Health

The Vision for Alternative Development – Ghana (VALD-Ghana) has called on the Government to amend the Tobacco Control Law to disallow the sale of cigarettes in ‘kiddie packs’ smaller packs that contain 10 sticks.

It said if the small packs

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…

Miss Beata Awinpoka Akanyani, Chairperson, Coalition of NGOs in Water and Sanitation (CONIWAS), has reiterated the collective commitment of member NGOs to prioritise Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) related issues in the country.

She pledged the …

Mr. Anani Adator, the HIV/AIDS Coordinator for the Ada East District, has disclosed that most Ghanaian youth fear and prevent pregnancy more than HIV/AIDS.

Mr Adator, speaking with the Ghana News Agency in an interview, noted that contraceptives ofte…