Health

A pathologist with the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital is cautioning against excessive masturbation and use of aphrodisiacs for sexual enhancement. Dr. Paul Poku Sampene Ossei says the use of concoctions by men to satisfy themselves and their partners, poses serious health risks and possible death. According to the medical officer, …

The rate at which women are succumbing to breast cancer remains a worry to stakeholders. About 2,060 women in Ghana die from breast cancer out of the 4,600 cases reported annually since 2020, according to Globocan.   President of Breast Cancer International (BCI) Ghana, Dr Beatrice Wiafe Addai blamed the …

The rate at which women are succumbing to breast cancer remains a worry to stakeholders.   About 2,060 women in Ghana die from breast cancer out of the 4,600 cases reported annually since 2020, according to Globocan.   President of Breast Cancer International (BCI) Ghana, Dr Beatrice Wiafe Addai blamed …

The Member Parliament for Kumbungu, Dr. Hamza Adam has appealed to government to review the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) because it has become ineffective. According to him, most Ghanaians have lost faith in the National Health Insurance cards. “I want to use this platform to appeal to government to …

The Association of Private Health Insurance Service Providers is raising matters of frugality in the National Health Insurance Authority’s decision to sponsor some four football clubs as part of its membership drive. According to the association, for the authority to embark on such an exercise at the time the claims …

After being in the news over the impasse between the residents of Kroboland and the management of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) to install pre-paid metres, the people of Lower Manya Krobo, Upper Manya Krobo and Yilo Krobo are in the news again as having the highest HIV/AIDS prevalence …

More than 1,000 junior physicians have reportedly been compelled to stay home after completing their housemanship. This is according to reports confirmed by the Ghana Medical Association (GMA) and the Parliamentary Select Committee on Health. Reports say the affected doctors will remain unemployed for now, since the Finance Ministry has …

The Volta Chapter of the National Democratic Congress wishes to congratulate all its members of parliament for touching the lives of ordinary Voltarians who would have remained in perpetual blindness as a result of cataract and other eye defects due to the high cost associated with treating such eye defects. …

Data available to the Ministry of Health indicates that approximately 35 per cent of the adult population of the country are hypertensive.   The disease has been described as a silent killer with many more affected people unaware of their condition or are undiagnosed.   Hypertension has been identified as …

In the face of the challenges posed by the pandemic, Ghana is working to protect millions at-risk children from polio through polio vaccination campaigns. Ghana Health Service has implemented several polio vaccination campaigns to ensure that all children who have been missed are reached with life-saving vaccines. The Ashanti Regional …