It has been said that malaria breeds poverty, and poverty breeds malaria. This is the reality in many parts of sub-Saharan Africa, where after decades of control initiatives there were still some 384,000 deaths and 188 million malaria cases in 2019. Malaria prevention in African countries heavily depends on using insecticide-treated bed nets and house spraying. […]
Weekly consumption of ultra-processed food is linked with an increased risk of heart disease, according to research presented at ESC Congress 2021.https://476cd6605d8e1e43b6f1fddf3d1127f2.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-38/html/container.html Ultra-processed food refers to a wide range of products such as mass produced bread, ready meals, fast foods, sweets and desserts, salty snacks, breakfast cereals, reconstituted meat including chicken and fish nuggets, instant noodles […]
Dr Patrick Sakyi- Larbi, the Medical Superintendent of the Abirem Government Hospital has called on the Ghana Health Service (GHS) to post more nurses and doctors to the facility to promote a quality healthcare system in the area.https://7e871a80b4fc1bec7bf7ffcae23a8dc1.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-38/html/container.html Speaking in an interview with the Ghana News Agency, he said staff attrition at the facility was […]
Mr Tony Kokutse, a Nurse of Africare Incorporated from Dallas, United States of America, on behalf of the Leklebi Citizens of North America on Saturday donated drugs and equipment to the Leklebi Duga Health Centre in the Volta Region.https://b3b4445317542fd15f597debb00e6798.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-38/html/container.html The drugs comprised; Antibiotics, Pain medications, Allergy drugs, Diabetic testing equipment, N95-Masks, Sanitizers, Wound care materials […]
By GNA Mr Isaac Newton Tetteh, Assemblyman for Nmlitsakpo Electoral Area in the Kpone-Kantamanso Municipality has appealed to authorities to connect electricity to the Community-based Health and Planning Service (CHPS) compound at Bediako in Kpone Municipality. “The only government health post we have in the Electoral Area is the CHPS Compound and among the numerous things […]
