November or movember, you say? For a vast number of the populace movember’s significance in the calendar is still a mystery. For those mystified individuals, movember came to life 14 years ago in 2003, created by a few friends over a beer in Melbourne, Australia. You might think, how sloshed...
Auburn University (AU) - in collaboration with the University of Cape Coast (UCC) with support from the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly (STMA) and Member of Parliament for Sekondi, Lawyer Andrew Aygapa Mercer - has organised a free medical screening for the people of Sekondi. The two-day general health screening was attended...
Yale University is collaborating with the Ghana Health Service, the University of Ghana School of Medicine and Dentistry and the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research to create a stronger research base in tropical diseases, build capacity and break barriers in medicine. The concept, captured in a three-part Memorandum of...
Have a headache, stomach ache or a fever? You do not need to walk for more than a kilometre to access a licensed pharmacy that will provide you with all the pills and tablets you need to feel better. For those of us in Accra, Kumasi, Tamale, Takoradi and others...
The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has announced a further extension of the restriction of movement in some parts of the country notably in the Greater Accra, Central and Ashanti regions, as part of efforts to curb the threat of the novel coronavirus. The latest decision, according to the President,...
Men’s health month is an annual celebration marked yearly with the aim of raising awareness about health problems specific to men. Male Pattern Baldness is a common form of hair loss in men and can be quite devastating for some when it slowly creeps up on them in their...
The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) expects to receive a total amount of GH₵2.3bn in 2018 from the National Health Insurance Levy/SSNIT and other sources to be able to execute its mandate for the year, a Parliamentary report on the Proposed Formula for the Disbursement of the NHIF for...
“During the three weeks lock down, I was able to manage to stay home for the first week. But after that, I had to arrange with my clients to meet me at my shop where I kept it locked, to avoid detection by the security, and cut their hair,”...
The Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company Limited (BOST) was fumigated and disinfected by Dansworld Services Limited in a bid to kill all viruses and bacteria that might be present in their premises. The fumigation exercise was carried out in response to the COVID-19 pandemic which some staff members...
The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) have cautioned manufacturers and importers of food, drug, and cosmetics that the distribution of products not labelled in English contravenes Section 4 Subsection 3 of the Ghana Standards Board (Food, Drugs and Other Goods) General Labelling Rules, 1992 L.I 1541. In a statement issued...