Health

A few years ago, a local doctor in Ghana drew my wife Nane’s and my attention to the devastating impact that snakebites were having on his community. We were shocked to learn that snakebite kills between 81,000 and 138,000 people globally every year, with many more suffering lasting mental and …

Accra, Ghana – An Emergency Physician/Sonologist at the Sinel Specialist Hospital in Tema, Dr Boanerges Kwashie Nkosana Nartey, has advised against the consumption of Genetically Modified (GM) food products as they have the potential to cause cancers. The medical practitioner said nearly 40 per cent of diet causes cancers, and …

Tamale, Ghana – Three months after New Patriotic Party vigilante group in Tamale, The Kandahar Boys, caused the Director General of Ghana Health Service to sanction the newly posted Northern Regional Health Director, Dr. Samuel Quarshie, conditions at the health facility are rapidly declining. From the disconnection of water supply …

Wa, Ghana – Preterm babies and other newborn babies with complications have had their survival chances greatly boosted following the inauguration of a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) for the Upper West Regional Hospital in Wa. Equipment of the newborn care facility was acquired with the support of a private …

Tamale, Ghana – The Ghana AIDS Commission (GAC) has urged herbalists who claim to have a cure for HIV/AIDS to make available their herbal preparations for scientific testing or desist from deceiving the public that they had found a cure for the disease. Such tests, it said, would determine the …

Accra, Ghana – The Director-General of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), Dr Anthony Nsiah-Asare, has revealed that he has received the report on the alleged missing or dead baby saga at the Greater Accra Regional Hospital (Ridge Hospital). He said he will study the document after which the GHS will …

Accra, Ghana – Mrs Samira Bawumia has launched the Nurturing Care Framework for Early Childhood Development in Ghana programme. The wife of Vice-President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia launched the programme during the maiden National Maternal, Child Health and Nutrition (MCHN) Conference, which started on Tuesday in Accra. The three-day programme was …

Accra, Ghana – Minister of Special Development Initiatives, Mavis Hawa Koomson, has said procurement processes for the purchase of ambulances for all the health posts in the 275 constituencies in Ghana has started. According to her, it has become critical that more ambulances are procured as a way of resuscitating …

Gbirma, Ghana – The Sagnarigu Municipal Chief Executive, Mariam Iddrisu has clashed with Chief of Gbirma, a community where she ordered the closure of a health facility after local health authorities received medical items from the Member of Parliament, Alhassan Suhuyini, without her assent. The facility which had been in …

Tamale, Ghana – As part of efforts to restore the country’s forest cover, Green Republic, in collaboration with Youth Icon Ghana, has launched a campaign to plant 20 million trees in the country over a 10-year period. In line with this, about 10,000 trees are expected to be planted in …