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Busted fake doctor wasn’t attending to patients – Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital

Busted fake doctor wasn’t attending to patients – Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital

The Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital has refuted claims making rounds in the media that the busted quack doctor was administering treatment to patients. The hospital says it is nearly impossible for a doctor who is

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CAPHA convenes sensitization program for implementing members on HD4HL Project

CAPHA convenes sensitization program for implementing members on HD4HL Project

The Coalition of Actors for Public Health Advocacy (CAPHA), an implementing partner responsible for advocacy, scholar activism and capacity strengthening activities of the project titled "Developing evidence and action toward a double-duty food-based policy bundle

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Live Worm Found In Woman’s Brain In Australia

Live Worm Found In Woman’s Brain In Australia

In a world first, scientists say that an 8cm (3in) worm has been found alive in the brain of an Australian woman. The "string-like structure" was pulled from the patient's damaged frontal lobe during surgery

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Adhere to COVID-19 precautions in this rainy season – GHS cautions

Adhere to COVID-19 precautions in this rainy season – GHS cautions

The deputy director in charge of administration at the Eastern Regional Health Directorate, Dr. Peter Boateng has advised Ghanaians to take COVID-19 precautionary measures during this rainy season. According to him, the Ghana Health Service

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Abuse of antibiotics making treatment of infections more difficult — Medical Professionals

Abuse of antibiotics making treatment of infections more difficult — Medical Professionals

Medical Professionals are expressing worry about abuse and wrong use of antibiotics among the general public as such behaviour causes drug-resistant diseases which currently kill over 700,000 people each year. By 2050, the UN estimates

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YEA exits 2000 community health workers into health training institutions

YEA exits 2000 community health workers into health training institutions

In the government's effort to eradicate the canker of unemployment which has become an albatross hanging around the neck of the youth in the country, an initiative known as the Community Health Workers Exit Strategic

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Exodus of nurses, other health professionals not affecting healthcare delivery – GHS

Exodus of nurses, other health professionals not affecting healthcare delivery – GHS

In terms of absolute numbers, the mass exodus of nurses and other health professionals from Ghana for better income and compensation packages abroad has not yet affected the provision of healthcare services in the country.

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Wacam tackles climate change in Nkoranza North & South Districts 

Wacam tackles climate change in Nkoranza North & South Districts 

Wacam, a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), has equipped about 140 locals in the Nkoranza North and South Districts with knowledge on mitigating climate change and its impacts to enable them safeguard their livelihood and environment. The

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Effect of sugar-sweetened beverages on health

Effect of sugar-sweetened beverages on health

Quenching thirst with something smooth and sweet like soda, coca cola, or juice can be very satisfying, especially when thirsty. Sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) have become increasingly popular worldwide over the past few decades. SSBs are

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AIDS Commission lacks funding to create awareness – Director of Research

AIDS Commission lacks funding to create awareness – Director of Research

The Director of Research, Monitoring and Evaluation at the Ghana AIDS Commission, Isaiah Doe Kwao says the Commission needs more funding to create awareness about the disease. He also disclosed that the spread of HIV