The Ghana Dietetics Association Media and Apologetics Committee has cautioned parents to be measured in the amount of sugary foods they give to their children in order not to expose them to getting diabetes in the future.
Peddlers of medicine are doing brisk business in some markets and lorry parks in Accra, selling medicines that even chemical sellers by law are not permitted to dispense.
The Minister of Health, Mr Kwaku Agyeman-Manu, has directed the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA), the Pharmacy Council and the Traditional and Alternative Medicine Council (TAMC) to take urgent steps to stop the activities of unqualified persons who sell anti-microbials to unsuspecting members of the public.
World Radiography day was last Thursday celebrated in Accra with a call on government and the Allied health professional council to engage law enforcement agencies to get rid of health facilities and imaging centres who are not qualified to provide radiography services.
