Health News
Ghana’s First Electronic Health Service Takes Off.
Prof. Agyemang Badu Akosa (left), prof. Edmund Delle (middle) and Mr. Patrick Dasoberi at the launch Ghana’s first electronic health delivery service to enable doctors to reach their patients online and bring healthcare to the door steps of the citizenry has been launched in Accra. The E-health initiative, a remote doctor/patient interface, allows More...
Johns Hopkins Scientist Slams Flu Vaccine
More ways to share… A Johns Hopkins scientist has issued a blistering report on influenza vaccines in the British Medical Journal (BMJ). Peter Doshi, Ph.D., charges that although the vaccines are being More...
African Scientists Act To Eliminate Genomic Diseases
Inadequate funding and lack of mass-scale awareness-creation have been cited as the main barriers to eradication of some communicable and non-communicable diseases in the country. Chief Director of the Ministry More...
K’Bu Maternity Ward Closed Down Due To Power Failure.
Pregnant women due for delivery at the maternity ward of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital were Saturday redirected to the surgical department because the theatre at that ward had been closed down. Joy News sources More...
A Post-Surgery Clinic Has Been Held For 49 Cured Lepers At Ho
Leprosy Life for the Living Medical and Humanitarian Centre (LILIMED), has organised a post-surgery appraisal clinic at Godokpe near Ho for 49 cured lepers. Cured lepers have been beneficiaries of free eye surgeries More...
Breast Care International Prepares For 2013 Ghana Walk For The Cure.
Breast Care International Breast Care International and other stakeholders have held the maiden Local Organising Committee (LOC) meeting in Accra as preparations get underway for the 2013 BCI Ghana Walk for the More...
Ghana Needs Policy Guidelines In Implementing The IHR
Dr Joseph Amankwah, Director, Public Health of Ghana Health Service (GHS), has stated the need for policy guidelines for the implementation of the International Health Regulation (IHR) 2005. According to More...
Alarming! Pain Killers Can Kill Your Manhood
Men who regularly pop prescription painkillers, also known as opoids, are at a higher risk from erectile dysfunction (ED), according to new research published on Thursday in Spine medical journal. Researchers from More...
Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abrem makes strides in healthcare
The Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abrem (KEEA) Municipal Health Directorate of the Central Region has been given thumps up by stakeholders in the health sector for not recording any maternal mortality in the past five years. The More...
Pharmacists Start HIV And Psychiatric Emergency Services
Drugs Pharmacists across the country under the leadership of the Government and Hospitals Pharmacists Association (GHOSPA) would begin rendering emergency services to HIV/AIDS and critically ill in-patients at More...
