Accra: The Janok Foundation, a health-focused NGO, in partnership with Fibroid Foundation Africa, marked the 2025 Menstrual Hygiene Day alongside students of Kaneshie Secondary Technical School in Accra. This initiative is part of an international eff…
Sekondi-Takoradi: Mr. Daniel Lamptey, the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Environmental Health Officer, has urged residents to cease the practice of perforating their septic pipes and directing effluence into drains and gutters. He emphasized that with …
Cape Coast: The Central Regional Coordinating Council (RCC), in collaboration with relevant stakeholders, is set to launch a major crackdown on unauthorized structures on state lands, particularly those belonging to health and educational institutions…
Accra: The Vision for Accelerated Sustainable Development – Ghana (VAST-Ghana), a public health-focused civil society group, has rejected the Tobacco Harm Reduction (THR) strategies promoted by the tobacco industry and its allied groups, describing th…
Tarkwa: Tarkwa May Legends, an association of individuals born in May and residing in Tarkwa and its environs, has donated medical equipment worth GHS45,000 to four Community Health Planning and Services (CHPS) Compounds to enhance healthcare services…
Tamale: A stakeholders’ engagement meeting has been held to strategise on effective measures to address the growing incidence of substance abuse in the northern part of the country. It was to foster stronger partnerships and develop sustainable commun…
Tizza: ActionAid Ghana, a non-governmental organisation, has marked the 2025 Menstrual Hygiene Day with a powerful appeal to stakeholders at all levels, urging them to implement strategic interventions to ensure that menstruation does not impede the h…
Accra: Ms Jennifer Nelson, a Preventive and Occupational Health Management Expert, has stressed the importance of preventing cervical cancer, which remains one of the few cancers that is preventable yet continues to claim the lives of thousands of wom…
Sunyani: A Public Health Nurse has urged families to provide their girls with menstrual hygiene products. Madam Lucy Sanyenu, a nurse at the Sunyani West Municipal Directorate of Health, also urged parents to draw closer to their girls, know their cha…
Obuasi: AngloGold Ashanti Obuasi Mine, in partnership with Underground Mining Alliance (UMA), AGA Malaria Control, Pamicor, and JACHRIS, has supported 5,000 public basic school girls in Obuasi with 15,000 disposable sanitary pads and 2,100 reusable pa…