A total of 22,000 of the country’s population live with cerebral palsy, the Head of Neurology and Child Service of the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Prof. Eben Badoe, has said.
The World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa (WHO AFRO) has named Dr. Anarfi Asamoah-Baah as a Public Health Champion in recognition of his outstanding contribution to global public health.
In a world first, scientists say an 8cm (3in) worm has been found alive in the brain of an Australian woman.
The Koforidua Two Streams branch of the ASA Savings and Loans Limited in the Eastern Region has donated a number of items and equipment valued at GH¢10,000 to the St Joseph Orthopaedic Hospital.
Health policy makers have been urged to put in place measures to ensure that breast examination becomes a routine check at the various health facilities.
Some health professionals have suggested that pregnancy schools should be organised by health workers for pregnant women as one of the ways to go in reducing neonatal deaths in the country.
The Rotary Club of Kumasi East has called on the government and the media to devote more attention to mental health education in the country.
All issue regarding land for the La Nkwantanang-Madina Municipality Agenda 111 Hospital Project, the government’s flagship programme for the municipality, has been resolved for the project to take off following an assessment visit to the site by stakeholders and key parties for the project.
The new Covid variant, which goes by the name EG.5 and has also been called Eris, is now the fastest growing Covid-19 subvariant in the US and has been found in more than 50 countries as of 8 August 2023.
The National Department of Health has verified that the first instance of the EG.5 or Eris Covid-19 variant has officially been identified in South Africa.
Surgeons in the United States have announced that a pig kidney they transplanted into the body of a brain-dead human patient has functioned normally for more than a month, a promising sign in the effort to address widespread organ donation needs.
A Gastroenterologist at the Greater Accra Regional Hospital, Dr Sally Afua Bampoh, has called on policymakers to add Hepatitis B and C to the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS).
A team of researchers from the Global Health and Infectious Disease and the Kumasi Collaborative Centre for Research in Tropical Medicine (KCCR) have donated two ventilators worth $30,000 and 13 boxes of hospital consumables to the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Kumasi.
“As a mother with two of my three children living with autism, I can confidently say that when parents and caregivers are empowered with information and understanding, unique challenges associated with raising children with autism become surmountable,” Harriet told the Daily Graphic.
The Executive Director of the National Population Council, Dr Leticia Adelaide Appiah, has called for advocacy directed towards governments and political leaders if reproductive health needs and the challenges associated with it in sub-Saharan Africa are to be addressed.
The Africa HepatoPancreatoBiliary Cancer Consortium (AHPBCC) will hold its second annual scientific conference in Accra, Ghana, later this month.
A medical waste treatment facility has been commissioned at Akrofu-Agorve near Ho in the Volta Region.
The country is experiencing a growing burden of hepatitis infections and mortalities coupled with very low rates of diagnosis, treatment and awareness.
The Volta Region has the lowest number of people fully vaccinated against COVID-19 in Ghana.
The Ahafo Regional Director of Health Service, Dr Samuel Kwabena Boakye-Boateng, has called on the government to provide the necessary infrastructure and logistics for the Goaso Government Hospital to enable it to deliver quality health care to people in the region.
