Have Sex In Your Safe Period Or Use Condoms – MP Advises Teenage Girls
Member of parliament for Effutu, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, is pushing teenage girls in the country who cannot control their sexual drive ...
Tag: Midwifery
Serena Williams Writes: What My Life-Threatening Experience Taught Me About Giving Birth
I almost died after giving birth to my daughter, Olympia. Yet I consider myself fortunate. While I had a pretty ...
FGM Is A Crime; Stop It
The Minister for Gender, Children & Social Protection, Otiko Afisah Djaba, has served notice to proponents of Female Genital Mutilation ...
3 Reasons Why You Should Shave Your Pregnant Wife
Regular shaving of the pubic hair is a vital part of prenatal care, but the growing baby bump makes it ...
Group Steps In To Help Reduce Neonatal Deaths
In a bid to stem the high rate of neonatal deaths in the country, a group has educated mothers on ...
Ghanaian-Led Team Wins UN Award To Fight FGM
A 30-year-old Ghanaian social advocate has received a UN award on steps to fight Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in the ...
Why First Lady Called For Extension To 5 Months
Ghana’s maternity leave -Nursing mothers need up to five months to recuperate as well as bond better with their infants, so ...
[Video] Perinatal Depression: The Silent Killer Among Women?
Heard of perinatal depression before? Well, it’s a very common disorder amongst women yet very little is known about it. ...
NDPC Advocates National Budget For Contraceptives In Ghana
The National Development Planning Commission is advocating a national budget allocation for contraceptives. Ghana’s population has increased by 9.1 million ...
Fast-Growing Pakistan Aims To Raise Contraception Use
Pakistan will raise the rate of contraception use to at least 50 percent within the next three years, the health ...
Conflict-Zone Contraception For the Boko Haram Homeless
Sixteen-year-old Aisha slips into the white family planning tent at the Bakassi camp for displaced people in Maiduguri, northeast Nigeria, ...
First Lady Calls For Support For Adolescent Reproductive Health
The First Lady, Mrs Rebecca Akufo-Addo has called for the need for a resolute and cooperative leadership comprising the family, ...
Teachers Lack Resources For Reproductive Health Education – Survey
A study conducted on Adolescent Reproductive Health (ARH) in Ghana has revealed that teachers lacked the requisite resources and time ...
Traditional Birth Spacing Method Gains Grounds
Traditional method of birth spacing through the use of the menstrual cycle is gaining grounds in rural areas in parts ...
Youth In Bukom Sensitised On Dangers of Unsafe Abortion
Over 100 youth living in Israel, a fishing community located within Bukom, a suburb of Accra, have been vigorously sensitized ...
US Balks At ‘abortion’ Mention In UN Call To Fight Abuse of Women
The UN Human Rights Council unanimously adopted a resolution Thursday condemning abuse and discrimination of women, but Washington refused to ...
Ghana’s Nurses and Midwives Deficit Hits 38,000
The Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association, has called on the government to prioritise employment of Graduate Nurses and Midwives ...
Ash Reg Health Directorate Scales Up Efforts In Preventing Adolescent Pregnancy
The Ashanti Regional Health Directorate has promised to concentrate on it’s efforts in keeping Adolescents safe and in good health ...
We Can’t Arrest Tepa Nursing & Midwifery Training College Principal Now
The Public Relations Officer of the Ministry of Health Robert Cudjoe has indicated that its highly impossible for his outfit ...
An Egg A Day Appears To Help Young Children Grow Taller
An egg a day might help undernourished young children grow to a healthy height, according to a six-month study in ...