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Pharmacy Council shuts down OTCMs facility for illegally dispensing tramadol to drug addict

Pharmacy Council shuts down OTCMs facility for illegally dispensing tramadol to drug addict

The Pharmacy Council shut down an Over-the-Counter Medicines (OTCM) facility located in Mamprobi Agege on Monday, July 17. The facility was found to be illicitly dispensing tramadol to a drug addict. The intervention was prompted

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Vice President Bawumia Cuts Sod For 100-Bed Hospital At Ejura

Vice President Bawumia Cuts Sod For 100-Bed Hospital At Ejura

Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia has broken ground for construction works to begin on a 100-bed District hospital for the Ejura Sekyeredumase District in the Ashanti Region. The hospital, being constructed as part of Government’s flagship

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VP Bawumia Cuts Sod For 100-bed Hospital At Ejura

VP Bawumia Cuts Sod For 100-bed Hospital At Ejura

Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia has broken ground for construction works to begin on a 100-bed District hospital for the Ejura Sekyeredumase District in the Ashanti Region. The hospital, being constructed as part of Government’s flagship

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Akim Swedru MP to organize a free medical screening for constituents

Akim Swedru MP to organize a free medical screening for constituents

The Member of Parliament (MP)for Akim Swedru in the Eastern Region, Hon Kennedy Osei Nyarko will organize a free health screening for residents in and around Akim Swedru on Wednesday, July 28, 2023. As part

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Weed Cultivation: Let’s maximize idle lands in the country — Dr. Kingsley Nyarko

Weed Cultivation: Let’s maximize idle lands in the country — Dr. Kingsley Nyarko

Member of Parliament for Kwadaso Constituency, Dr. Kinsley Nyarko has proposed the use of idle lands in the country for the cultivation of cannabis if the Narcotics Control Commission Amendment Bill 2023 is assented into

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Ghana’s batmen hunting for pandemic clues

Ghana’s batmen hunting for pandemic clues

Bats are essential to the world's ecosystems, but they are known carriers of several viruses. Humans are increasingly encroaching upon their habitats, adding to the risk of new pandemics, so scientists are studying bats for

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GHS Reveals Over 300 Health Workers Left Ashanti Region For Good Pastures Abroad In 1st Qtr Of 2023

GHS Reveals Over 300 Health Workers Left Ashanti Region For Good Pastures Abroad In 1st Qtr Of 2023

The authorities of the Ghana Health Service in the Ashanti Region have disclosed that the mass exodus of health workers to seek greater pastures abroad is taking a great toll on healthcare delivery in the

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University of Ghana releases research findings on preferences for contraceptive delivery models in informal settlements

University of Ghana releases research findings on preferences for contraceptive delivery models in informal settlements

The School of Public Health of the University of Ghana has released findings of a recent research on preferences for contraceptive delivery models in Ghana’s informal settlements. The research is aimed at enhancing achieving universal

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Key findings: University of Ghana research on integrating family planning, fertility management in Ghana’s urban devt policies

Key findings: University of Ghana research on integrating family planning, fertility management in Ghana’s urban devt policies

A University of Ghana School of Public Health research on family planning and fertility management has revealed that integrating family planning and fertility management in Ghana’s urban development policies has several benefits for Metropolitan, Municipal,

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2023 Joseph Siaw Agyepong Distinguished Lecture on Public Health: Stakeholders call for more financial support to address NCDs

2023 Joseph Siaw Agyepong Distinguished Lecture on Public Health: Stakeholders call for more financial support to address NCDs

Prof Peter Lamptey, a professor in Global Non-communicable Diseases (NCDs) at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine/President Emeritus FHI360, has noted that lack of finances to combat NCDs is posing a challenge to efforts