Health

LGBTQ+ is an abomination – Former President Kufuor [Video]

Ex-President John Agyekum Kufuor says it is not apt to legalise same-sex (LGBTQ+) relationships in the country. According to him, he is very conservative on...

COVID-19: Ghana’s death toll hits 656

Ghana's COVID-19 death toll has hit 656 since the country recorded its first active Covid-19 case in March 2020. In its latest update, the Ghana...

Why I will give $1m to buy COVID-19 vaccines – Ken Agyapong

Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong, is against the government's decision to receive free COVID-19 vaccines from the World Health Organisation. In...

Denmark suspends AstraZeneca Covid shots for 2 weeks after blood clot reports

Denmark has put using AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine shots on hold for two weeks after reports of cases of blood clots forming, including one death...

Tamale Teaching Hospital staff threaten strike

Staff of the Tamale Teaching Hospital have threatened to embark on strike effective Friday, March 12, 2021. The action, according to them, is to draw...

Here are five things you did not know about waist beads

Most ladies, growing up, were made to wear beads around their waists, ignorant of its significance or the meaning behind it. Student and Fashion...

Don’t buy Covid-19 vaccines online – FDA cautions

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has urged Ghanaians not to purchase any Covid-19 vaccine advertised by unauthorised online platforms. In a press release, the...

SONA 2021: 100,000 healthcare professionals recruited in first term – Akufo-Addo

President Nana Akufo-Addo has announced the recruitment of more health workers in his second term as part of measures to improve healthcare delivery in...

Teenage pregnancy and unsafe abortion on the rise at Nsoatre – Medical Officer

Teenage pregnancy and unsafe abortion are on the increase at the Nsoatre Health Centre in the Sunyani West Municipality of the Bono Region, Dr...

Okoe Boye writes: We can end COVID-19 pandemic this year if we do these things

Today, the 9th of March,2021, is exactly one week since the Ghana government started vaccinating its citizens against the COVID-19 disease. As a physician...

Check out new prices of sachet and packaged water effective March 15

The National Association of Sachet And Packaged Water Producers (NASPAWAP) has clarified an announcement of a price review of sachet water which takes effect...

Getting vaccinated is wisdom, not lack of faith – Duncan-Williams

Presiding Archbishop and General Overseer of the Action Chapel International (ACI) ministry Nicholas Duncan-Williams has advised people to take the COVID-19 vaccine. The good old...

Gov’t to receive extra two million coronavirus vaccines by May

Ghana will receive an additional two million AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines from the COVAX Facility by the end of May, this year. That would boost the...

Absa Group Executive Director, Peter Matlare passes on

The Absa Group has announced the passing of its Executive Director and Deputy Group Chief Executive, Peter Matlare on Sunday. According to the Bank, he...

From analyzing in the lab to becoming CEO: The story of Delese Mimi Darko, CEO of FDA

Today is International Women’s Day, a day set aside to celebrate women all over the world. As part of Adomonline.com’s celebration of women, the...

Anal Itching: Causes and natural remedies for anus infection

This itching, which is usually accompanied by the desire to scratch, often suggests the possibility of inflammation in the anal area. Medically known as pruritus...

COVID-19: Greater Accra Region tops vaccination chart

A total of 104,174 persons in the Greater Accra Region have been vaccinated in the ongoing mass inoculation exercise, according to the Ghana Health...

COVID-19 kills fewer African women than men – WHO study

Women in Africa are less likely to die from Covid-19 than men, but more likely to succumb to maternal complications due to limited access...

COVID-19: Ghana records over 200 deaths in 30 days

COVID-19 related deaths seem to be rising in spite of decrease in active cases from the Disease Surveillance Department of the Ghana Health...

Two health workers die of Covid-19 in Upper East

Out of the total of 35 persons who have lost their lives through coronavirus related infections in the Upper East Region, two were health...

Asiedu Nketia’s posture while receiving Covid-19 vaccine [Photo]

General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress, Asiedu Nketia, on Friday, March 5, 2021, received his first covid-19 vaccine jab. A photo intercepted by...

Nurse screams hysterically while receiving the COVID-19 vaccine

A Ghanaian nurse has gone viral on social media after she was filmed screaming hysterically while receiving the COVID-19 vaccine.  The government begun mass vaccination against...

We are ready for medical waste after coronavirus vaccination – Zoompak assures

Head of Medical Waste Department at Zoompak Ghana Limited, a subsidiary company of Jospong Group of Companies (JGC), Engineer Senam Tengey, has indicated that...

Nigeria begins Covid-19 vaccination as health workers take their first shots [Photos]

The Federal government on Friday, March 5, 2021, launched the Covid-19 vaccination in Nigeria. The launch ceremony took place at the Trauma Center, National Hospital,...

Ghana receives 50,000 more COVID-19 vaccines

Ghana has taken delivery of 50,000 more COVID-19 vaccine doses from India. A ceremony was again held to welcome this batch of vaccines at the...

I almost died from Covid-19 – MP shares experience

Member of Parliament (MP) for Adaklu Constituency in the Volta Region, Kwame Agbodza, has disclosed that he almost died from contracting Covid-19. According to the...

Covid: Italy ‘blocks’ vaccine shipment to Australia

The Italian government has blocked the export of an Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine shipment to Australia. The decision affects 250,000 doses of the vaccine produced at an...

When Jean Mensa, other EC officials took their first Covid-19 vaccine jabs [Photos]

Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC), Jean Mensa, on Wednesday, March 3, led staff of the Commission to take the COVID-19 vaccine at the Adabraka...

Fighting Covid-19: Police break up ‘fake vaccine network’

Police in China and South Africa have seized thousands of doses of counterfeit Covid-19 vaccine and made dozens of arrests, Interpol says. In China, police...

Noguchi dismisses allegation on falsification of Covid-19 test results

A five-member committee, set up by the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR) in consultation with the University of Ghana, has dismissed claims...

Covid-19 kills 26 people in Bono Region within three months

The coronavirus disease has killed 26 people in the Bono Region from January to March this year.      One death was recorded in December...

Mark Okraku-Mantey shares this message after taking Covid-19 vaccine [Video]

President of the Creative Arts Council, Mark Okraku-Mantey, has taken his first jab of the Covid-19 vaccine. In an interview with Hitz FM, he revealed that he...

HIV findings in DR Congo ‘give hope for cure’

The discovery of a large group of people whose bodies naturally control HIV without taking medication is leading to hopes of an eventual cure,...

Allergies and taking coronavirus vaccine: Here’s what you need to know

Ghana’s programme manager for the Expanded Programme on Immunisation, Dr Kwame Amponsa-Akyianu, has said that allergy considerations are among the procedures involved in the...

5 important health benefits of coconut water

Coconut water has become a very trendy beverage in recent years. It’s tasty, refreshing, and has loads of benefits for your health. Coconut has a...

Checkout Covid-19 vaccination sites in Greater Accra

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has released the full list of vaccination centres for the Greater Accra Region. The release comes ahead of the vaccination...

Why Ghana is first country to receive COVID-19 vaccines

JoyNews/AdomNews · Why Ghana was first country in the world to receive COVID-19 vaccines Director, Public Health Division - Ghana Health Service, Dr Franklin Asiedu-Bekoe...

Covax to send 200m doses to 142 nations by May – WHO

The head of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has said more than 200 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine are expected to...

Here are the requirements for covid-19 vaccination [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · You must have these things to be able to get vaccinated Director, Public Health Division - Ghana Health Service, Dr Franklin Asiedu-Bekoe,...

Covid-19: Private Sector Fund to support govt procure vaccines

The Ghana Covid-19 Private Sector Fund (GCPS Fund) has announced its decision to commence a vaccine procurement project. The project which has been dubbed, the...