Health
High cost of dialysis: Let’s relax protocols for registering herbal medicines
The president of the Ghana Association of Medical Herbalist (GAMH), Dr Sandra Ashon, says Ghana needs to create a simple and a cost-effective protocol for the registration of locally produced...
Breast Cancer: 26 women diagnosed at Effia Nkwanta in one year
Twenty-six women have been diagnosed with breast cancer at the Effia Nkwanta Regional Hospital in the Western Region within 12 months.
Government committed to reducing maternal mortality – Health Minister
Mr Kwaku Agyeman Manu, Minister of Health, has expressed the the government’s commitment to continue to scale up proven interventions to ultimately reduce maternal mortality rate.
Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital launches 100th anniversary celebration
The Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH), Ghana's premier tertiary healthcare facility, Monday launched its 100th anniversary celebration.
Improve advocacy on rights of persons with mental illness – Stakeholders appeal
Some stakeholders in the mental health sector have called for enhanced advocacy and sensitisation on the rights of persons with mental illness to minimise the prevalence of suicidal cases recorded...
Exclusive Breastfeeding: Labour laws making policy unfavourable to nursing mothers, babies- TUC
Ms Bashiratu Kamal Muslim, Head of Gender, General Agricultural Workers Union (GAWU), says the promotion of exclusive breastfeeding policy for nursing mothers has been a challenging phenomenon due to unfavourable...
Breast Cancer Awareness: CCTH targets to screen 10,000 women
The Cape Coast Teaching Hospital (CCTH) has targeted to screen 10,000 women in the Central Region as part of its October breast cancer awareness month, dubbed: “PinkTober.”
Two years breastfeeding lessens the incidence of breast cancer – IMaH
Dr. Justice Baidoo, a Medical Officer at the International Maritime Hospital (IMaH) in Tema, has encouraged lactating mothers to elapse the two-year breastfeeding period as it reduces the risk of...
Nkwanta South MP supports completion of nurses’ accommodation at Dayi-Kope
Mr Geoffrey Kini, Member of Parliament (MP) of Nkwanta South Constituency has donated fifty bags of cement and six packets of roofing iron sheets towards completion of the nurses’ accommodation...
Sonotech Medical and Diagnostic Centre to offer free breast cancer screening in October
Private Medical Facility, Sonotech Medical and Diagnostic Center, has urged all women to get screened as the world marks Breast Cancer Awareness Month this October.
