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Medical & Health
Health ministry set to utilise data for HIV response
Mrs Kachollom Daju, Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Health says it will improve on the available data to mobilise necessary resources for the achievement of HIV response in the country.Daju, represented by Mr Gbenga Ijaodola, Director, Health …
Ministry calls for adequate healthcare planning for elderly in Nigeria
Mrs Kachollom Daju, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health, says there is an urgent need to address the healthcare services of the elderly in the country.Daju said this in Abuja on Monday at the National Summit on Healthy Ageing in Nigeria with theme …
Health sensitization programmes must be done in local languages
The youth of Fadama, in the Greater Accra Region, have advocated the use of local language in health sensitization programmes and screening instead of the use of English.According to them, even though such health talks and screening mostly organised b…
Expert attributes Nigeria’s infrastructural deficit to dearth of trained developers
Dr Elijah Ogbuokiri, President, Chartered Institute of Development Studies and Administration of Nigeria (CIDSAN), on Saturday attributed the infrastructural deficit in Nigeria and Africa to scarcity of trained developers.Ogbuokiri said this at a news …
OAGH targets over 2,000 children for Back-To-School medical outreach
In a bid to ensure that children resume back to school healthy, the Orile Agege General Hospital (OAGH) in Lagos, says no fewer than 2,000 children in the community will benefit from its “Back-to- School Health Outreach”.The Medical Director of the Hos…
Exclusive breastfeeding makes children grow healthy, intelligently – Medical Director
The Medical Director, General Hospital, Badagry, Dr Olatunde Bakare, has urged nursing mothers to constantly breastfeed their children.Olatunde made the appeal at the World Breastfeeding Week Celebration, organised by the hospital on Friday in Badagry,…
WaterAid Ghana tackles WASH challenges at Wassa East
WaterAid Ghana, a non-governmental organisation into Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) services, has launched the sustaining ‘WASH in Health care facilities project’, at Daboase in the Wassa East District of the Western Region. The 12-month project…
Makers and Partners urges workers to be health conscious
Mr Alfred Aryee, partner at Makers and Partners, a chartered accountancy firm, has advised Ghanaian workers to be conscious of their health and adopt lifestyles that will help improve their fitness levels.He underscored the need for them to find time …
Sunyani PPAG Young and Wise Centre screened 273 people for Hepatitis B
The Sunyani Young and Wise Centre of the Planned Parenthood Association of Ghana (PPAG) has organised an educational and screening exercise for Hepatitis B for the benefit of 273 individuals, including 29 female sex workers in the Sunyani Municipality…
Ghana needs wellness centres to promote routine health screening
The Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons (GCPS) has urged the government to to establish wellness clinics across the country to aid routine health screening. Dr Richard Adanu, Rector of GCPS, said that was crucial to help fight non-communicable di…