Jessica Opare Saforo Citi FM’s two-week long Healthy Lifestyle Promotion ended on a pulsating note on Saturday, January 28, with an energetic aerobics session. The hour-long aerobics session dubbed the ‘power session’, came off simultaneously at Pippas Health Centres in two separate locations: Osu and East Legon. The power sessions which were coordinated by fitness [...]
Ghanaian based American Alliance for lupus research advocate sets to launch her “LUPUS” establishment dubbed “ALLIANCE OF HOPE FOR LUPUS FUND” in Ghana this month with the ambition of creating awareness and educating the mentioned country and Africa as a whole on the silent killer “LUPUS”. What is lupus? Someone may ask! … Lupus [...]
Wa, Jan. 25, GNA – The Coalition of Non Governmental Agencies (NGO) in Health in the Upper West Region is repositioning itself to become more relevant in health service delivery in the region. The coalition, with the collaboration of the International Medical Monitoring Committee a Danish NGO has started networking and pooling their resources to [...]
Accra, Jan. 23, GNA – Professor Fred Binka, Dean of Public Health, University of Ghana, on Monday said a strong and effective partnership was needed in order to achieve malaria eradication. He noted that it was possible for Ghana to eradicate malaria since other countries had made it and cited United Arab Emirates and Morocco [...]
Accra, Jan. 23, GNA – The Post-Market Surveillance Unit of the Food and Drugs Board (FDB) has noticed the distribution and sale of fake hords brown gold cocoa powder that bears features similar to the original product.A statement signed by the Chief Executive of the Board, Dr Stephen Opuni, copied to the Ghana News Agency [...]
Winneba (C/R) Jan. 14, GNA -Maternal deaths recorded at Winneba Government Hospital reduced from 12 in 2010 to three in 2011, Mr Frempong Hayford, Administrator of the medical facility has said. Speaking at the 2011 Annual Performance Review meeting of the Hospital in Winneba, Mr Hayford said still birth recorded at the facility also reduced [...]
Tamale, Jan. 10, GNA – The Swiss Red Cross has donated a Toyota vehicle and other assorted eye equipments valued at GH¢100,000 to the Regional Directorate of Health in Tamale. The eye equipments include: slit lamps, ophthalmoscopes and minor surgical sets. Mr Addae Kyereme, Country Representative of the Swiss Red Cross who made the presentation, [...]
Juaben (Ash), Jan. 3, GNA – The Asante-Juaben Government Hospital in 2011 saw a total of 4,370 eye cases, Dr Prosper Gbegko, the Medical Superintendent, has announced. He said facilitiy successfully carried out surgery on 104 of the patients, majority of them had cataract. There were also the removal of pterygium, and eyelid excision. Dr [...]
Bawku (U/E), Jan. 4, GNA – The Paramount Chief of Bawku , Naba Asigri Abugrago Azoka II, has appealed to people in the area to preserve the environmental to halt the movement of the desert to the area. He also called on non-government organizations, Government and other stakeholders implementing projects on climate change to support [...]
Senya Beraku (C/R) Jan.1, GNA - Omanhene of Effutu, Neenyi Ghartey VII, has appealed to the Government to find a lasting solution to water problem in Senya Beraku and its environs to eliminate the activities of water tankers. He suggested that treatment water headways in Winneba should be expanded to supply enough water to [...]