Health

1,725  Four persons are still on admission at the Nkwanta South Municipal Hospital following an alleged food poisoning at Agou in the Oti Region. A total of 27 people were admitted to the hospital after eating at a funeral and were alleged to have been poisoned. 23 of them have so far been discharged, while […]

1,813She was scared and went into a state of depression when she saw her new baby. This is the story of a mother of a polymelia baby girl who has successfully undergone surgery at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Kumasi, Ashanti Region. Baby Adepa, as we have chosen to call her was born […]

2,295The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), Professor Otchere Addai-Mensah has urged staff of the outfit to continue to offer their best in giving care to patients and visitors who come to the facility.  He noted that by doing this, they would be contributing to prolonging the lifespan of persons […]

2,158The Ministry of Employment and Labour Relations has raised concerns about the recruitment of nurses for the United Kingdom by unlicensed Private Employment Agencies (PEAs). The Ministry in a statement condemned the exorbitant fees charged by the agencies as processing fees and vowed to deal with anyone found culpable. Below is the full statement It […]

1,928    The University of Ghana Medical Centre (UGMC) in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and PharmAccess Foundation, has introduced a new care coordination service app, to effectively provide healthcare services for people with Covid-19. The app, CovidConnect, will offer individuals a range of services including care management and monitoring, to patients. CovidConnect will […]

1,920  The Chief Executive Officer (CEO)at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), Prof Otchere Addai-Mensah yesterday after a management meeting has asked for the suspension of monies collected at the Out-Patient Department (OPD) for the use of urinals and washrooms. This practice had been age old one and was introduced by the previous management at KATH. […]

2,869  President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has cut the sod for the commencement of work on the construction of DEKs Vaccines Ltd, a private sector-led consortium of Ghanaian pharmaceutical companies. According to President Akufo-Addo, the construction of the vaccine manufacturing plant “will help our nation realise the dream of becoming self-sufficient in the production and […]

2,871  Kokonte is a staple food, eaten in some parts of Africa including Togo, Ghana, and others. In Ghana, Kokonte is eaten by most of the ethnic groups like the Ga, Akan, Hausa. Kokonte is also known as “Face The Wall”, “Abitie” etc. Nana Kofi Owusu, a Lecturer at the Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, […]

1,721  Madam Lilian Afre Sika, the Acting Executive Director of Dawadawa Initiative, has stated that, statistics has shown that, Food insecurity in Ghana affects about 50% of the total population. According to her, the World Food Programme has attributed it to inefficient food systems in the rural areas which are mostly dominated into the agricultural […]