The General Health Service (GHS) recommends that parents regularly weigh their babies until they are five years old. This is to ensure that children are growing at a healthy rate and to catch any potential issues early on. Monitoring your weight can help prevent childhood obesity and other health problems. …
Read More »Send your grievances to Ashanti Regional Health Directorate – GHS Boss tells angry Kumasi South Hospital workers
The Director General of Ghana Health Service (GHS) Dr Patrick Kuma Aboagye has urged the Members of Health Workers Union at the Kumasi South Hospital to report any grievance they have on the posting of former Chief Executive Officer for Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Dr oheneba Owusu Danso to the …
Read More »Ashanti Region now epicenters of rabies- GHS
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has identified, the Ashanti Region as one of the epicenters of the rabies disease in Ghana. According to GHS the data available to them show that Ashanti Region recorded the most rabies cases followed by the Greater Accra Region. This was disclosed during sensitisation program …
Read More »Help us fight dangerous Anopheles Stephensi found in Ghana — GHS to public
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has called on the public to help prevent the breeding the newly discovered Anopheles Stephensi to avoid causing health problems in the country. GHS says one of the ways to stop the new strain of mosquitoes is to destroy the areas they are likely to …
Read More »GHS warns against new malaria parasite that kills, poses risk of severe illness
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has cautioned the public against new mosquito specie known to be deadlier and spreads malaria faster. The new strain was confirmed in March this year after samples were gathered from Tuba and Dansoman in the Greater Accra Region, Daily Graphic reports. ‘Anopheles Stephensi,’ which was first detected …
Read More »Sex for sanitary pads the cause of teenage pregnancy in Ahafo Ano – GHS
The Health Director at the Ahafo Ano South West District of the Ashanti Region, Dr. Rubben Bedzra, has disclosed that, some teenagers in the district got pregnant for chasing over a Gh¢20.00 money for sanitary pad. According to him, most of the teenagers who reported to health facilities in the …
Read More »Manhyia District Hospital nurses call off strike after MoH, GHS intervention
The Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA) has asked its members at the Manhyia District Hospital to resume full duties today, December 3, 2022; ending a strike that last one day. The strike was in relation to an incident where a nurse was abused by the father of a …
Read More »Mining pits possible breeding grounds for Marburg virus bats – GHS
Mining pits are possible breeding grounds for bats, the carriers of the Marburg virus, the Ghana Health Service has said. According to the GHS, research has shown that such pits harbour bats. The Director-General of the Ghana Health Service, Dr. Patrick Kuma-Aboagye, said: “We know that it comes from the …
Read More »GHS confirms 2 cases of Marburg virus disease identified in Ashanti Region
The Ghana Health Service has confirmed the presence of two cases of Marburg virus disease in Ghana. The cases were first identified in the Ashanti Region on July 7, 2022. A statement signed by the Director-General of the Ghana Health Service, Dr. Patrick Kuma-Aboagye said the cases were confirmed after …
Read More »Confirmed cases of Monkeypox increase to 18—GHS
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) says confirmed cases of Monkeypox has increased from five in the last update to 18 which represent 25.0 per cent. Dr Patrick Kuma-Aboagye, the Director General of the GHS, said the confirmed cases were among the 72 suspected cases of Monkeypox which was investigated as …
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