Health

West Regional Youth Parliament with funding support from Plan International Ghana has revealed that 83 percent of adolescent girls sleep with men to secure monies for basic needs including sanitary pads in the Wa East District of the Upper West region. The study was on the topic; “Adolescent Sexual and …

The Ghana Nurses and Midwives Trainees Association has shown of a crosscountry showing should the public power won’t pay them their nine-months settlement which is financially past due.   To this end, the Association has given a multi day last idea to the public circumstance to settle every one of …

Ghana is currently, seeing an increase in the migration of professional nurses to high-income countries due to the global shortage of nurses caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.     The Presidential Advisor on Health, Dr Anthony Nsiah Asare said the trend was quiet worrying as it amounts to a massive …

Ghana’s COVID-19 active case count has dropped to 47, a month after the easing of preventive measures including the wearing of facemasks in public places. This was contained in figures published by the Ghana Health Service which also indicated that all the 47 active cases were located in the Greater …

The 37 Military Hospital will close down its Maternity Unit for routine fumigation from Wednesday 11 May 2022 to Wednesday 18th May 2022.   The closure has become necessary to enable the Hospital authorities to undertake fumigation as a remedy to any infestation of the Unit.   The facility would …

North Tongu Member of Parliament, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has chastised the Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Godfred Dame, for comments by the latter in respect of the ongoing Supreme Court case on the Electronic Transfer Levy (E-Levy).   Ablakwa’s concerns stem from Dame’s views following the apex court’s dismissal …

The government intends to change the architectural designs for some of the proposed buildings for the Agenda 111 project in some districts.   According to the Health Minister, Kwaku Agyeman Manu, the decision has become necessary due to the lack of land space in densely populated areas.   He reiterated …

Eleven persons have been rounded up by the Western Regional Police Command in connection with the attacks on the Esiama Divisional Police Headquarters, the Nkroful Magistrate Court and the Ellembelle District Assembly on April 1, 2022.   The culprits arrested through sustained operations are Cosmos Gadekor, Richard Tetteh, Kwame Gokeh …

The First Lady Rebecca Akufo-Addo has received rapid diagnostic test kits for screening pregnant women for HIV, syphilis and hepatitis, from Abbott Laboratories. This formed part of their partnership with the Organization of African First Ladies for Development (OAFLAD), to provide support to six (6) member states.   Abbot will …

A 40-year-old man whose name is given as Albert Agomavi has met his untimely death.   According to Police’s preliminary investigation, Albert Agomavi died at Climax Hotel in Pokuase where he had gone to have sexual intercourse with one Ophelia Tofa now a suspect.   Police say Ophelia Tofa was …