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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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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Ghana is to take delivery of new polio vaccines next week, following the settlement of a 3.4 million dollar debt the government owed suppliers of the vaccine. Health facilities across the country have run out of the supply of the vaccine, putting hundreds of new born babies and infants at …
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Hearing voices is only as bad as what they tell you, a new study suggests. Researchers have shown that auditory hallucinations only have a negative impact if they clash with the person’s values and objectives. A new study led by Drs. Filippo Varese, Warren Mansell, and Sara Tai – all …
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The Greater Accra Regional Secretary of the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA), Prince Opuni Frimpong, has appealed to management of Atinka Media Village to help organize a blood donation exercise to get enough blood to stock the National Blood Bank at Korle Bu. He explained that, due to …
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Children who drink dairy alternatives like soy, almond or rice milks are slightly shorter than their peers who drink cow’s milk, according to a new study. The study, published Wednesday in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, found that each daily cup of non-cow’s milk consumed was associated with 0.4 centimeters …
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he 2016 Immunization Data released by the World Health Organization (WHO) shows that Ghana has reached the Global Vaccine Action Plan (GVAP) target of 90% coverage for the third dose of the diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis vaccine (DTP3). The Plan is a measure commonly used to evaluate the strength of routine immunisation programmes. …
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Oral sex is producing dangerous gonorrhoea and a decline in condom use is helping it to spread, the World Health Organization has said. It warns that if someone contracts gonorrhoea, it is now much harder to treat, and in some cases impossible. The sexually transmitted infection is rapidly developing resistance …
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An outbreak of African swine fever in three districts of the Ashanti Region has led to the killing of over 400 pigs between May and June this year, the Veterinary Services Department has revealed. The affected communities are Adjaman and Amakom in the Bosomtwe District , Hemang near Santasi in …
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The new Chief Executive Officer of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital has revealed that the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) owes the hospital about GHC14 million. Dr Felix Anyah says though management is in talks with the NHIA to retrieve the amount, they intend to employ innovative ways to generate …
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