Health

Coronavirus: Spend more money to protect us – MP to gov’t

Ranking Member of Defense and Interior Committee in Parliament, James Agalga, has appealed to government to invest more money to ensure the fast-spreading Coronavirus...

Governor forces school administration to eat substandard food served students

A video has emerged of a Governor of Nigeria, Bello Mohammed Matawalle, forcing the Principal and Teachers of Government Science and Government Girls’ Secondary...

Ghanaian students in Italy under quarantine

Ghanaian students in Italy have been quarantined following the rise of new cases of the novel coronavirus recorded in the country. In an interview, a Ghanaian...

Nigeria confirms first case of coronavirus

Nigeria has recorded the first case of coronavirus, health officials confirmed Thursday. The Health Ministry said on Twitter that the case was in the state...

Iran to flog and imprison anyone caught ‘spreading fake news’ about coronavirus outbreak

Iran has threatened to flog and imprison anyone caught 'spreading fake news' about the coronavirus outbreak that has already killed 26 people in the...

Two more coronavirus cases in UK bring total to 15

Two further cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in the United Kingdom (UK), bringing the total number of cases to 15, England's chief...

Pope Francis sick a day after supporting coronavirus sufferers

Pope Francis has come down with a “slight indisposition,” forcing him to cancel a planned Mass in Rome, just a day after he expressed...

Coronavirus hits Prince George, Princess Charlotte’s school

Pupils at Prince George and Princess Charlotte's school are in self-isolation at their homes over fears they may have coronavirus. ALSO READ: Mental Health Expert...

These photos of babies receiving treatment under cocoa trees will shock you

Nursing mothers at Amonom, a farming community in the Atiwa West district of the Eastern region, are appealing for Community-based Health Planning and Service...

This story of a pregnant hawker who died during delivery will break your heart

An expectant mother who was only identified as Ohemaa has died on Tuesday, February 25, 2020, during delivery at the hospital. The late expectant mother lived...

Time for Ghana to be more alert as Africa announces its second case of Coronavirus

Algerian authorities on Tuesday announced the country's first case of the novel coronavirus, in an Italian citizen who arrived in the country on February 17. "One case...

Joy Prime holds 3rd edition of Race4Heart Health Walk

Ghana’s favourite entertainment channel, Joy Prime, will be embarking on the third edition of its Race4Heart Health Walk and Screening on Saturday, February 29,...

Photo of ‘unhappy’ baby staring at doctor goes viral

A Brazilian baby is becoming an Internet sensation at an unusually young age — thanks to one skillful photographer. Isabela Pereira de Jesus was born...

NHIA pays over GH¢ 91m to health facilities

The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has revealed it has so far in 2020 paid over GH¢ 91 million to service providers. According to the...

Coronavirus forces Gifty Anti to cancel event in Italy

Television personality, Gifty Anti, has called off a marriage seminar she was scheduled to host on Wednesday in Italy due to the deadly coronavirus. Gifty...

Pregnant women need to be pampered

Miss Theresa Kuadah, a nurse based in the United States is appealing to health workers to handle expectant mothers with loving care and make...

NHIA pays over GH¢91m to 4,292 health facilities

The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) says it has paid over GH¢91 million to some 4,292 health service providers who submitted their claim vouchers in...

Coronavirus: Protective face masks selling like hotcake

The protective face mask has now become the fastest and most lucrative commodity on the shelves of pharmaceutical shops at Okaishie in the Central...

How a man’s visit to Ghana turned out to be fatal medical tragedy

Solomon Asare Kumah came to Ghana in 2019 to visit his ill father who had been on admission at the Korle Bu Teach Hospital for...

Coronavirus cases in Italy moves from 3 to 130 in three days

Italian authorities have announced sweeping closures in the country's north as they scramble to contain Europe's biggest outbreak of the novel coronavirus. Italy's confirmed cases...

I was hypnotised, almost used for money rituals by my boyfriend – Teenager

Her stricken scream of 'help me' rented the air at the early hours of Tuesday, jolting residents of Mechanic Village in Jakande Estate, Oke-Afa,...

Ghana Medical Association calls for immediate payment of NHIS arrears

The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) is calling on government as a matter of urgency to pay all National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) arrears. In a statement issued...

Photos: Thieves ransack specialised health facility at Bunkprugu, assemblyman goes wild!

A member of the Bunkprugu/Nakpanduri district assembly in the North East region wants the the police to investigate the looting of medical equipment and materials...

SONA 2020: Akufo-Addo expresses worry about obesity in Ghana [Video]

President Nana Akufo-Addo has urged Ghanaians to check what they eat on a daily basis following his observation that many citizens are obese. The...

Beware of fake news on coronavirus spreading on social media – Scientist

Professor William Kwabena Ampofo, a Senior Researcher at the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, is worried about the level of fake news on...

GHS launch innovation for early infant diagnosis of HIV

The Ghana Health Service(GHS) has launched two new innovations to help improve medical care for children and help further reduce child mortality in the...

5 ways to naturally increase the size of your breasts

Not all women are blessed with naturally full breasts but with these beauty hacks, you can give your boobs a much-needed boost. Keep reading...

Anti-malarial drug ‘effective on coronavirus patients’

An anti-malarial drug widely used in Africa in the 1980s and 1990s has been found to be effective on coronavirus patients, according to China's...

The health benefits of a random act of kindness

This year, "Random Acts of Kindness" Day falls on Monday, but the foundation behind it wants you to consider being kind every day. In fact,...

Coronavirus: Government ships food items to stranded Ghanaian students in China

The government has dispatched cartons of assorted local food items to China to be distributed to 151 Ghanaian students stranded in Wuhan, the epicentre...

Director of Veterinary Services ‘chokes’ on infested gizzard question on live radio [Audio]

Director of Veterinary Services Directorate at the Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Dr Asiedu Baah, in a live radio was unable to answer a...

AMA orders closure of chop bars for operating in unhygienic conditions

Public Health Officials of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) have ordered the closure of three chop bars for preparing their meal under unhygienic conditions. As...

Winnie’s Women World Initiative shoulders medical bills for dozens of struggling new mothers

A group championing women advocacy has brought smiles on the faces of some five mothers by settling their medical bills at the Mother and...

Coronavirus outbreak: Hotlines for case management introduced

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) and the Ministry of Health (MoH) in preparing for the effective management of suspected cases of Coronavirus (Convid19) have...

Coronavirus: Armed robbers steal hundreds of toilet rolls in Hong Kong

Armed robbers in Hong Kong made off with hundreds of toilet rolls worth more than HKD1,000 ($130). Toilet rolls are currently in short supply in...

Coronavirus: A Cameroon student on how he recovered

When Kem Senou Pavel Daryl, a 21-year-old Cameroonian student living in the Chinese city of Jingzhou, contracted the coronavirus he had no intention of...

8 ways to know that you are depressed

You are lying to yourself if you say that you haven’t been down about something in your life at least once in your life....

Oral sex is driving up rates of cancer – the 5 early warning signs

ORAL sex is triggering a surge in cases of cancer, experts are warning. There's growing evidence that an increasing proportion of cancer is caused by human papillomavirus (HPV) infection...

Two companies under investigation for importing infested gizzard

Chief Executives of two food import companies are being investigated by the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) for importing four 40-footer containers of salmonella infested...

Tourism Authority distributes chocolates at children’s ward

The Ghana Tourism Authority has distributed chocolates to the children’s ward of the Eastern Regional hospital I’m Koforidua with a call on parents to...