Health
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Smoking shisha for one hour amounts to 100 to 200 sticks of cigarette – FDA
There is not proof that smoking of water-pipe tobacco (shisha), and electronic cigarettes, are safer compared to the regular cigarette sticks, explains Mrs. Delese Mimi Darko, the FDA boss. According…
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All laboratory physicians must be restored with immediate effect – GMA
The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) is demanding that all laboratory physicians who have been forced out of their places of work within various Hospital laboratories be restored with immediate effect…
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Ministry of Health urges KATH lab scientists to call off strike
The Ministry of Health (MoH) has appealed to the striking laboratory scientists at the Konfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) to resume work as their issues are addressed. A statement signed by the Ch…
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New study shows any amount of alcohol causes brain damage
A new study has found that there is no such thing as a “safe” level of drinking. In the observational study carried out by researchers from the University of Oxford, scientists studied the relationsh…
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GHS debunks purported increase in deformed newborns at Aowin
It is false that there more and more babies are being born without vital body parts in the Aowin District of the Western North Region at the Sewum Health Centre, the Ghana Health Service has said. In…
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[Photos] Doctors successfully separate conjoined twins in South Africa
A set of conjoined twins have been successfully separated during a sensitive operation at the Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital (RCWMCR) in Cape Town, South Africa. The RCWMCR said on Tuesda…
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HIV/AIDs cases surging in Ada – Health Director
The number of HIV/AIDS cases being recorded in the Ada District is on the rise, with the district recording a prevalence rate of 1.9 per cent higher than the national prevalence rate of 1.7 per cent.…
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Three local companies tender proposals to produce vaccine – Health Minister
Three Ghanaian companies working to produce Covid-19 vaccines locally have presented proposals on their plans to government. Health Minister Kwaku Agyeman-Manu who revealed this to journalists in Acc…
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Sekondi-Takoradi records 26 new covid infections
Sekondi-Takoradi has recorded twenty-six new (26) positive cases of COVID-19. The latest figure was contained in the Ghana Health Service report which was released on May 2, 2021. As of Saturday, May…
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All arriving ship crews arriving to go through mandatory covid-19 testing – Minority
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Minority caucus in Parliament wants government to as a matter of urgency institute a COVID-19 testing policy for ship crews in order to ensure the general safet…