HEALTH

Danger Looms At Kuntanase As Open Defecation Increases After Toilet Facility Locked Up Breman Kuntanase Community in the Asikuma Odoben Brakwa District of the Central Region is under serious health threat following a closed down of the only toilet facility serving about 5,000 residents, left to deteriorate without use for …

A Good Samaritan has Refurbished Bassengele CHPS Compound, Donates Clinical Equipments At The Tune Of About Ghc 50,000 Hon Kwame Obeng Agyina a native of Bassengele a farming community in the Bibiani Ahwiaso Bekwai Municipality of the Western North Region has renovated a Community Health Planing Service (CHPS Compound) facility …

The health services manager for Goldfields Ghana Limited, Dr. Ishmael Kwasi Sackey, has advised the general public most expecially those living in the mining areas should be very careful about the Marburg disease because the Bat that carry the Marburg virus are common in the communities. Dr Sackey explained that …

Goaso Hospital Females Ward In Bad State ~ Ahafo Police Women Provide Support Police Ladies Association (POLAS) Ahafo Branch has donated items to the female ward of Goaso Government Hospital to help improve quality healthcare. Presenting the items which include BP apparatus, nebulizers for asthmatic patients, 30 pieces of bed …

A Deputy Minister of Health Hon. Mahama Asei Seini has reiterated the NPP Government’s committemnt to building more Hospitals accross the country to improve quality health care delivery hence the introduction of the unprecedented “Agenda 111” project. Hon. Asei who is also the Member of Parliament for Daboya-Mankarigu Constituency there …

The Ahafo Regional Health Director, Dr. Kwabena Boateng Boakye is worried over how the Directorate is unable to deal with Tuberculosis (TB) related issues, and has hinted of mapping – up comprehensive strategy to fight it. He expressed his concern during the Ahafo Regional Health Directorate Mid – Year Performance …

The Ghana Health Service in Ahafo Region has express worry over delay on timely initiation of antenatal care which has a great impact on adverse pregnancy out comes. Though records in health facilities in the region revealed that majority of pregnant mothers start their first visit as recommended by Ghana …

Bono East NHIA grateful to Headquarters for selecting Holy Family Hospital in Techiman as part of only 7 facilities in Ghana to start childhood cancers treatment The Bono East Regional National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) Office has announced that 63.9% of the total population of people in the area are …

The Managers of Asutifi North District Health Directorate in Ahafo Region have embarked on intensive education exercise on Exclusive Breastfeeding to let babies and nursing mothers have full benefits of the act. Joe Pawa in an interview with a Senior Staff Nurse of Asutifi North District Hospital, Joana Adobea Mensah …

The Nutrition officer For Jaman North District Health Directorate, Mr. Addai-Yeboah Joseph has pleaded with the government to extend the 3months of maternity leave to 6months to promote the exclusive breastfeeding agenda indicating that the exclusive breastfeeding commences from the day a woman delivers to the sixth month of the …