Health
Mama Hodzige donates sanitary pads to 150 adolescent girls
Mama Hodzige II, Queenmother of Klikor-Agblorgame, has donated sanitary pads to 150 adolescent girls at Klikor Unity Basic School in the Ketu South Municipality of the Volta Region. She...
Knees and hips are the foundation of one’s mobility and wellbeing – Viradia
Knees and hips are the foundation of the mobility and wellbeing, unfortunately, many take them for granted until problems arise. “Knee and hip issues can lead to chronic pain,...
Hepatitis Alliance cautions media against misinformation
The Hepatitis Alliance of Ghana (HAG) has cautioned the media against misinforming the public on the mode of transmission of Hepatitis ‘B’. Professor Charles Ampong Adjei, the Executive Director, HAG,...
North-East Region: KOICA, UNICEF provide logistics to enhance health care delivery
The Korean International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), in partnership with the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), has provided some items and logistical support to ensure comprehensive community-based primary health care delivery...
World No Tobacco Day: Don’t equate tobacco use with masculinity, FDA warns
The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has cautioned the youth to disregard the widely held misconception linking smoking tobacco to masculinity. Madam Francisca Obeng, the Central Regional Head of the...
CRS staff construct toilet for Kanvili R/C School to mark Community Day
Staff of the Catholic Relief Services ( CRS), an international NGO, on Friday undertook their annual Community Day at Kanvili R/C School Complex in Tamale where they constructed a two-seater...
The empty emergency tray and the ‘dying’ man
On a visit to a health facility at Doryumu, a remote area in the Shai Osudoku District of the Greater Accra Region, Catherine Aku Klutse meets a man lying breathless...
Don’t treat pre-eclampsia with herbs, obstetrician advises pregnant women
Dr Frank Kwasi Nyabe, an Obstetrician and Gynaecologist at the Shai-Osudoku District Hospital, has cautioned pregnant women against treating pre-eclampsia with herbal medicine. Dr Nyabe described pre-eclampsia as a dangerous combination...
Boys urged to show compassion to girls during menstruation
Madam Abla Dzifa Gomashie, the Member of Parliament for Ketu South, has implored boys to demonstrate kindness and empathy towards girls during menstruation. She emphasised that menstruation, a natural physiological...
Western Regional Minister commissions 60-bed Polyclinic at New Takoradi
Mr Kwabena Okyere Darko-Mensah, the Western Regional Minister, has commissioned a new 60-bed capacity Polyclinic for the people of New Takoradi in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis of the Western Region. ...
