Health

Tamale, Ghana – Contrary to media reports and public misconception that most private hospitals in Ghana are engaged in all kinds of illegality to rake in revenue under the cover of the NHIS, the Northern Regional Director of the NHIA, Alhaji Hudu Iddrisu, has rather placed the blame squarely on …

Tamale, Ghana – A total of six hundred and three (603) people generously responded to MTN Ghana’s call for blood donation in Tamale in the Northern Region of Ghana on Saint Valentine’s Day. This huge response may not be surprising at all to many people because of the wow effect …

Bolgatanga, Ghana – The Second Lady, Samira Bawumia, has embarked on a nationwide campaign to promote personal hygiene among students of senior high schools. As part of the rolling out of the project, she has donated hand sanitizers to seven SHSs in the Upper East Region under the Samira Empowerment …

Tamale, Ghana – The North-West Regional Superintendent of the Assemblies of God Church – Reverend Dr David Wumbei Akonsi, has urged Ghanaians and especially Christians, to lead a vigorous campaign against illicit drug abuse among the youth. He said as salt and light of the world, Christians should not sit …

There’s a very common myth in South and Central Asia (Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Afghanistan etc.) and Africa (Nigeria and many other nations ) that you can tell if a woman is a virgin, by whether or not she bleeds the first time she has sex. There is zero truth in this. …

Tamale, Ghana – Chief Executive Officer of the NHIA, Dr Samuel Annor, has implored citizens, leadership and members of Ghana’s Trades Union Congress to protect and defend the country’s ailing NHIS from political influence. According to Dr Annor, it was imperative that Ghanaians and for that matter the country’s labour …

Nandom, Ghana – Sustainable Action through Voluntary Establishment (SAVE Ghana), a Non-Governmental Organisation [NGO], has presented some items to the Nandom District Health Directorate to help increase immunization coverage in the district. The items include; a motorbike for nurses, wellington boots for 10 Community Volunteers and immunization registers to the …

Make sure you know the facts about how oral sex could transmit the three most common types of viral hepatitis. Please note: explicit descriptions of sexual activity are contained within this article.   The education campaign following the AIDS epidemic of the 1980s has made most people aware that unprotected …

Tamale, Ghana -The Northern Region is said to be one of the poorest areas of Ghana, recording negative statistics in many areas of socio-economic development. One of such negative development indices is child malnutrition. Malnutrition in Ghana is measured by three indicators; stunting growth which measures height-for-age, wasting which measures …

Tamale, Ghana  – A Deputy Minister for Health, Kingsley Aboagye Gyedu, has inaugurated an Infectious Disease Treatment Centre (IDTC) at the Tamale Teaching Hospital in the Northern Region of Ghana.  The construction of the IDTC, which was financed by the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) at a cost of GH₵1.5 …