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Ghana Health Service resumes Covid-19 vaccination exercise ahead of Christmas

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has begun another phase of the covid-19 vaccination exercise which is the fifth ahead of Christmas and New Year...

How to communicate bad body odour to your partner

In relationships, how to inform one’s partner about the need to do something to address bad body odour is mostly difficult.Usually, the difficulty lies...

How long does it take to fall in love?

POV: you just got home from an incredible Hinge date. You’re straight up weak in the knees and smiling non-stop as you close your front door...

I paid attention to your disrespect and I turned it into peace

I feel like as I get older, my circle gets smaller and smaller. I’ve learned to be more selective with who I willingly choose to...

I agreed to an arranged marriage with a stranger and it turned my life upside down

I stood in the packed, sweltering ballroom of the East Garden mansion, digging my toes into thick peach carpet, trying to steady myself and...

‘You have to be a fisherman’s girlfriend to be able to purchase his catch’

“Before a girl will be able to buy fish from a canoe unless she exchanges meat with fish."Unless you are the girlfriend, you...

‘I’ve been spat at in the face for the colour of my skin’

Basketball scout Sarah Chan’s career has taken her all over the world, from Sudan to Kenya, Europe and the US – but she’s had...

Maiden Universal Health Coverage Day seminar to be held on December 12

The maiden Universal Health Coverage Day seminar in Ghana is scheduled to be held on Monday, December 12, 2022.The one-day event which will be...

Why asaana drinkers may live long, with good mental health and eyesight

Asaana is a non-alcoholic, caramelized corn drink made from fermented corn and sugar. It is referred to as elewonyo in other parts of Ghana...

Academic City engineering students invent ventilators to support health care

Nicholas Adjabn, head of Biomedical Engineering unit, has commended engineers for venturing into innovation field to explore opportunities to design and develop technologies to...

How patients at Ankaful Psychiatric Hospital were pampered ahead of Christmas

Foundation for Mentally Challenged Ghana - A non profit making organisation has served patients of Ankaful Psychiatric Hospital with acts of kindness.The assorted items...

Faking orgasm: Here’s why it may be bad for a relationship

Faking an orgasm to give your partner extra pleasure may not be the worst thing, but if the sex isn't doing it for you,...

Nurses and Midwives upset over govt’s Debt Exchange Programme

The Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA) has expressed displeasure over the government’s debt exchange programme.The Association has described the programme as unfair...

Sunyani Regional Hospital to be upgraded into teaching hospital by April 2023

The Sunyani Regional Hospital will be upgraded to a teaching hospital by the end of the first quarter of 2023, the Health Minister has...

I lost vision in one eye due to medical negligence – Victim recounts

Normally, patients resort to hospitals with the trust and assurance that their health needs will be attended to, but it gets disappointing when the...

Bawumia launches MyNHIS app

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia on Monday launched a new comprehensive online self-enrollment portal, "MyNHIS app".The launch of the app held in Tamale is...

Dr Okoe-Boye installed chief

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), Dr Bernard Okoe-Boy, has been installed as a Health Development Chief in...

Health Service Workers Union sends strong message to govt over ‘haircut’ on pension funds

The Health Services Workers Union (HSWU) has warned government they will resist any attempt to touch their pensions as part of the debt restructuring...

Adom News gets results: 1997 Wesley Girls Group donates GHS 70,000 worth of equipment to Kakumdo CHPS compound

The Kakumdo Assemblyman has lauded Adom News for a publication which has brought some interventions to the district.After a reportage that threw light on...

Dr Frank Owusu-Sekyere: Addressing the elephant in the room

Somewhere in 1998, it was not easy getting an appointment to renew or acquire a visa to the United Kingdom.As a medical student,...

How relatives locked sickle cell patient in a room to die [Video]

https://youtu.be/3D7z119EMJM?t=144Doris Benjamin, a sickle cell patient and advocate, has recounted how her pain and that of her three other siblings weren't taken serious by...

Decades of battling sickle cell disease; The story of Doris Benjamin and siblings

https://youtu.be/3D7z119EMJMAs someone who has lived with sickle cell for the past three decades, she still lives each day in fear not knowing what to...

Manhyia District Hospital nurses call off strike

The leadership of the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association has called off the strike by nurses at the Manhyia District Hospital as well...

One of conjoined twins separated at Ridge Hospital dies

One of the conjoined twins whose surgery was done at the Greater Accra regional hospital at Ridge has died, Starr FM has reported. ...

Akufo-Addo calls for end to HIV stigma

President Nana Akufo-Addo has called on all Ghanaians to denounce HIV-related stigma and discrimination to pave the way for its eradication. The President, in a...

Woman goes blind after using skin lightening cream

A woman in Minnesota lost part of her vision and inadvertently put her entire household at risk of mercury poisoning, most likely from using...

For men: 4 simple tips to get your woman to experience orgasm

Achieving orgasm can be elusive for a lot of women. But it can be as simple as time, tenderness, and knowing how to stimulate...

‘Anger sex’ can save lots of relationships – Stephanie Benson

Ghanaian UK-based singer Stephanie Benson has shared an interesting way for lovers to deal with their partners after an upsetting moment.The self-made lifestyle coach,...

Is it unrealistic to expect that my spouse’s life revolves around me?

The following is an intriguing letter written by a discerning listener of Joy FM’s Home Affairs seeking solutions to what she thinks is her peculiar problem.As...

Elderly persons need sex too — Gynecologist

Professor Richard Adanu, Rector, Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons (GCPS), says “elderly people need sex” and asked health facilities to provide services that...

Initiate rapid action to boost local production of medical equipment – Govt told

The Federation of Africa Medical Equipment, Disposables and Devices, Manufacturers and Suppliers (FOAMEDDMS) has appealed to government, as a matter of urgency, to...

Ghanaian plastic surgeon awarded US President’s Volunteer Service Award

A Harvard-trained Ghanaian-American plastic surgeon in Beverly Hills, Dr Michael K. Obeng, has been awarded the United States President’s Volunteer Service Award by the...

How to let go of a married man, even if you still love him

Are you wondering how to let go of a married man — someone you’re madly in love with but who’s hurting you, over and...

Monkeypox name changed after racism complaints

The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced a new preferred name for the monkeypox virus, saying it would refer to it as mpox.The WHO...

5 reasons why your married man won’t let you move on

“This married man won’t leave me alone!” So, you dated a married man but now you’re overwhelmed because he won’t let you break up with him. ...

Incest, a scar on a mother’s conscience

Incest is one of the cruelest forms of sexual abuse meted out to young girls by their fathers either biological or adopted.Yet due to...

Women get dry during sex when stressed, angry or upset – Actress

Fashion designer and actress, Amma Serwaa, has disclosed that so many things can cause dryness in women during sex.According to her, women sometimes get...

For women: 5 things to be mindful of after sex

The aftermath of sex is as important as the time the action was ongoing.Just as you know how to get under the sheets, the...

People living with HIV and unvaccinated for Hepatitis B at higher risk of new infections

Researchers have identified that people living with HIV who are unvaccinated for hepatitis B are at higher risk for new hepatitis B infections.This is...

Some residents of Oti Region happy about Zipline services

Health workers and residents of the Oti Region are impressed with the services of Zipline drones medical services in the various communities of the...