Hypertension: Causes, Types And Ways Of Prevention

High blood pressure, or hypertension, is when blood pressure fluctuates to unhealthy levels. Blood pressure measurement takes into record how much blood is flowing through your blood vessels and the amount of resistance the blood meets while the heart is pumping. The more blood your heart pumps and the narrower your arteries, the higher your … Read more

Coronavirus pandemic could lead to 7m unintended pregnancies

Millions of women will lose access to contraception, face unexpected pregnancies and suffer gender-based violence as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a grim report from the UNFPA, the United Nations’ sexual and reproductive health agency. KEY FACTS Overtaxed health systems, closed facilities and disrupted supply chains will curtail access to reproductive care for women … Read more

53 abandoned, uncompleted health facilities ‘discovered’

The Coalition of NGOs in Health says it has uncovered about 53 health projects across the country left unattended to since the assumption of the Nana Akufo-Addo led administration. According to its Chairman, Dr Gabriel Bernaku, the number of the abandoned projects represents the Coalition’s latest data as of April 29, 2020. “As at 12 noon, my … Read more

Korle Bu constructing new epidemic disease treatment centre in one month

A new epidemic disease treatment centre is being constructed at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital in preparedness to deal with the novel coronavirus and other infectious diseases. The facility, with a 50-bed capacity, is expected to be completed in a month will augment the existing ones at the Tema General Hospital and the Ridge Hospital. … Read more

Coronavirus: NIA registration officials given expired anti-bacteria wipes (Photos)

Fear and panic have hit the camps of some registration officers of the National Identification Authority (NIA) as the disinfectants provided by the Authority in an era of the deadly coronavirus are expired products. Officers have for the entire period of the regional registration been dependent on an anti-bacterial wipe for hygiene even before the … Read more

Akufo-Addo might be Coronavirus carrier – MP hints

Kumbungu Member of Parliament (MP), Ras Mubarak, wants President Nana Akufo-Addo quarantined when he arrives in the country from Europe as He explained that, the President might be a carrier of the deadly Coronavirus, thus, must be under a mandatory 14 days surveillance to ensure he does not import the deadly Codvid-19 into Ghana. “Could … Read more

Babies And Mothers Receive Healthcare Services Under Cocoa Trees In Amonom

Nursing mothers at Amonom, a farming community in the Atiwa West district of the Eastern region, are appealing for Community-based Health Planning and Service (CHPS) compound as their children (babies) are weighed and treated under cocoa trees. Speaking to Adom News’ Kwasi Azor, the nursing mothers expressed worry about lack of proper healthcare in the community. … Read more

GHS launch innovation for early infant diagnosis of HIV

The Ghana Health Service(GHS) has launched two new innovations to help improve medical care for children and help further reduce child mortality in the country. The innovations are Point of Care (POC), a technics for early infant diagnosis of HIV among children and the Scaling Pneumonia Responses Innovation (SPRINT) at Koforidua in the Eastern Region. … Read more

Community Health Nurses Urge Akorabo Residents To Patronise Clinic

A Community Health Nurse (CHN) in the Eastern Region has called on pregnant women from the Akorabo Reproductive and Child Health (RCH) catchment area to patronise health programmes. About 34 small towns are under the RCH at Akorabo in the Suhum Municipality yet attendance by pregnant women to the clinic remains low. Daniel Adomako, in an … Read more

Waterlogged Mafi Sasekpe Health Centre in the Volta Region inaccessible

Access to the Mafi Sasekpe Health Centre in the Central Tongu District of the Volta Region is restricted due to water occupying paths meant for pedestrians and vehicles. The centre is situated in a waterlogged area. Health Officer in charge of the Centre, Jonas Bobi said, “we have been suffering for some time now and … Read more