Health

Ms. Alberta Nana Akyaa Akosa, Executive Director of Agrihouse Foundation, has emphasised the need to adopt innovative approaches, practices, and technologies to secure the future of food.

She noted that such measures would help reduce post-harvest l…

The re-elected President of the Central Regional House of Chiefs, Odeefo Amoakwa Boadu VIII, has donated assorted medical equipment to the Our Lady of Grace Hospital in Breman Asikuma to support the hospital’s operations.

The equipment, estimated at…

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has launched malaria and measles-rubella vaccination campaigns in the Upper West Region.

The launch formed part of interventions by the service to reduce infections among children.

The malaria vaccination dubbed, ‘Mal…

The Northern Regional Health Directorate has launched a National Measles-Rubella Vaccination and Vitamin A supplementation campaign targeting 412,942 children aged nine months to 59 months in the region.

The vaccination campaign, which begins Octobe…

The Pharmaceutical Society of Ghana (PSGH), has called on the government to address its concerns to enable them deliver effective healthcare for Ghanaians.

A statement issued by PSGH and copied to the Ghana News Agency in Accra said the

The Vision for Alternative Development-Ghana (VALD-Ghana) has called on the government to take action to control alcohol consumption in the country to curb the pervasive health and societal harms.

It said while alcohol consumption was often embedded…

The Takoradi Branch of Prudential Bank in collaboration with the Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic cathedral, have organised a free breast screening for residents in Takoradi as part of this year’s Breast Cancer Awareness month celebration.

Breast

The Community-Based Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM) and the Community Infant and Young Child Feeding (C-IYCF) interventions have been lauded for helping to improve the nutritional status of children in the Northern Region.

The interventions …