Hajia Salamatu Seidu in a discussion with Francisca Darko, community health nurse When Family Planning started in Ghana in the early 1990s, little did health professionals envisage the challenge of
‘Don’t Legalise Wee’
Head of the Addictive Disease Unit under the Department of Psychiatry at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Logosu Amegashie, has shot down calls for the decriminalisation of cannabis, popularly referred to
PSGH Launches Worm Infestation Campaign
Pharm. Benjamin Kwame Botwe The Pharmaceutical Society of Ghana (PSGH), in commemoration of the World Pharmacists’ Day, has launched a campaign to see the eradication of worm infestation among school
Birth Spacing Key to Proper Child Nutrition
Hajia Aishetu Tairu Forty-three year old Alice Atule, a resident of Pobaga community, in the Bolgatanga Municipality of the Upper East Region by luck or share coincidence has been able
First Lady To Build Cancer Treatment Centre
First Lady Rebecca Akufo-Addo with a section of members at the forum First Lady Rebecca Akufo-Addo has pledged to mobilise resources to build a cancer treatment centre which will offer medical
‘Tramol Not Approved For Ghana’- PSGH
Tramadol The Pharmaceutical Society of Ghana (PSGH) has stated that the dosage of the opioid analgesic — Tramadol (200mg/250mg), popularly called TRAMOL — has not been approved for use in
Voltic, FDA Sue Over Sachet Water
Voltic Ghana Limited, producers of natural mineral water, together with six other companies and the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA), have been dragged to the Kumasi High Court (Commercial Division)
US Group Produces Medical Doctor For Ghana
Dr Victoria Maafowaa Adom-Afrifa with the NANBPWC team and her family members during the graduation ceremony Through eleven years of active sponsorship, a brilliant but needy Ghanaian lady has graduated
World Heart Day Launched
Prof Dr Charles Yankah The Pan-African Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery (PASCaTS), in partnership with the World Heart Federation (WHF) Deutsches Herzzentrum Berlin, and the Ministry of Health, has launched the
Tamale Teaching Hospital Destroys Expired Drugs
Tamale Teaching Hospital Destroys Expired Drugs Some GH?400,000 worth of expired drugs have been disposed of by the Tamale Teaching Hospital. The hospital has not done safe disposal of drugs
KATH Gets 40 Doctors
Dr. Oheneba Owusu Danso. KATH CEO The gap created by the exit of 150 house officers at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Kumasi has been narrowed. This news
40 Contract HIV At Kumasi Central Prisons
DDP Lord Nii Boye Tagoe showing the HIV/AID and TB statistics to journalists A total of 43 confirmed cases of HIV/AIDS have been recorded in the Kumasi Central Prisons within
Al-Hayaat Foundation Screens For Cervical Cancer
Some women preparing to be screened Al-Hayaat Foundation, in collaboration with the Cervical Cancer Prevention & Treatment Centre of the Catholic Hospital in Battor, has organised a health education and