General News Health

Dr. Frank Awuah Adjei Donates Maternity Block Extension To KNUST

1,146  Dr. Frank Awuah Adjei, a businessman and philanthropist, has donated a Maternity Block Extension he built to the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology Hospital in Kumasi in the Ashanti region. The Maternity Block Extension was commissioned on Wednesday, 27th October, 2021 by His Royal Majesty Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, Asantehene and the […]

General News Health

Institute of Leadership and Development Launches Project on Trans-Fatty Acid

1,141  The lnstitute of Leadership and Development(INSLA)held a forum on Thursday 21st October 2012 in Accra at the holiday Inn hotel to launch a project dubbed trans-fatty acid. Trans-fatty acids are manufactured fats created during a process called hydrogenation which means the combination of fat, vegetable oils,including hydrogen to make it look more saturated. Speaking […]

General News Health

Ashanti Regional Health Directorate Takes Adolescent Health Education To Asante Akim South District

929 “Adolescent health issues have been very topical in the past two years which has dominated the headlines in the past two weeks when it comes to teenage pregnancy. Several interventions have been put across by the health fraternity to address the  health needs of adolescent because is a special group that helps a lot […]

Health

Communicate The Safety Of Health Facilities To The General Public-UNICEF To HPOs

889  Authorities of The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund have advised Health Promotion Officers in the Ashanti Region to step up education on the safety of health facilities to improve access to healthcare following the COVID-19 pandemic.   According to the organization, Health Promotion Officers  should build the confidence of communities in the facilities as […]

General News Health

Patriotic Youth Advocates Describes Agyemang Manu As Best Health Minister Ever

870  A youth advocay group with name, Patriotic Youth Advocates (PYA) has parried off suggestions from some sections of the public and civil society groups that the Health Minister should resign from his position because he made frank presentations before the Parliamentary probe into the botched procurement of Sputnik v vaccines. In a strongly worded […]

Education Health

SHE Achieve Afrika, Bosomtwi MP  Create Employment For Bosomtwi Youth

1,017 One hundred youth in the Bosomtwi district of the Ashanti region are benefiting from skills development programmes to reduce the unemployment situation in the area. The youth are being empowered with startup equipment, skills training and seed capital to start their businesses and satisfy other needs. The project is an initiative under the BOSOMTWE […]

General News Health

Advocacy for Medical Malpractice Victims Schools Journalist  On Medical Malpractice, Patient Safety

1,107  A section of media practitioners in Kumasi have attended a workshop on how to draw a road map to reduce cases of medical malpractice in the country. The media orientation and training was under the theme, “Medical Malpractice And Patient Safety In Ghana; The Role Of The Journalist”. Addressing the workshop, the Executive Secretary […]