Burning Issues: Pharmacist highlights teenagers’ misuse of contraceptives
Pharmacist Ebenezer Akowuah recently voiced deep concern over the escalating misuse of birth control pills among teenagers, emphasizing the need for immediate attention to...
Meet the world’s first surviving nonuplets
A world record has been set by a Malian couple, Kader Arby and wife Halima Cisse for giving birth to the world’s first surviving...
Adom TV’s sanitary pad documentary commended for empowering girls on menstrual hygiene
A documentary produced by Adom TV, aimed at educating girls about menstrual hygiene, has been widely praised throughout the country.The latest advocate of this...
Rotary club of Obuasi, 3 other NGOs launch sanitary pad bank
Numerous studies have brought to light the struggles faced by teenage girls in low socio-economic communities who cannot afford sanitary products and resort to...
Nurses migration: GRNMA calls on govt to immediately start recruitment of 2020 and 2021 trainees
The Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA) has called on the government to start recruiting nurses and midwives to fill vacant positions at...
About 2.4 million Ghanaians are living with diabetes
Physician Specialist at International Maritime Hospital (IMaH) in Tema, Dr Zuleila Fuseini, has stated that there are about 2.4 million Ghanaians, constituting 8.3 percent...
Sanitary pads should be tax-free; not menstrual luxury – Rosetta Ntriwaah Boakye
The Public Relations Officer of the National Association of Registered Midwives Ghana, Rosetta Ntriwaah Boakye, has called on the government to take off what...
KGL Foundation collaborates with Ho Teaching Hospital in blood donation drive
KGL Foundation, a subsidiary of the KGL Group Ghana and Ho Teaching Hospital have come together to organize a successful blood donation exercise.The...
COVID-19: Ghana records 1,462 deaths in three years
Ghana recorded a total of 1,462 deaths attributable to COVID-19 as of May 15, 2023, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has disclosed.The last death...
Pregnancy hypertensive disorder shatters hopes
Hypertensive disorder in pregnancy has ravaged homes and hopes, ruining lives as a silent killer that many victims are yet to identify.As one such...
Pru East ambulance packed at workshop
The Pru East constituency’s share of the ‘One Constituency, One Ambulance’ initiative is reportedly 'missing.'This came to light when the Assemblyman for the Yeji...
Period poverty: Impregnated and infected with HIV at age 12 for want of sanitary pad
These are no tell-tales. These are real stories of girls and women exposed to sexual abuse and exploitation due to what has become known...
Mental Health Authority committed to promoting care for individuals with schizophrenia
The Mental Health Authority is committed to promoting humane care for individuals with schizophrenia from the creation of policies through to their execution. It said by adopting...
Why scientists believe men who look at breasts live longer
Many women believe men looking at their breasts is intrusive, rude and uncomfortable, but for men, it helps them have a positive attitude, almost...
Health benefits of taking garlic regularly
Garlic, a herb known for its distinctive aroma and peppery taste, is packed with powerful organic compounds like antioxidants, vitamins B6 and C, as...
Foods wrapped in plastic rubbers linked to prostate, breast cancer, among others
I recently chanced on a video posted on Facebook by the renowned singer, Kofi Kinata lamenting how fante kenkey is now wrapped with plastic...
Be alert – Paediatric Society of Ghana cautions parents about rise in neonatal jaundice cases
The Paediatric Society of Ghana has advised parents to be on the lookout for neonatal jaundice in babies.Keeping newborn babies indoors for up to...
St. Anne’s Hospital at Damongo reconnected to national grid after babies died over outages
St. Anne’s Hospital at Damongo has successfully regained access to the national grid.This happened after the intervention of the constituency’s legislator and Minister for...
6,000 adolescents in Volta Region pregnant – Stakeholders urged to address trend
According to Ghana Statistical Service data from the 2021 Population and Housing Census, about 79,733 girls in Ghana aged 12 to 17 have been...
Ghana lifts COVID-19 restrictions, testing at all points of entry
Ghana has lifted all COVID-19 restrictions at entry points across the country, effective from today, Saturday, May 20, 2023. The announcement was made by the...
The doctor who contracted HIV through her boyfriend; a reason to avoid womanisers
Some people argue that marriage is a rewarding experience, while others believe that it’s a completely useless enterprise.In my young adult life, I have...
Hair stylist highlights significance of washing hair with warm water
Josephine Jackson, a cosmetologist and hair stylist, has disclosed why it is important for the hair to be washed with warm water always.According to...
Female alcoholics consuming ‘akpeteshie’ above recommended limits in Volta Region – Study
A combined study by the University of Allied Health Sciences and the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has found 66.67 %...
Medical negligence: Man loses wife, baby at Amasaman hospital
The dream of a man to welcome a healthy baby and a strong wife was cut short when he lost both of them at...
Adom FM/TV donates over GHC 90, 000 to kidney patient
The Akan brands of Multimedia Group Limited, has generously donated a cash amount totaling GHC98,504.54 to Priscilla Parry in support of her kidney transplant...
Menopausal symptoms: Can diet help?
Menopause is a natural event experienced by women in middle age. It is a phenomenon characterised by the permanent cessation of menstruation for 12...
GRNMA demands full payment of medical bills by govt
The Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association is prevailing on the government to absorb payment of medical bills of the health workers.Ashanti regional chairman...
Babies in galamsey areas are being born with one eye, without genitalia – Pathologist
Children born in areas prone to illegal mining suffer cognitive impairment and other deformities due to the high use of heavy metals used in...
Expedite action on local vaccine production – Akufo-Addo to National Vaccine Institute
President Nana Akufo-Addo has charged the National Vaccine Institute (NVI) to work to bring to fruition the vision of developing and manufacturing vaccines locally. He...
Baking a healthier future: “Soy Flour for bread and more” campaign returns to Ghana
The American Soybean Association's World Initiative for Soy in Human Health (ASA/WISHH) is set to continue the ‘Soy Flour for Bread & More’ campaign...
No fake P-500 paracetamol in Ghana – FDA
The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has dismissed claims circulating on social media that a paracetamol tablet known as “P-500” is on the Ghanaian...
Stroke cases rising among young people
Ghana is recording more cases of stroke among young people of 40 years and below, the acting Programme Manager of the Non-Communicable Diseases of...
She carried a dead baby in her womb for weeks, but that is not the problem
At my wife’s village, I met with her elder brother and two of her aunties. I presented my grievances before them, “After fourteen years...
Covid global health emergency is over – WHO
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared that Covid-19 no longer represents a “global health emergency”.The statement represents a major step towards ending the...
Sex at early stage puts one at risk of throat cancer – Neck Surgeon
Otolaryngologist and neck surgeon at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Dr Kenneth Baidoo says some major factors contribute to the increasing rate of throat cancer.He...
Use research data to formulate policies to fastrack attainment of universal health coverage – Pharmaccess Foundation
The Minister of Health Kweku Agyeman Manu has said the quest to achieve universal health coverage can only be driven by research into health...
25% of pastors are experiencing mental illness – Mental health clinician
Twenty-five per cent of pastors are experiencing mental illness, according to a mental health clinician.Dr Kwame Frimpong says this is due to the burden...
Public confidence in 37 Military Hospital dwindling – GAF High Command
The high command of the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) has expressed concern about dwindling public confidence in the quality of healthcare delivery at the...
COVID-19 still here, observe protocol — Dr James Duah
The Deputy Executive Director of the Christian Health Association of Ghana (CHAG), Dr James Duah, has implored the health system not to lose sight...
NHIS: Health Minister sends SOS message to service providers
Minister for Health, Kwaku Agyeman-Manu, has warned health service providers to refrain from charging patients for services already covered by the National Health Insurance...