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KATH doctors call off strike; Call for board dissolution
Striking junior doctors at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) have called off their strike following assurances by management that their grievances will be addressed swiftly. The doctors declared an indefinite strike last...
Government Commits GHc150 Million For HIV/AIDS Programmes – Veep
Vice President John Dramani Mahama on Thursday announced that government had committed GHc150 million to the fight for drastic reduction of HIV/AIDS infections from 2011 to 2015.
He said apart from the campaign and educational programmes, part...
Today Is World AIDs Day
Today is World AIDS Day. The idea to set aside a day for AIDS was first conceived in 1987 after the virus that causes AIDS was first detected in 1983.
The WHO in 1988 declared December, 1 every year as World AIDS Day. The day is being observed...
Wi-fi Laptops ‘May Damage Sperm’
The benchside tests showed sperm were less able to swim and had changes in the genetic code that they carry.
Experts stress this does not mean the same would occur in a real-life setting and say men should not worry unduly.
But they are recommending...
International Family Planning Conference opens in Dakar
Reproductive health experts and advocates from around the world are in Dakar, Senegal to discuss and share ideas about family planning and discuss ways to push for more people to use contraceptives.
The five-day International Conference on Family...
Minister Visits Accident Victims In Tamale
Mr. Mark Wonyongo, Upper East Regional Minister has visited injured victims of last weekend’s road crash involving a Metro Mass Transit Bus and a Benz Bus near Savelugu in the Northern Region, who are currently on admission at the Tamale...
Medicine Shortage Hits Bolga
There is imminent danger in the Upper East Region where the health care delivery system faces a collapse as a result of depleting stocks of medical supplies at the Bolgatanga Region Medical Stores.
Stocks of essential drugs, including anti-malaria...
Hospital Deaths Up 10% At The Weekends
Hospital patients are almost 10% more likely to die on Saturday or Sunday than during the week, a report has revealed.
Research company Dr Foster concluded that weekend treatment is “risky” after finding a 10% spike in hospital mortality...
Quarter Of Sex Workers Are HIV Positive
Twenty five percent of female sex workers (prostitutes) in the country are HIV positive, a latest survey by the Ghana AIDS Commission has revealed.
The commission has subsequently cautioned men against patronizing their activities as they face...
Health Alert! GHS Stops Prescription of Chloroquine
Despite the change that occurred in Ghana’s malaria drug policy six years ago, some hospitals, clinics, health centres and pharmacy shops continue to prescribe chloroquine for the treatment of uncomplicated malaria.
Worried over the situation,...