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Medical & Health
Novo Health Africa inaugurates ‘Novo Apoyo’ to improve access to healthcare
A Health Maintenance Organisation (HMO), Novo Health Africa, has inaugurated ‘Novo Apoyo’, a solution that reduces long wait time and enhances enrollees’ healthcare experience.Dr Dorothy Jeff-Nnamani, Managing Director, Novo Health Africa, said this a…
Navrongo Health Research Centre extends services to Builsa area
The Navrongo Health Research Centre (NHRC) in the Kassena-Nankana Municipality of the Upper East Region has extended its services to the Builsa area.’Now we are moving strongly into Builsa, we are making our presence felt in Builsa,’ Dr Patrick Odum A…
Association to facilitate establishment of mental health department in health ministry
Prof. Taiwo Obindo, President, Association of Psychiatrists in Nigeria (APN), says the association will facilitate the establishment of mental health department in the Federal Ministry of Health.Obindo told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday th…
Volta Region gets state-of-the-art medical waste treatment facility
Ho, A state-of-the-art medical waste treatment facility has been commissioned for the Volta Region in Ho.The Ho Medical Waste Treatment Facility was realised through Medical Waste Services Limited, a subsidiary of industrial conglomerate Jospong Group…
Director of Public Health urges residents to take COVID-19 vaccination seriously
Takoradi, Dr Gifty Amugi, the Western Regional Deputy Director of Public Health has encouraged residents to fully participate in the COVID-19 Vaccination exercise.The vaccination exercise, which runs from Wednesday through to Sunday, July 23, is aimed…
Upper East Regional Hospital gets Vision Centre
-A state-of-the-art vision centre equipped with optical workshop to provide quality eye care services and ensure glazing of spectacles of all prescriptions for clients, has been commissioned at the Bolgatanga Regional Hospital.The facility, valued at …
Ghana Health Service awards 106 COVID-19 frontline workers in North East
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) in the North East Region has awarded 106 frontline and allied health professionals who contributed to containing the spread and effects of COVID-19 in the Region.The Service zoned the Region into two and awarded 45 healt…
Kiev foreign minister says Ukraine is ‘psychologically’ a NATO member
Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba expressed satisfaction with the results of the recent NATO summit in Vilnius and said his country is already psychologically a member of the defence alliance.’We have overcome the psychological barrier and I se…
Oral cancer is curable, says Expert
Dr Abdul-Warith Akinshipo, a Maxillofacial Pathologist a the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), says that oral cancer is curable.Akinshipo disclosed this in Lagos on Wednesday during a seminar he convened on oral cancer with the theme as: “Impr…
Environmental Department organizes stakeholder’s forum in Ningo
The Environmental Health and Sanitation Department (EHSD) has organised a day’s stakeholders forum to provide solutions to the sanitation challenges within the Ningo-Pramprah District.Mr AI Latif Amanor, the District Chief Executive, said the nuisance…