Health

Statistically, one child out of 100 births has a heart or chest condition.

Smoking, excessive drinking, long exposure to X-rays, and poor eating habits by pregnant women are some of the causes of heart and chest conditions in children.

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Presidential Advisor on Health, Dr. Anthony Nsiah Asare, has highlighted the potential benefits of local vaccine production in Ghana.

According to him, with approximately 99 per cent of vaccines used in Africa imported, the growing presence of local…

A team of 11 Chinese Medical Doctors from LEKMA Hospital, who form the 12th Batch of Chinese Doctors dispatched to Ghana every year, have successfully held a three-day free medical clinic for the people of Akuse near Akosombo in the

Bossman Obuor, the national under-17 prodigy from Kenpong Football Academy has successfully undergone surgery of the foot at the Medicare Orthopedic Hospital in Dubai. The surgical procedure which ran into thousands of United States dollars was perfor…

The National TB Programme (NTP) will from October begin the implementation of a new Multi-Drug Resistance (MDR) treatment regimen for TB care in Ghana.
The new World Health Organisation (WHO) Drug Resistant (DR-TB) treatment regimen, Bedaquilin, Prot…

Mr. Pious Tay, the Tema Metropolitan Health Coordinator, has advised women to take their mental health issues very seriously as more women are at risk of suffering from depression than men.
Mr. Tay said even though depression could

The President of the Pharmaceutical Society of Ghana (PSGH), Dr. Samuel Kow Donkoh, has appealed to the Government to address pharmacists’ employment issues in the government health sector.
He said: ‘There has been a noticeable decline in employment

The refurbished Reintegration Coordination Secretariat (RCS) has been opened to serve as a national information hub on reintegration in the country.
It also aimed to facilitate the coordination of activities of Reintegration Service Providers in Ghan…