Category: Medical

Cases of epilepsy are getting out of control in the Nkoranza North District of the Bono East Region, Mr Stephen Awiti, the District Coordinator of Mental Health has stated. He said about 40 per cent of the more than 900 recorded mental health cases in…

The County Government of Busia plans to establish at least two mental health units in each of its seven Sub-counties.The County Deputy Governor, Arthur Odera, while speaking Saturday during a forum to mark the international suicide prevention day at A…

River pollution in Kenya has become one of the major negative effects that have greatly contributed to global warming and climate change.
Major rivers dissecting urban centres across the country are chocked with sewer and solid waste discharges from …

The National TB Programme (NTP) will from October begin the implementation of a new Multi-Drug Resistance (MDR) treatment regimen for TB care in Ghana.
The new World Health Organisation (WHO) Drug Resistant (DR-TB) treatment regimen, Bedaquilin, Prot…

Mr. Pious Tay, the Tema Metropolitan Health Coordinator, has advised women to take their mental health issues very seriously as more women are at risk of suffering from depression than men.
Mr. Tay said even though depression could occur among all ge…

The President of the Pharmaceutical Society of Ghana (PSGH), Dr. Samuel Kow Donkoh, has appealed to the Government to address pharmacists’ employment issues in the government health sector.
He said: ‘There has been a noticeable decline in employment …

The refurbished Reintegration Coordination Secretariat (RCS) has been opened to serve as a national information hub on reintegration in the country.
It also aimed to facilitate the coordination of activities of Reintegration Service Providers in Ghan…

Dr Forster Amponsah Manu, a consultant general surgeon at the Eastern Regional Hospital, has been adjudged the most outstanding staff at the secondary level of healthcare in the Eastern Region.
Dr. Solomon Obiri, Deputy Chief Pharmacist, Regional Med…