HEALTH

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) through the Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) programme will from today begin the mass administration of anti-lymphatic filariasis (elephantiasis) and river blindness (onchocerciasis) drugs across 126 endemic districts in the country. In all, 15 districts have been targeted for elephantiasis, 120 districts for river blindness and …

The Kumasi Based first private radio station in Ghana, OTEC FM on Saturday July 27, 2019, drifted from their usual busy schedules to participate in the maiden edition of ‘’Exercise With Koda” Health Walk ashundreds joined yet another crowd puller to promote physical fitness. The event which saw hundreds of …

A marriage counsellor and relationship expert, Dr John Boakye, has cautioned married couples against enhancing their genitals for sexual pleasures, saying the fuss about genital enhancement is a “myth”. He said many people were obsessed with enhancing their body parts and spent huge sums of money in buying products for …

Financial challenges have compelled a young couple at Abuoso in Techiman in the Bono East Region, to abandon treatment of their baby with obstructive hydrocephalus at the hospital and resorted to herbal medicine. The 11-month-old baby was diagnosed with the condition at the Holy Family Hospital in Techiman, and was …

The Government of Cuba has accepted to train 40 brilliant but needy medical students a year from Zongo, inner city and other deprived communities in Ghana. This follows a proposal by Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, to the Government of Cuba to extend the special arrangement between the two countries …

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has identified the country as having prevalence of chronic hepatitis B and C virus infections, which are leading causes of death from infectious diseases globally. A statement released by the GHS in Accra yesterday, said about 421 people died out of 117, 095 viral hepatitis …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will later Wednesday, April 24, witness the first medical supply via drone at the New Tafo Government Hospital in the Eastern Region. This will follow the first official launch of a drug-carrying drone from a launch site at Omenako, near Suhum, in the Eastern Region. …

The Medical and Dental Council (MDC) of Ghana, on Friday, inducted 106 newly qualified doctors, who were trained both locally and abroad. They included professionals trained by the University of Ghana, and the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology Schools of Medicine and Dentistry, as well as those who …

Cases of rabies had increased to 78 in 2017 from 44 recorded the previous year, making it the second highest number since 2014 which had 82 cases. Similarly, 63,283 dogs were vaccinated against rabies out of an estimated 1,302,834 dogs recorded in the country at the end of 2017. Speaking …

Professional Counselor, Motivator, Speaker, Author and Entrepreneur, Counselor Frank Edem Adofoli has given the reason why most nurses in the country are unable to marry despite attaining the mandated age. In an article he posted on his Facebook page sighted by MyNewsGh.com, he observed most of them have issues with relationships. …