Health

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 …

Daffiama, Ghana – Healthcare delivery is in danger in the Daffiama-Bussie-Issa District of the Upper West Region where lack of medical personnel, mostly physician assistants has led to the downgrade of four of the five health centres there. The district, carved out of the Nadowli District in 2012 has no …

Sawla, Ghana – The Member of Parliament (MP) for Sawla-Tuna-Kalba in the Northern Region, Andrew Dari Chiwitey has handed over an ambulance, eleven hospital beds, two theatre beds, two delivery beds, two motorbikes, two wheel chairs, two HP laptop computers and a ECG machine to the Sawla Hospital. At a …

Salaga, Ghana – A media practitioner and native of Salaga in the Northern Region, Christopher Amoako, has presented 15 ceiling fans worth Ghc1,800 to the Salaga Government Hospital. Speaking during the presentation of the items on Wednesday May 23, 2018 at the hospital, Christopher said he took up the challenge …

Broniamah, Ghana – Four foreign nationals – one Chinese and three Togolese – have been arrested by Operation Vanguard (the joint military/police taskforce against galamsey) at Broniamah, a community in the Amenfi Central District of the Western Region. The four, who were arrested on Tuesday, May 15, 2018, were allegedly indulging …

Nkoranza, Ghana – President Nana Akufo-Addo has said that the so-called unprecedented projects, especially roads, which former President John Dramani Mahama and his National Democratic Congress (NDC) government spoke about are nowhere to be found. During the 2016 electioneering campaign, then President Mahama accused Nana Addo, then presidential hopeful of …

Kalba, Ghana – Over twenty-four thousand (24,000) people resident in Kalba and other adjoining communities in the Sawla-Tuna-Kalba District of the Northern Region are likely to be cut-off from the entire district in the event of a heavy rainfall. This projection follows last Thursday dawn heavy downpour which led to …

Kpembe, Ghana – The wife of Ghana’s Vice President has called for a multidimensional approach to address the country’s maternal and infant mortality problems. Even though Ghana has made significant progress in tackling the problems associated with maternal and infant mortalities, she pointed out that a lot more needs to …

Wa, Ghana – The acting Upper West Regional Director of Health Services, Dr. Winfred Ofosu, has observed that some lactating mothers deny their babies exclusive breast feeding with the view to protect “their breast from fallen”. Women now want their breasts to stand firm during their life time, and therefore …