Dr. Sussie Anku, Medical Director of Weija-Gbawe Municipal Hospital, on Wednesday stated that hypertension was a leading cause of death and disability in Ghana.
She said the prevalence rate of the disease was about 40 per cent.
Dr Anku stated this …
The Aide á la vulnèrabillitè, a health and charity-based group in Bolgatanga, Upper East Region, has presented sanitary items to the Gbeogo School for the Deaf in the Talensi District, to improve their hygiene conditions.
The items included 10 boxes…
Dr Franklin Asiedu-Bekoe, the Director of Public Health, Ghana Health Service (GHS) says Ghana needed to prioritise the prevention and control of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) considering their future burden and the existing healthcare system.
He…
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has undertaken a monitoring exercise in various health facilities in the Northern Region to assess performance, capacity building and reorientation support training on maternity healthcare programme for midw…
An eye screening exercise has been organised for Kadjebi District Assembly staff at Kadjebi in the Oti Region.
It was organised by an eye specialist from the St. Mary Theresa Hospital, Dodi-Papase.
Ms. Matilda Kanda, the Eye Specialist, said regula…
The 2022 batch of Pharm. D House officers have called for immediate disbursement of all their outstanding allowances from the Ministry of Health.
They said the unpaid allowances were not only preventing them from ‘putting body and soul together’ but…
