Health
23rd May, 2013
Dr. Daniel Asare, Medical Superintendent of the Central Regional Hospital, has cautioned against the separation of the conjoined twins delivered at the hospital recently, saying “the complexity of the attachment does not favour separation”.
He expressed fears that the twins might not survive if separated as they shared vital ...
20th May, 2013
Dr Joseph Amankwah, Director, Public Health of Ghana Health Service (GHS), has stated the need for policy guidelines for the implementation of the International Health Regulation (IHR) ...
16th April, 2013
A media report that “kenkey causes cancer” dented the national zeal some years back to draw attention to the fact that aflatoxins are silent killers.
The Food Research Institute (FRI) of the ...
10th April, 2013
The First Lady, Mrs Lordina Mahama, has accepted the role of HIV/AIDS Ambassadorial to support Heart-to-Heart campaign and to champion the course of persons from HIV/AIDS in the country.
The ...
1st April, 2013
Mr Windham Emil Afram, Western Regional Manager of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), on Wednesday said it was illegal for health facilities to charge fees for services covered by the ...
30th March, 2013
Dr Angela El-Adas, Director General of the Ghana Aids Commission (GAC) on Thursday announced that the 17th International Conference on AIDS and Sexual Transmitted disease in African (ICASA) will be ...
28th March, 2013
Madam Sherry Ayitey, Minister for Health, on Tuesday said the illegal trade in counterfeit drug is now assuming threatening dimension.
She said: “The world is living in a dangerous and extremely ...
26th March, 2013
The Bolgatanga Regional Manager of the Ghana Red Cross Society in the Upper East Region, Mr. Joseph Abariga, has stated that, lack of logistical and basic amenities are the main obstacle hampering the ...
26th March, 2013
The Vice Chairman of the Ghana Dental Association, Dr Asante Appiah, has urged Ghanaians to regularly check their teeth.
That, he said, would help prevent bad breadth and dental infections.
Dr ...
22nd March, 2013
Developers have started encroaching on portions of the land belonging to the Central Regional Hospital, thereby threatening the future expansion of the hospital.
Some members and opinion leaders in ...
21st March, 2013
Fifteen HIV positive women in the Volta Region on Wednesday appealed to the traditional authorities, to help uphold their rights.
They also called on the chiefs and queen mothers to use the ...
19th March, 2013
Chinese Embassy officials on Saturday met the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) and promised to help Ghana identify the origins of counterfeit medicines as well as fight the illegal trade in Ghana. ...
16th March, 2013
Ms Hanny Sherry Ayittey, the Minister for Health, has urged the Medical and Dental Council (MDC) of Ghana to institute pragmatic steps to address the issue of quack doctors in the system.
The ...
14th March, 2013
Health Minister, Sherry Aryittey has been summoned to appear before Parliament’s committee on health over the current financial crisis crippling operations of the National Health Insurance ...
13th March, 2013
Lack of basic health facilities is contributing to poor health care delivery and high maternal deaths at the Bibiani Government Hospital and other health facilities in the district.
The district ...
13th March, 2013
Caterers on the Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP) in the Kassena-Nankana East Municipality have undergone training on Good Hygiene Practices (GHP) to assist them in meeting the requirements of the ...
11th March, 2013
The Pediatric Physiotherapy Department of the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH), in collaboration with Cerebral Palsy Africa, a Scottish NGO, has established a workshop to train mothers in the ...
28th February, 2013
Professor Ohene Adjei, Chief Executive of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), has appealed to professional groups at the facility to show strong commitment towards the promotion of industrial ...
26th February, 2013
The Health Director of the Tano South District, Dr Peter Asare has said one of the many ways to decrease the upsurge of non-communicable diseases in the country is by returning to the consumption of ...
22nd February, 2013
The Central Regional Hospital has been accredited by the Medical and Dental Council and the National Accreditation Board (NAB) to operate as a Teaching Hospital training medical doctors in the ...