Professor Sam Newton, Dean of the School of Public Health of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, says statistics of the effect of tobacco and alcohol consumption are frightening and should not be ignored by government.
‘Every inte…
More than 150 basic school pupils in Ablekuma North Constituency in Accra have benefited from free Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) screening.
The free screening was organised by the Ghana Foundation for Sickle Gene Action in collaboration with the Ablekuma…
Two health facilities in the Northern and Savannah Regions have each taken delivery of a tricycle ambulance to serve as emergency rural health transport tools to ensure improved care for patients.
The two tricycle ambulances were locally fabricated a…
Madam Delese Mimi Darko, the Chief Executive of the Food and Drugs Authority, says tax policies on products like tobacco and alcohol, with negative public health consequences are beneficial.
‘The taxes advance health equity, prevent disease, save liv…
The Kasseh Health Centre in the Ada East District has been upgraded to a model health center to help improve health services in the area and beyond.
Mr. Edmund Ninson, the Physician Assistant in charge of the facility, disclosed this during the launc…
Mr. Rocky Tettedzie, a Physician Assistant at the Pleasant Medical Centre, Ashaiman Middle East, has advised the public to seek proper medical diagnosis before turning to spiritual remedies.
Mr. Tettedzie emphasised the importance of visiting medical…
Bad cocoa harvests in West Africa and higher costs of living and production, are exacerbating farmer vulnerabilities in the fight against child labour in the sector, a 2023 Report by the International Cocoa Initiative (ICI) has found.
The Report, whi…
The Tema Metropolitan Assembly (TMA), as of December 2023, has implemented 46 per cent of the overall activities in its 2022-2025 Medium-Term Development Plan (MTDP).
Mr. Yohane Amarh Ashitey, the Tema Metropolitan Chief Executive, disclosed this dur…
Residents of Menuso, a farming community in the Kadjebi District of the Oti Region, have appealed to mobile communications companies and the government to link them onto the mobile network connectivity highway.
They said the border community needs vi…
The Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration (FMNR) concept, spearheaded by World Vision Ghana, a Child Rights Organisation is gradually restoring degraded landscapes, fighting climate change and empowering communities in the Savannah Ecological Zone.
Cur…