A clean-up exercise has been undertaken at Sabonjira in the Tamale Metropolis to keep the community clean to avoid diseases.
Residents were also sensitised to adopt sustainable environmental practices and climate change adaptation measures.
The act…
A group of Associations and Unions in the health sector has called on President Akufo-Addo to immediately ban all small-scale mining operations, whether legal or illegal, to halt the shameful environmental destruction.
The group urged the Government…
Gold Fields Ghana Foundation (GFGF) has extended its free medical outreach programme to Brahabebom, a community within the Mines operational area in the Tarkwa Nsuaem Municipality of the Western Region.
The exercise, initiated by the Foundation, is …
Although, yet to be officially inaugurated, the Haemodialysis Unit of the Upper East Regional Hospital is providing dialysis services to clients who have kidney and other renal related diseases.
About 137 dialysis sessions have so far been conducted…
The Sekyere South District Health Promotion Officer, Ashanti Region, Mr. Joseph Asore, has warned that wood fuel smoke poses significant health risks, particularly for vulnerable groups like pregnant women.
He said prolonged exposure to smoke from c…
The Oti Regional Health Directorate has held its 2024 half-year performance review meeting on the theme: ‘Achieving Universal Health Coverage through the Network of Practice Approach.’
In a welcome address, the Regional Director of Health Services, …
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…