Health
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Marburg outbreak in Ghana officially over – GHS
The Ghana Health Service says the recent outbreak of the Marburg virus is now over after 42 days without anybody testing positive. The virus was first confirmed in Ghana on 4th July 2022 with three c…
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GHS issues alert over rabies outbreak in Ashanti Region
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has announced a rising outbreak of rabies in the Ashanti Region. So far, four of such cases plus one probable case have been confirmed by health facilities in the Regio…
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Excessive sex can affect the eyes – Ophthalmologist
Medical Director and Ophthalmologist at the Dziram Eye Clinic, Dr. Charles Mensah Cofie, has revealed that excessive sex can affect the eyes. When asked whether sex affects the eyes, he explained, “Y…
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Ghana Records 613,633 Hypertension Cases In 2021
A total of 613,633 cases of hypertension were recorded in various health facilities across the country in 2021. Similarly, more than 200,000 cases of diabetes were recorded during the year under revi…
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UK long-term sickness rate rises to highest since 2005
The proportion of Britain’s workforce too sick to work has jumped to its highest since 2005, which economists say is likely due to a mix of long COVID and greater difficulty in accessing health care …
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Ghana Health Service to establish clinic for nurses
The Ghana Health Service says it has directed heads of health facilities in all regions to work towards the establishment of clinics designated for health workers. The Director General of the Service…
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Oxford malaria vaccine data bodes well for effort to combat deadly disease
Encouraging new data on a malaria vaccine from Oxford University bodes well for global effort to combat the mosquito-borne disease that kills a child every minute, its makers said on Wednesday. After…
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Hong Kong discovers first case of Monkeypox
Hong Kong has reported its first case of monkeypox, health authorities said on Tuesday, after symptoms were discovered in a 30-year old man who arrived from the Phillippines after travelling in the U…
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Ghana has over 100,000 unaware people living with HIV – Ghana AIDS Commission
Ghana recorded a reduction in new infections and related death cases of AIDS by 26 per cent and 38 per cent respectively between 2017 and 2021. This, according to the Director General of the Ghana AI…
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Extend Mental Health Services to ‘witch’ camp Inmates – NGO Urges
A women rights advocacy non-governmental organisation (NGO), Songtaba, has called on stakeholders in the health sector to take steps to extend access to mental health services to inmates of alleged w…