Health

Twenty-three communities in the Nanton District of the Northern Region have attained Open Defecation Free (ODF) status as residents now own latrines and no longer defecate in the open.

They included Afayili, Chahiyili, Jagun-kukuo, Botingli, Nagdigu,…

Some 2541 women died of maternal complications between 2021 and 2023 with Obstetric Hemorrhage (OH) and Gestational hypertension being the leading causes.

Data from the Ghana Health Service (GHS) shows that in 2023, 860 women died from pregnancy rela…

Greenpeace Africa has launched Climate Justice Movement in Ghana with a call on the public to see climate injustice as another form of terrorism against nature.

Climate Justice Movement (CJM) seeks to unite civil society groups, community leaders and…

The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) has announced a roadmap for industrial action to back the demand for the termination of the sale of sixty per cent of the shares of Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SNIT) in four hotels.

Tobacco-related illnesses kill more than 6,700 Ghanaians every year, according to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Investment Case for Tobacco Control Report.

This account for three per cent of all deaths in the country.

Mr Ebenezer A…

Madam Delese Mimi Darko, the Chief Executive of the Food and Drugs Authority, says tobacco control is crucial for achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Target 3.4.

She said the control of the product would help reduce premature mortality fro…

AngloGold Ashanti Obuasi Mines’ health outreach programme has benefitted over 30,000 residents in the Adansi enclave since it was launched in 2021.

The company has since the launch of the programme, collaborated with other organizations such as the G…

Professor Robert Darko Osei, the Research Project Lead of the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER), University of Ghana, has urged stakeholders to support digital communication technologies to address malnutrition in rural ar…