Health
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Alexander Afenyo-Markin aids cholera fight with GHC100,000
Member of Parliament for Effutu, Alexander Afenyo-Markin has supported the Winneba Municipal Health Directorate with an amount of one hundred thousand cedis [GHC100,000] to aid in the fight against c…
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Uganda fights new Ebola epidemic– and a vaccine hesitancy crisis
A month after an Ebola outbreak struck Uganda in September 2022, Edward Kayiwa began feeling unwell: headaches, fever and muscle pain. He knew something was wrong, and that he had two options – go to…
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Korle Bu Teaching Hospital commences key overhaul of deteriorating morgue
The management of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, the largest referral medical facility in Ghana, has confirmed that its recent directive to temporarily suspend the acceptance of dead bodies and Brou…
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Ashanti region records over 16,000 cancer cases in 2024 amid surge
Health officials in the Ashanti Region have expressed concern over a sharp rise in cancer cases, with over 16,000 reported in 2024, compared to 11,000 in 2023. Breast, cervical, and prostate cancers …
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Govt will facilitate migration of health professionals to create jobs opportunity – Akandoh
Health Minister-designate Kwabena Mintah Akandoh has proposed addressing unemployment among health professionals by facilitating their migration to countries in need of skilled medical personnel. Dur…
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Doctors successfully perform first-ever kidney transplant in Ashanti Region
In a historic medical breakthrough, kidney specialists and surgeons in the Ashanti Region have successfully conducted the first-ever kidney transplant, bringing new hope to patients suffering from ki…
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China says ‘extremely unlikely’ Covid -19 pandemic came from lab leak
China said Monday it was “extremely unlikely” Covid-19 came from a laboratory, after the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) said it believed the virus had more likely come from a lab rather than na…
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Study discloses rising HIV prevalence in FSWs, TGs, MSM
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) has spread fast among specific populations including female sex workers (FSWs), men who have sex with men (MSM) and transgenders (TGs) due to unprotected sex and li…
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Agona West: Ghana Health Service records 11 cholera cases
The Ghana Health Service in the Agona West District of the Central Region is dealing with some 214 suspected cases of cholera in the Municipality. Officials from the Ghana Health Service say a total …
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National Health Insurance Authority applauds Mahama’s decision to uncap its budget
The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has expressed its profound gratitude to President John Dramani Mahama for fulfilling his promise to uncap the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) bu…