Meningitis Kills 140 In Nigeria
More than 1,000 people have been infected. At least 140 people have been killed by meningitis outbreak in six states ...
Tag: health
Cambodia Bans Human Breast Milk Exports To US
Cambodia officially banned selling and exporting locally-pumped human breast milk on Tuesday, after reports exposed how women were turning to ...
Johns Hopkins Has First Black Female Neurosurgeon Resident
In the 30 years that Johns Hopkins School of Medicine's neurosurgical department has accepted residents, there has never been a ...
US Researchers Develop Rapid Blood Test For TB
US researchers on Monday said they have developed a fast blood test for tuberculosis that could speed diagnosis and treatment ...
Samira Worried About Adolescent Pregnancy In Ghana
Mrs Samira Bawumia, wife of the Vice President, has expressed concern about the rate of pregnancy among adolescent girls in ...
CCFC-Ghana Launches the ‘Promise’ Project
The Christian Children’s Fund of Canada has launched its flagship project to promote safe delivery and reduce maternal and infant ...
UN, WHO Plan To Eradicate Polio In Africa
The campaign, one of the largest ever conduct in Africa, will run from march 25-28 The World Health Organization and ...
Shea Butter Produced In Upper West Not Contaminated
The Upper West regional office of the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has stated that Shea butter from the region ...
Modern Hospital For Infectious Disease To Be Sited In Nsawam
Government is working with the Global Fund to remodel a facility for a modern infectious disease hospital at Nsawam to ...
Work Progress Steadily On MTN Maternity Ward For Tema Hospital
Work on a 40-bed capacity maternity block which is being funded by MTN Foundation for the Tema General Hospital is ...
Consume More Fluids To Avoid CSM – UER Health Director
The Upper East Regional Director of Health services Dr. Kofi Issah has adviced the Ghanaians particularly those in the region ...
Water Everywhere But Little To Drink
Water, Water Everywhere Not Any Drop To Drink Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s The Rime Of The Ancient Mariner is as relevant ...
Health Service Providers Will Be Paid This Year – Minister
The Minister of Health (MOH), Mr Kwaku Agyemang Manu, has stated that health service providers under the National Health Insurance ...
Health Directorate Intensifies Tuberculosis Screening
The Upper West Regional Directorate of Health Services has intensified its screening efforts at identifying persons with Tuberculosis, taking on-board ...
Adolescents Urged To Avoid Casual Sex
Ms Rosina Adorbor, the Kpone Katamanso District Director of Education, has advised pupils to shun negative peer influences that would ...
NGO Fights Maternal and Infant Mortality In Northern and Volta Regions
A Non Governmental Organization, Savana Signatures (Save Sign) has widened its scope to fight maternal and infant mortality by supporting ...
Cerebrospinal Meningitis Kills Two Students In Bawku
Two students have been confirmed dead with eleven others on admission at the Bawku Presbyterian Hospital from cerebrospinal meningitis in ...
Ghanaians Urged To Practice Waste Segregation
Mr Raymond Ategbi Okrofi, the Country Manager of Safi Sana Ghana Ltd, has called on government to come up with ...
Understanding Suicide, Everyone Is At Risk
Adolescent suicide is real. Reported cases in the media in the first two months and three weeks of the year, ...
Cerebrospinal Meningitis Kills Two Senior High School Students
Eleven others who have also been infected with CSM are in hospital for treatment At least two Senior High School ...