Health

Mr Alexander Kwasi Acquah, a Deputy Health Minister-Designate, advocated the setting up of clinics at marketplaces as part of efforts to bring healthcare services to the doorstep of the people.

‘To have clinics in various markets because a lot of

Madam Mercy Borkaifio Bortey, a 71-year-old Principal Midwifery Officer at the Bengali Hospital in Tema, has advised midwives to see the profession as a calling and be dedicated to helping pregnant women to deliver safely.

Madam Bortey, also a scrub

Trends of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) in Accra is fast increasing with cardiovascular diseases being the leading cause of death among the middle aged in the City.

Dr Abena Okoh, Metropolitan Director of Health Service, said the high numbers of N…

Dr Benjamin Kofi Angenu, Medical Director of the Forever Champion Health Centre, has called on the public to refrain from self-medication and seek proper medical care at health facilities.

He noted that the situation where some people, due to poverty…

Kaysens Group in collaboration with Kwaaba Foundation has held its seventh edition of ‘March-March Blood Donation Awareness Walk’ with Green Giving to double the impact of saving lives.

The ‘Green Giving’ initiative saw donors receive a fruit seedlin…

The Glaucoma Group of the Ophthalmological Society of Ghana has urged the public to use only approved methods and medications for treating glaucoma.

It said most traditional medicines paraded as remedies for glaucoma only damaged the eye or worsened …

Dr Anthony Nsiah-Asare, the Presidential Advisor on Health, has assured the medical fraternity of the passage of the Organ and Tissue Donation Bill, which would help cure people suffering from cornea blindness.

‘The draft bill is currently with the M…

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has inaugurated a seven-member Interagency Coordinating Committee for Health Promotion (ICC-HP) for the North East Region, to advance the cause of health in Ghana.

The ICC-HP represents a collaborative effort among vari…