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Some of the beneficiary mothers with their babies and participants in the dissemination workshop in Accra. With them is Prof. Jody Lori (2nd from right) of the University of Michigan
Some of the beneficiary mothers with their babies and participants in the dissemination workshop in Accra. With them is Prof. Jody Lori (2nd from right) of the University of Michigan

New antenatal care model improves pregnancy outcomes

A new Antenatal Care (ANC) delivery model, piloted by the Ghana Health Service (GHS), has helped to reduce maternal mortality and improve pregnancy outcomes.

Briphildon Foundation calls for collective efforts in suicide prevention
Briphildon Foundation calls for collective efforts in suicide prevention

Briphildon Foundation calls for collective efforts in suicide prevention

The Briphildon Foundation, a non-governmental organization focused on humanitarian efforts, has issued a call for widespread engagement, awareness-raising, and action to prevent and address suicide.

12,000 residents throng Life Check '23 as Empowerment Care Foundation offers free medical care and educational supplies 
12,000 residents throng Life Check '23 as Empowerment Care Foundation offers free medical care and educational supplies 

12,000 residents throng Life Check '23 as Empowerment Care Foundation offers free medical care and educational supplies 

Empowerment Care Foundation, the social responsibility wing of Empowerment Worship Centre (EWC) under the leadership of its Global lead Pastor Gideon Danso has extended invaluable free medical and educational supplies to over 12,000 members of various communities in Accra at LIFE CHECK 2023.

Dr Harry Akoto (right), acting Medical Director of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, briefing Emmanuel Teye Kenney ( 2nd from left), CEO of Flokefama, and some officials of the Blood Bank during the handing over ceremony
Dr Harry Akoto (right), acting Medical Director of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, briefing Emmanuel Teye Kenney ( 2nd from left), CEO of Flokefama, and some officials of the Blood Bank during the handing over ceremony

Flokefama renovates National Blood Bank

Flokefama, a leading pharmaceutical company in the country, has renovated the National Blood Bank in Accra at a cost of GH¢200,000 as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility. 

Prof. Eben Badoe — Head of Neurology and Child Service of the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital
Prof. Eben Badoe — Head of Neurology and Child Service of the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital

22,000 Live with cerebral palsy — Prof. Badoe

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.

Ghana’s Dr Asamoah-Baah named WHO Africa Public Health Champion
Ghana’s Dr Asamoah-Baah named WHO Africa Public Health Champion

Ghana’s Dr Asamoah-Baah named WHO Africa Public Health Champion

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.

Live worm found in Australian woman's brain in world first

In a world first, scientists say an 8cm (3in) worm has been found alive in the brain of an Australian woman.

David Amevor (left), Koforidua Area Manager of ASA Savings and Loans Limited, presenting one of the armpit clutches to Beatrice Addai Kwaning, Health Nurses Director of the hospital
David Amevor (left), Koforidua Area Manager of ASA Savings and Loans Limited, presenting one of the armpit clutches to Beatrice Addai Kwaning, Health Nurses Director of the hospital

ASA Savings and Loans gives to St Joseph Hospital

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.

Participants after the meeting. Picture: EDNA SALVO-KOTEY
Participants after the meeting. Picture: EDNA SALVO-KOTEY

Health expert advocates mandatory breast examination

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.

Pregnancy schools: Panacea for reducing neonatal deaths

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.

Matilda Adomolga-Adageba (left) receiving her certificate from Nana Esi Adade, Assistant Governor
Matilda Adomolga-Adageba (left) receiving her certificate from Nana Esi Adade, Assistant Governor

Kumasi East Rotary Club urges more education on mental health

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.

Dr Anthony Nsiah-Asare (arrowed), Presidential Advisor on Health, addressing the people at the site
Dr Anthony Nsiah-Asare (arrowed), Presidential Advisor on Health, addressing the people at the site

La Nkwantanang-Madina Agenda 111 Hospital Project takes off

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.

WHO closely monitors Covid variant amid mutation concerns
WHO closely monitors Covid variant amid mutation concerns

WHO closely monitors Covid variant amid mutation concerns

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.

Eris Covid-19 variant now in SA: WHO flags concern amid rising global infections

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.

Scientists celebrate as pig kidney continues to function in human body a month after transplant
Scientists celebrate as pig kidney continues to function in human body a month after transplant

Scientists celebrate as pig kidney continues to function in human body a month after transplant

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 participant going through screening
A participant going through screening

NHIS must cover Hepatitis B&C treatment — Medical Doctor

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). 

The researchers with the management of KATH during the presentation. On the table is one of the ventilators
The researchers with the management of KATH during the presentation. On the table is one of the ventilators

KATH receives ventilators

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.

The signs of Autism
The signs of Autism

Empowering parents to give better care to children with autism

“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.

Dr Leticia Adelaide Appiah  — Executive Director of the National Population Council
Dr Leticia Adelaide Appiah — Executive Director of the National Population Council

Target governments to solve reproductive health needs in Africa

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.

Dr Lewis Roberts — Peter and Frances Georgeson Professor of Gastroenterology Cancer Research at the Mayo Clinic
Dr Lewis Roberts — Peter and Frances Georgeson Professor of Gastroenterology Cancer Research at the Mayo Clinic

Second African scientific conference on liver, cancer this month

The Africa HepatoPancreatoBiliary Cancer Consortium (AHPBCC) will hold its second annual scientific conference in Accra, Ghana, later this month.

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