A voluntary blood donor going through the process to make her donation. A clarion call has been made for the fee charged for processing blood to be covered by the
Free SHS Boosts Voluntary Blood Donation
Kwame Assenso Mensah THE number of voluntary blood donation has increased since the introduction of Free Senior High School (SHS) programme. Head of Blood Recruitment Unit of Komfo Anokye Teaching
ECHO Trial: No Relationship Between Hormonal Contraceptive And HIV Risk
A pivotal clinical trial to address a long-standing question about the relationship between hormonal contraceptive use and the risk of HIV acquisition has found no substantial difference. The Evidence for
ECHO Trial: HIV Incidence High Among Study Participants
The Evidence for Contraceptive Options and HIV Outcomes (ECHO) trail to find the relationship between hormonal contraceptive use and the risk of HIV acquisition has revealed high incidence of HIV
More Support for Gender, Sexual Violence Victims
Anne Claire Dufay – UNICEF Country Rep speaking at the event WOMEN AND girls who suffer sexual and gender based violence can now have access to improve essential services with
Homeopathy Should Compliment Conventional Medicine – First Lady
First Lady RebeccaAkufo-Addo commissioning the Centre First Lady Rebecca Akufo-Addo has called for greater integration of homeopathic and conventional medicine to enhance efficiency in medical treatments while making it more
UNFPA Pursues End to Obstetric Festula
Deputy UNFPA Country Representative, Erika Goldson. With an estimated 1,300 fistula cases occurring each year in Ghana, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has called for stronger government commitment in
Hohoe To Get Regional Hospital
The Hohoe Municipal Hospital will soon be upgraded to a Regional Hospita, the Minister of Health, Kweku Agyeman-Manu has announced. The Minister who announced this during his tour of the
DHF Launches Breast Cancer Project
Dorothy Amuah (third from left) with special guests after the event Dorothy’s Hope Foundation (DHF), an organization working to create breast cancer awareness, has turned up the notch in its
Old Vandals Support Koforidua Hospital
The Old Vandals and management of the hospital during the donationO The Eastern regional branch of the Old Vandals Association has donated assorted items to the inmates of the psychiatric
Over 130,000 Africans Die From Food-Borne Diseases
Participants in a group photograph after the symposiumO An estimated 137,000 people in Africa die every year from contaminated food, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said. According to the
Kwesimintsim Hospital Cries For Help
Kwabena Okyere Darko-Mensah (middle) in a photograph with some of the staff of the hospital The management of the Kwesimintsim Hospital in the Effia-Kwesimintsim Municipality of the Western Region has
Large Ebola Outbreaks, New Normal – WHO
The world is entering “a new phase” where big outbreaks of deadly diseases like Ebola are a “new normal”, the World Health Organization has warned. Previous Ebola outbreaks affected relatively