Health

The number of suspected cases of Cholera recorded in the Agona West Municipality of the Central Region has risen to 214.Officials from the Ghana...

The Ashanti Region Health Directorate has urged dog owners to prioritize vaccinating their pets as a preventive measure to avoid the high costs of...

Ashida Abass Nyasu, a 29-year-old nurse at Tumu Municipal Hospital in the Sissala East Municipality of the Upper West Region, is battling for her...

Families of two children diagnosed with cancer have struggled to raise funds for their treatment.Two-year-old Halila was diagnosed with retinoblastoma, commonly called eye cancer,...

Ghanaians have been urged to reduce meat consumption to at least once a week for their well-being and to prevent Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs).The Executive...

The Ghana Health Service in the Agona West District of the Central Region is grappling with 214 suspected cases of cholera, with 11 cases...

Maintaining a healthy weight is a vital element of self-care and plays a key role in promoting physical health and overall quality of life.Interestingly,...

Scottish researchers are working on a new AI tool that could be used by high-street opticians to spot the early signs of dementia. Photographs taken...

The Oti Regional Health Director, Dr. Osei Kuffour Afreh, has expressed grave concern over the safety of health workers in Nkwanta South, as escalating...

Emmanuel Agyapong, the father of 20-year-old Bridget Agyapong, has urgently appealed to Ghanaians for financial support to fund her surgery, which is critical to...

Tanzania's president has announced an outbreak of Marburg virus, an Ebola-like virus, just a week after her health minister denied that there were any...

President John Dramani Mahama has pledged his government’s commitment to ensuring the timely completion and operationalization of the Sewua Hospital in the Ashanti Region.Speaking...

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has confirmed the rising respiratory infections, particularly those caused by the Human Metapneumovirus (hMPV).In a statement, GHS noted the...

CEO of Endpoint Homeopathic Hospital, Dr. Adu Boateng, has emphasized the importance of maintaining good health as the foundation for achieving success and wealth.Speaking...

A study conducted by Rivia, a network of tech-driven primary care clinics, from data collected in 2024, has indicated that Ghana is experiencing a...

A new study by Rivia Network on Ghana’s socio-medical landscape has identified the top five health conditions contributing to worker absenteeism in the country.According...

Sierra Leone has declared a public health emergency after two cases of mpox were reported.The West African country’s health minister announced the move on Monday...

About a million Americans a year are expected to develop dementia by 2060, roughly double today’s toll, researchers reported Monday.That estimate is based on...

The towels we dry ourselves with get a lot of use and pick up a lot of microbes along the way. But how long...

Oral sex has now been identified as the leading cause of throat cancer, overtaking smoking, alcohol consumption, and poor diet, according to medical experts.The...

Zoomlion Ghana Limited has earned praise for its exceptional efforts in beautifying Black Star Square and parts of Accra for the inauguration of President...

President John Dramani Mahama has reiterated his dedication to enhancing Ghana’s public health systems to better equip the nation against future health crises, particularly...

A woman who had eight organs removed after being diagnosed with a rare cancer has returned to work. Faye Louise, from Horsham, West Sussex, began...

The cholera outbreak in some parts of Ghana has claimed 37 lives as of December 26, 2024, with confirmed cases rising from 346 to...

From red wine headaches to mixing drinks, here's what to know about hangovers ahead of New Year's Day.Bouts of amnesia, throbbing headaches, extreme lethargy...

The Ashanti region has for the first time recorded five confirmed cholera cases in three districts.The Sekyere South district has the highest number of...

A former Upper East Regional Director of Health Services, Dr Williams Koku Awoonor, has called on government to establish a more conducive environment for...

You can't deny that you have passed urine while taking your bath before. Or can you?Urinating in the shower is a common habit for many...

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has confirmed 35 deaths from the cholera outbreak and 4,155 suspected across five regions nationwide.The Western Region according to GHS...

Nigeria has launched an emergency response centre after recording 190 deaths from Lassa fever, a viral haemorrhagic illness, the country's disease control agency said...

Commander Dr. Diane Afeng-Nkansah, a Senior Family Physician Specialist and Diabetologist at the 37 Military Hospital, has shared useful tips for diabetic patients.She urged...

Juaboso Member of Parliament (MP) Kwabena Mintah Akandoh has accused President Nana Akufo-Addo of commissioning empty buildings under the Agenda 111 project.According to him,...

The Ranking Member on Parliament’s Health Committee, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, has criticized the government for its inadequate response to the ongoing cholera outbreak, which...

Claim: A Facebook user claims cloves water can be used to get rid of yeast infection and tighten the vagina.Verdict: False. There is no substantial scientific...

Democracy and Development Fellow (Health) at Ghana Center For Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana)Kwame Sarpong Asiedu, has raised serious concerns about the potential impact of Agenda...

At least two children have died from malnutrition in the Bawku Municipal area this year, with 65 cases reported, according to health officials.The ongoing...

The Western Regional Directorate of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), has so far administered about 290,000 doses of cholera vaccines out of a targeted...

The Western Region has so far recorded 15 deaths from the cholera outbreak with Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis and Effia-Kwesimintsim Municipality as the epicentres.The Deputy Regional...

The Western Regional Co-ordinating Council (WRCC) has directed Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) to institute stringent measures to curb the surge in cholera...

A cholera outbreak in the Western Region has claimed ten lives, with numerous others hospitalized in various healthcare facilities.As of December 7, 789 suspected...