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Concerted efforts needed to reduce suicides – Mental Health Authority

The Mental Health Authority is calling for concerted efforts to reduce suicide related deaths in the country as Ghana joins the rest of the world to mark Suicide Prevention Day today. According to the Authority it is using this year’s event which has the theme ‘Take a Minute, Change a …

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Zika virus used to treat aggressive brain cancer

A harmful virus that can cause devastating brain damage in babies could offer up a surprising new treatment for adult brain cancer, according to US scientists. Until now, Zika has been seen only as a global health threat – not a remedy. But latest research shows the virus can selectively …

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Meet Emmanuel Annabil, the man who cares for ‘mad’ persons on the streets

A job which requires much but produces no monetary reward is what Emmanuel Annabil has taken up to do for the rest of his life. Shaving, bathing, and clothing the mentally challenged on the streets of Accra, is what he has been doing for 15 years of his life and …

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Nursing, midwifery schools defy MoH directive

Some nursing and midwifery training institutions across the country are charging unapproved fees, contrary to the directive issued by the Ministry of Health (MOH) not to do so.Some of the bills stumbled upon by the Daily Graphic showed that those institutions were charging a combined fee of almost GH¢2,400, as …

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Quota system’ll worsen nurse-patient ratio

The quota placed on nursing training institutions by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) will create more problems in the health sector, Apostle Daniel Walker, Rector at the Pentecost University, has said.Per the new directive issued by the NMC, prospective applicants to the 75 accredited Nursing Training institutions in the …

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Health Service begins Polio vaccine distribution

The Ghana Health Service has begun distributing Polio vaccines to various health facilities in the country after reports of shortage in July 2017. The manager for the National Expanded Program of Immunisation (EPI), Doctor George Bonsu told Joy News they have dispatched vaccines to some of the regions. “So far …

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A balanced diet for breastfeeding

It’s easy to forget about your own needs when you have a newborn baby to care for, but eating healthily and regularly is one of the best ways of looking after yourself and your baby. Dietitian and leading child nutritionist Frankie Phillips explains how to eat well for breastfeeding… Everyone …

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Thousands undergo eye screening in Sefwi Wiawso

An estimated 20,000 people within the six political districts in the Sefwi enclave of the Western Region are undergoing free eye screening exercise as and surgeries. The nine-day event dubbed Avoidable Blindness Elimination Project which is being carried out by a team of ophthalmologist from the Friends Eye Center is …

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Maternal healthcare crisis: midwives use flashlights in baby delivery

Midwives in Tuna, a town in the Upper West Region have resorted to using torch lights and lights from mobile phones to deliver babies. This followed the torrential rains that ripped off the roof of the Good Shepherd Health Center and destroyed portions of the facility. Joy News learnt that the …

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Antibody helps keep man’s HIV at bay for 10 months

An experimental therapy has held back one man’s HIV infection for 10 months, doctors have reported. He was one of 18 people in a small trial testing injections of “broadly neutralising antibodies” – the natural weapons of the immune system. They delayed the resurgence of the virus in other participants …

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