12-year old Kimbly suffered a kidney failure in June 2016, just two days after his sister, Vanessa, wrote her final exam paper to bow out of Junior High school. Her desire to continue her education currently hangs in the balance. Several weeks after being admitted at the Korle Bu Teaching hospital (KATH), Kimbly was eventually diagnosed … Read more
El Nino, the cyclical climatic phenomenon in the Pacific Ocean, is linked to shifts in cholera cases in Africa, providing an early warning that could save lives, scientists said Monday. During the years when El Nino is warming the eastern Pacific, East Africa has about 50,000 additional cholera cases a year, new research from the … Read more
The National Tuberculosis Control Programme (NTP) has appointed Nana Ehunabobrim Prah Agyensaim VI, King and President of Assin Owirenkyi Traditional Council as the new Ambassador of Tuberculosis (TB). Known in private life as Wellington Nathaniel Eshun Jonah, Nana Prah Agyensaim VI is also and a member of the National and Central Regional House of Chiefs … Read more
Former Chief Executive Officer of the Volta River Authority (VRA), Dr. Charles Wereko-Brobby, has stated that he has no problems with “sex-before-marriage.” In his view, the massive influx and the seeming acceptability of condoms is an indication that the world no longer frowns on sex-before-marriage. “The pastors are doing it so? If sex before marriage … Read more
The President of Breast Care International, BCI, and CEO of the Peace and Love Hospitals, Dr. (Mrs.) Beatrice Wiafe Addai, has renewed the commitment of the two institutions to a holistic health care delivery system for Ghanaians. She explained that though BCI is focused on breast cancer, “that does not negate the inclusion of other … Read more
Ghanaian showbiz personality and former broadcaster, Mabelle Prior has made a call to African governments to create more awareness on breast cancer and provide the needed support for treatment for women that are affected with the disease. Mabelle made this call when she supported ABC Foundation, an NGO based in Nigeria in an awareness creation … Read more
The Public Utility Workers Union (PUWU) of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) has called on the government to fulfil its promise to engage key stakeholders in a dialogue on the US Millennium Challenge Compact II (MCC II) agreement before its implementation. It reiterated the need for the government to review and renegotiate portions of the … Read more
Dr Franklin Asiedu Bekoe, the Head of Disease Surveillance at the Ghana Health Service (GHS), has cautioned media practitioners to desist from publishing unsubstantiated statistics on deaths resulting from Cerebrospinal Meningitis (CSM) this year. He said such reports could spark fear and anxiety among the public, and, therefore, pleaded with journalists to first cross-check their … Read more
Renowned Consultant, Breast surgeon and President of Breast Care International Dr. Beatrice Wiafe Addai is confident the country could attain a breast cancer free status with consistent support from corporate Ghana. “A zero breast cancer population is impossible but we can drive down the figures drastically if we keep lifting the awareness creation bar notches … Read more
The Greater Accra Region has recorded the highest number of maternal deaths in the country with the leading cause being bleeding and hypertension, the Ghana Health (GHS) has said. In 2016, the region recorded 197 maternal deaths and 100 of these maternal deaths were attributed to bleeding. A statement signed by Sarah Amissah-Bamfo, Deputy-Director, Clinical … Read more
The Ashanti Regional Director of Health Services, Dr. Alexis Nang-Beifubah, says it will take disease researchers at least a week to determine the particular type of meningitis that killed four students of the Kumasi Academy. Autopsy report by health authorities in Kumasi showed the four students died of meningitis contrary to speculation that it was … Read more
The Ghana Health Service has intensified processes to identify more cases of pneumococcal meningitis at Kumasi Academy and its environs after it discovered 26 cases of the disease at the school. Autopsy reports of four students who died last month at the school reveal they died from the disease. The deaths of the students caused … Read more
The outcome of the post-mortem examination carried out on students of Kumasi Academy Senior High School who lost their lives last week has been made public following the public interest the deaths generated, Dr Paul Sampene, senior pathologist at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), has said. According to him, it is unethical for pathologists … Read more
The Director General of the Ghana Health Service Dr. Nsiah Asare has warned Ghanaians to be cautious and vigilant because the country is in a meningitis season. So far, over 50 people have died over the last three months as a result of an outbreak of the disease in the country. The three regions in … Read more
Nigeria has started a mass vaccination programme in a bid to stop an outbreak of meningitis. More than 300 people have died of the disease since late last year. Medical officials are focusing efforts on Zamfara state, in the northwest, which is the centre of the outbreak. Nigeria’s Centre for Disease Control says 500,000 vaccinations … Read more
Some students of Kumasi Academy say they are taking the official cause of death of four of their mates with a pinch of salt. According to them, there is no truth in the autopsy report which cites meningitis as the cause of death. Speaking to Akoma FM’s Antwi Boasiako on Wednesday, a group of students, … Read more
Some students of the Kumasi Academy Senior High School (SHS) have rejected the post-mortem examination which concluded that four of their colleagues who have lost their lives within the last few days, died of meningitis. According to some of the students who spoke on condition of anonymity, the four deaths have a spiritual connection beyond … Read more
A community empowerment group, AID Ghana, has made donations of various items including stationery, learning and teaching materials and toiletries to the Autism Awareness Care and Training (AACT), to mark this year’s Autism Awareness Month of April. Speaking at a brief ceremony to present the items, President of the group, Richmond Adu-Worae, called for more … Read more
The Tamale Teaching Hospital has for three consecutive years, recorded an upsurge in maternal mortality; something authorities have blamed on overcrowded wards and late transfer of critical cases to the facility among others. Since its upgrade to a teaching hospital almost a decade ago, authorities have been putting measures in place to stem maternal mortality … Read more
It has been revealed that the four deaths, recently recorded at the Kumasi Academy Senior High School in Ashanti were due to meningitis. In all, a total of 26 cases of meningitis have since been reported at various hospitals from the school with four ending up dead. According to Graphic Online’s Kumasi reporter, Kwadwo Baffoe … Read more