HEALTH

A non-governmental organisation, Willingway Foundation, in collaboration with the Ghana Health Foundation, has launched a programme to rid the streets of Kumasi of mentally-ill persons. With the help of the Ghana Health Service, Social Welfare and the police, the group removed 10 mentally-challenged women from the streets of Kumasi and …

The Nurse Educators’ Group (NEG), has announced a road map to withdraw its services from the various health training institutions across the country. According to a release signed by the National Chairman, Bakinam Adamu, “the Group is compelled under the current economic hardships and the lukewarm attitude demonstrated by the …

The Conference of Heads of Health Training Institutions (COHHETI) to stop the interviews and all admission processes for health training institutes across the country for the next academic year. This was contained in a communique to members co-signed by the president, Margret Mary Alacoque and General Secretary, Frederick Inkum Danquah …

Poor road network and electricity have delayed the commissioning of the 250 bed Sawua Regional Hospital. Although the hospital is completed and ready to be operationalized, the road leading to facility is yet to be constructed. The 250 bed Ashanti Regional Hospital was constructed by Messrs Euroget De-Invest. The hospital …

The Minister of Health, Kwaku Agyemang Manu, has paid a working visit to the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in the Ashanti regional capital, Kumasi. The visit on Wednesday, August 4, 2022, was to inspect the progress of work on the maternity and children blocks of the hospital. The project …

Dentists recommend two minutes as the average duration for brushing the teeth. However, findings from a research by the Kwame Nkrumah University School of Medicine and Dentistry is reporting lower figures. The research published in the Ghana Dental journal has found that 45% of SHS students take 30 seconds to …

One would like to enjoy a cold bottle of ‘brukina’ (or bokina), a dairy milk and millet mixture, to release some stress on a sunny afternoon. But have you bothered to know what this meal contains? A research conducted by the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research at the University …

The Coalition of Health Workers on Krobo Land has appealed to the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) to restore power to the area for smooth health delivery. The health workers who are made up of anaesthetists, doctors, nurses, midwives, laboratory scientists, and pharmacists added that they will be forced to …

The Ghana Statistical Service has described as worrying the growing consumption of sachet water as its previous studies reveal significant faecal contamination in a number of the packaged water on the market. The Service indicates that consumption of sachet water by households in Ghana has quadrupled in the last decade, …

Emergency Medical Services are an integral part of any efficient health system. They are a lifeline as their inefficiency can drive a population’s high mortality. Research suggests that 90% of global injuries occur in lower-middle-income countries. Some of the reasons for this skewed distribution include poor road conditions, lack of …