HEALTH

The Ghana AIDS Commission has called on the Ghanaian youth to assume ambassadorial roles to help the country eradicate HIV and AIDS by 2030.   This call to action was made at a workshop organized by the Global Fund in Accra, to help the youth gain a deeper understanding of …

There are more than 5,700 people estimated to be living with HIV in the Upper West Region, Steve Kyeremeh Atuahene, Director-General of the Ghana AIDS Commission (GAC) has revealed. He said this is out of the national estimated figure of 346,000 Persons Living With HIV (PLWHIV) in Ghana as at …

The Chief Executive Officer for  Peace And Love Hospital Breast care International and former chair of the Ghana Cancer Board, Dr Beatrice Wiafe Addai, has revealed that over 2000 women died from breast cancer in 2020.   Speaking to the Asaase radio , Dr Addai said the deaths were partly …

The Ghana AIDS Commission has discovered “new behaviours” among young people which the commission says are the cause of the high rise of HIV infections. Figures from the commission show that 12,000 people died from HIV related causes in 2020 while 5,000 young people contracted the virus. The data revealed …

The Director-General of the Ghana AIDS Commission, Steve Gyeremeh Atuahene, has disclosed that certain behaviours among young people are partly to blame for the rise in the number of HIV infections in 2020.     Per the records of the Commission, over 12,000 people perished from HIV related causes in …

The Members of the Coalition of Rotational Nurses and Midwives have served notice to begin an industrial action on October 1.     This, according to the coalition, has become necessary following the failure to pay their allowances since February this year.     A letter written to the National …

The Ghana Health Service will today, Friday, innoculate Ghanaians above the age of 17years who have not yet been vaccinated against the Covid-19 pandemic in the Greater Accra Regional Health Directorate.   Aside from that section of the general public, individuals who have received just the first jab of the …

The ever increasing population in the capital, Accra, coupled with other daunting challenges like the perennial flooding in most areas of the capital continues to form basis for Ghana to get a new capital city. That’s the perspective of the Member of Parliament for Klottey-Korle Constituency.   According to her, …

A two-room structure built by community members to serve as a maternity block in the Dabilla in the Garu District of Upper East Region is in need of logistics to serve its purpose. The community members have had to put up their own makeshift structure to serve their maternity needs …

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) will from Tuesday, August 31, begin the administration of the second dose of AstraZeneca vaccines to persons 18 years and above. This batch of people must be those who received their first dose of vaccine from March 10 to March 29, 2021. All eligible for …