare delivery to the people. According to the group, the situation has worsened …

  Tamale, Ghana – Northern Regional Director of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has challenged district managers of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) to work hard so that the authority can attain its regional and national targets. In spite of the authority’s inability to fully attain its 2018 …

Tamale, Ghana – It has been established that too much strenuous physical activities during pregnancy tend to have negative health implications on the mother and unborn baby. Although physical activities during pregnancy are important, too much of such activities tend to make the woman and her unborn baby too stressed …

Tamale, Ghana – Executive Director of mental health charity organization Gub-Katimali Society (GKS), Sheikh Yakubu Abdul Kareem, has implored the Ministry of Health to without any further delay, post a psychiatrist to the Tamale Teaching Hospital. With a population of about 5 million, there is not a single psychiatrist in …

Tamale, Ghana – The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has launched its second regional report for Ghana.The 2018 report focuses on Northern Ghana and explores human development outcomes in the context of significant socio-economic disparities in what has historically been the most-marginalised zone in the country.The report, themed: Bridging the …

Tamale, Ghana – The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is to launch a Human Development Report on Northern Ghana entitled “Bridging the Poverty Gap and Fostering Socio-Economic Transformation for All”. The report explores development challenges and opportunities in Northern Ghana and offers suggestions for poverty eradication in the zone. The …

Tamale, Ghana – The eminent leaders of Tamale in the Northern Region have called on government to facilitate the transfer of all heads of department at the Tamale Teaching Hospital (TTH).They are also demanding that government audit the operations of the hospital.These demands were contained in a communiqué jointly signed …

Bole, Ghana – The DCE for Bole, Madam Veronica Alele Heming, has donated 10 bags of maize to the Association of Persons Living With HIV in Bole so that they can also enjoy the Muslim Edul-Adha festival. The DCE said she is prepared to help everyone including sick people and …