HEALTH

Half of females in Ghana, aged between 20 and 49, are either obese or overweight, the 2022 Ghana Demographic and Health Survey (GDHS) report has revealed. Specifically, 22 per cent of the group, representing more than a fifth of them, are obese, while 28.2 per cent of them are overweight. …

Ten individuals have sustained injuries after locals clash with the police in the Mamprugu Moaduri district of the North East Region. According to eyewitnesses, the incident, which occurred on Tuesday (26 December) was as a result of a stolen motorbike by a young man, the police were preventing from being lynched. The …

President Akufo-Addo has directed the Minister for Health, Kwaku Agyeman Manu, to as a matter of priority, liaise with stakeholders in the healthcare sector to find a lasting solution to the funding challenges associated with the training of post-graduate doctors in the country. He gave this directive in his address …

President Akufo-Addo has disclosed that he envisions making the country the centre of excellence for medical care in West Africa by 2030. He, however, said the vision is beyond the construction of more hospitals under the government’s Agenda 111 Project. “My vision is to help make Ghana the centre of …

Member of Parliament for Effutu Constituency, Hon. Alexander Afenyo Markin, popularly known as “the Effutu Shepherd” has announced another initiative for the good people living with some medical condition such as Fibroid and Hernia for free Surgical operation in the Effutu Constituency. The Deputy Majority Leader officially asked Dr Bota …

Management of Dormaa Presbyterian Nursing and Midwifery College in Bono Region have repeated seventy -one (71) first-year students due to their academic performance falling below a GPA of 1.0. The Principal of Dormaa Presbyterian Nursing and Midwifery Training College, Dr. Agyeman-Prempeh Charles, emphasized that this decision is aimed at providing …

Management of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital has finally heed to the cry of the public to reopened the Renal Dialysis Unit to out-patients following the Health minister’s directive. The Unit was closed down in May for partial rehabilitation only to be reopened to patients at a very exorbitant price. …

Professor Edwine Barasa, Deputy Executive Director, KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Program has mentioned Rwanda, Ghana, Gabon and Burundi as the only four African countries with over 20 per cent coverage levels with any type of health insurance even though the overall health insurance coverage in Africa is low. “Only four countries …

Dr. Addae Yeboah Joseph, nutrition officer of Sampa Government Hospital in the Jaman North district has advised Women to desist from the application of breast-enhancing creams and the intake of drugs for breast enlargement to prevent breast cancer. He made this known during the official Launching of the Women’s Fellowship …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has reiterated the commitment of his government to completing the “Agenda 111” Hospital Project, whose sod he cut in August 2021. According to President Akufo-Addo, thus far, eighty-six (86) district hospitals, two (2) regional psychiatric hospitals and the western regional hospital are ongoing, which are …