Health

Star Assurance partners NIC to organise blood donation exercise

The Star Assurance Group, group company of StarLife Assurance Limited and Star Assurance Limited, in collaboration with the National Insurance Commission (NIC) recently organised...

Breasfeeding does not cause sagging – Dr Benin

Sagging of the breast is physiological and breastfeeding is not one of the known causes, Dr Amma Benin, the Head of the Paediatric Department,...

Minority kicks against recruitment of SHS graduates for CHPS compounds while trained nurses are unemployed

https://youtu.be/-Npi4f3ojPE The Minority in Parliament has called on the government to, as a matter of urgency, rescind its decision to recruit Senior High School (SHS)...

9 CHPS compounds, 2 hospitals at Nkwanta south receive medical equipment

Nine community-based Health Planning and Services (CHPS) Compounds including Nkwanta Municipal hospital and St. Joseph hospital in the Oti Region have been supported with...

Too much sex? Here’s how it may feel like and what to do

Healthy sex life does not always mean having too much sex! It’s the balance between quality and quantity. This mostly is solely dependent on...

Lordina Foundation’s Bole maternity and children’s ward receives first patients

The newly built Lordina Foundation Maternity and Children’s ward at the Bole District Hospital in the Savannah Region has started receiving patients. This follows...

Afia Amankwa Tamakloe rescues ‘dying’ 19-year-old SHS student [Photos]

The 19-year-old Elizabeth Kwartemaa, who suffered weakness and paralysis of her limbs in 2021 and has since been bedridden, did not expect to survive...

3 to 4 times of sex in a week could reduce risk of prostate cancer – Men told

A urologist with the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital has endorsed the proposition that men can reduce the risk of prostate cancer with frequent sexual...

Afigya Kwabre North MP holds free health screening for constituents [Photos]

Afigya Kwabre North Member of Parliament (MP), Collins Adomako Mensah has organised a health screening exercise for his constituents.  The exercise which took place on...

Mystery pneumonia: Argentina records 3 deaths

A third person has died this week in Argentina from an unexplained type of pneumonia that has affected nine people in total so far. All...

More than 1,000 doctors compelled to stay home after completing housemanship

More than 1,000 junior physicians have reportedly been compelled to stay home after completing their housemanship. This is according to reports confirmed by the Ghana...

Over 2,000 women die annually from breast cancer

More than 4,650 women are diagnosed with breast cancer annually in Ghana, according to the chairperson of the Ghana Non- Communicable Diseases Alliance (GhNCDA),...

When you’re nice to mentally-ill people, they will be nice to you – Psychiatrist

The Resident Psychiatrist at the Accra Psychiatric Hospital has indicated that mentally challenged people on the streets will act nice towards people who reciprocate...

There’s no evidence Ato Forson authorised payment of ambulances – Health Minister

The Minister for Health, Kwaku Agyeman-Manu, has told the High Court in Accra that he has not seen any document that Dr Cassiel Ato...

Ghana’s Cardinal to undergo heart surgery

Ghana’s Cardinal Richard Kuuia Baawobr is expected to undergo heart surgery in Rome by the end of this week, according to the spokesman for the Ghana Catholic...

KIA revises COVID-19 guidelines for passengers

There has been a revision of the COVID-19 guidelines for passengers entering Ghana through the Kotoka International Airport (KIA).The revision of the guidelines by...

Eastern Regional Hospital laboratory receives accreditation in medical testing

The Quality And Accreditation Institute has assessed and issued a Certificate of Accreditation to the Eastern Regional Hospital Laboratory.  This international accreditation (ISO 15189:2012) was issued after...

Are you bathing properly? Here’s why you might not be

We know you are an adult who has been bathing for years but have you actually been bathing well? You might think you have been...

Polio vaccination begins in Northern Region

The Northern Regional Health Directorate has launched a polio vaccination campaign after detecting cases at Kobilimagu in the Tamale Metro and Nyanshegu in the...

35% adult population in Ghana hypertensive

Data available to the Ministry of Health indicates that approximately 35 per cent of the adult population of the country are hypertensive, the disease...

Abandoned La General Hospital site turned into okro farm [Video]

https://youtu.be/cHPIF40hT50 The site designated for the construction of the La General Hospital has reportedly been turned into an okro farm. This came to light...

8 regions in Ghana are without senior medical specialists – Medical and Dental Council

A distress message has been sent by the Medical and Dental Council to the government about the risks of inadequate Senior Specialists in many...

Over 100,000 people living with HIV unaware of their status

Ghana recorded a reduction in new infections and related death cases of AIDS by 26 per cent and 38 per cent respectively between 2017...

Health Minister ‘hot’ over stalled La General Hospital project

Pressure is mounting on Health Minister, Kwaku Agyeman Manu, over the lack of work at the site of the demolished La General Hospital. The health...

Woman gives birth after acquiring insemination kit and sperm online

A 24-year-old Bailey Ennis birthed a bouncing baby boy in September 2021 with the help of a sperm donor. But what’s shocking about it is...

WHO hands over Covid-19 facility to Ministry of Health [Photos]

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has handed over the United Nations COVID-19 Field Hospital in Ghana to the Ministry of Health (MoH). The construction...

HIV is a spiritual disease; sex with women who wear waist beads can prevent it – Kumasi resident

https://youtu.be/CBz8tyShvvI Earlier this week, it came to bare that a total of 23,495 people in Ghana tested positive for HIV in the first half of...

NHIS now covers childhood cancers, sickle cell drug – Bawumia

Treatment for childhood cancers and the cost of Hydroxyurea, a drug used for the treatment of sickle cell anaemia, are now covered by the...

Asesewa hospital staff demand removal of administrator

Staff of the Asesewa Government Hospital want their administrator removed over alleged corruption and incompetence. In a petition to the management, the medics and paramedics...

Don’t wrap kenkey in plastic, chemical can cause severe health problems – Ghanaians warned

The Minister of Environment, Science, Technology, and Innovation, Dr Kwaku Afriyie, has warned caterers to stop the usage of polythene in wrapping corn dough...

No HIV in COVID vaccines; Ghana’s spiking HIV rate nothing to do with pandemic jab – Noguchi fellow

A senior research fellow at the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR), Dr Isaac Darko Okyere, has refuted claims that HIV proteins were...

Man diagnosed with monkeypox, HIV, and Covid-19

A man, who tested positive for COVID-19, broke out in a rash later that day. Tests revealed he also had monkeypox and HIV, according...

7 weird things that happen during sex, and they’re normal

Sex is not perfect and you may face some awkward moments. We all have an amazing picture in our heads about how sex should be....

Ghana Card will soon be the required ID for accessing healthcare – NHIA CEO

The Ghana Card will soon be the required identification card for members of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) to access healthcare at any...

Ghana intensifies measures to eliminate leprosy

The National Leprosy Control Programme (NLCP) says it has intensified contact tracing for people exposed to leprosy to aid the fight against the disease...

E-Pharmacy: Hepa Plus develops app for local and foreign licensed companies

Ebenage Herbal Production and Consult, manufacturer of Hepa Plus mixture and other herbal medicines, in Kumasi, has developed an electronic application to house all...

Pay or Die update: NHIA introduces committee, The Pulpit, to fight illegal charges in hospitals

The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has outdoored two new steps to eliminate illegal co-payment system, otherwise known as extortion or illegal charges on...

How onions improve men’s sex drive and health

Testosterone is the main sex hormone in men, maintaining high testosterone improves sexual performance including having and maintaining an erection. Onions improve men's sexual health The...

23,495 test positive for HIV in 6 months

A total of 23,495 people tested positive for HIV in the first half of this year (January to June). The figure is two per...

UPNMG justifies why YEA can’t train SHS graduates for CHPS compounds

The Union of Professional Nurses and Midwives, Ghana (UPNMG), has kicked against plans by the Youth Employment Authority (YEA) to recruit 5,000 SHS graduates...