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National Health Insurance Scheme not collapsing — NHIA

National Health Insurance Scheme not collapsing — NHIA

The management of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has refuted multiple media reports purporting that the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIA) is on the brink of collapsing. According to NHIA, it has consistently paid

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Quadruplets Delivered Through SC In Koforidua

Quadruplets Delivered Through SC In Koforidua

The Eastern Regional Hospital’s Obstetrics and Gynaecology team led by Dr. Francis Wuobar has successfully delivered quadruplets through a caesarean section that lasted an hour. The quadruplets, two boys and two girls, weighing between 1.4kg

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Zoomlion Foundation, partners mark health and handwashing awareness campaign

Zoomlion Foundation, partners mark health and handwashing awareness campaign

Zoomlion Foundation has observed this year's Global Hand Washing Day with 3,000 Zoomkids Club members at Nii Sowah Din Cluster of Schools in Adentan Municipality of Accra. As part of the activities to mark the

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Climate Justice: A Call to Action for Ghana’s New Lawyers

Climate Justice: A Call to Action for Ghana’s New Lawyers

As a new generation of lawyers is called to the bar in Ghana, we celebrate their remarkable achievement and welcome them into the legal profession. The legal field holds a unique power to drive change,

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Going to church prolongs your life by 14 years

Going to church prolongs your life by 14 years

Who would have thought that church adds fourteen years to your life, on average after all the negative comments we hear about the church in the media?  Thousands of scientific studies confirm that people who

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Here Is How You Can Avoid “Artificial Kidneys” Nephrologist Advises

Here Is How You Can Avoid “Artificial Kidneys” Nephrologist Advises

A nephrologist at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Dr. Elliot Koranteng Tannor has expressed concern over some unhealthy lifestyles contributing to chronic kidney diseases in the country. According to Dr. Elliot Koranteng Tannor, a significant

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Stakeholders take action to curb Hepatitis B infections in Winneba

Stakeholders take action to curb Hepatitis B infections in Winneba

Key stakeholders are taking pragmatic steps to reduce the spread of hepatitis B infections among residents of the Efutu Municipality of the Central Region. The area has since 2019 witnessed a continuous rise in Hepatitis

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Bankye Ampesi Reduces Risk Of Colon Cancer

Bankye Ampesi Reduces Risk Of Colon Cancer

During my court attachment at the Cape Coast High Court, I noticed bankye ampesi was sold at some places close to the court. In the Gambia as well, cassava is part of their daily diet.

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GIZ, Jospong Group donate equipment worth €27,000 to Pentecost Hospital

GIZ, Jospong Group donate equipment worth €27,000 to Pentecost Hospital

The German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) and Appointed Time, a subsidiary of the Jospong Group of Companies, have donated laboratory equipment worth over €27,000 (equivalent to GHS 317,000.00) to the Pentecost Hospital at Madina

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Okyehene cuts sod for construction of first-ever cancer treatment centre in Easten Region

Okyehene cuts sod for construction of first-ever cancer treatment centre in Easten Region

The Overlord of the Akyem Abuakwa Traditional State, Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori Panin, has laid the groundwork for Africa's first cancer treatment center dedicated only to the diagnosis and treatment of children with cancer. The Wish4Life