Dr Leticia Appiah, the Executive Director, National Population Council, says teenage pregnancy is the main cause of Ghana’s youth unemployment and called for a holistic approach to address it.Dr Appiah stated that anything that supported population growth was linked to unemployment because teenagers gave birth to children who were getting into education while others drop […]
More children in Ghana are becoming exposed to lead poisoning, Mrs Eunice Teah Dzagli, Health Promotion Officer, Greater Accra Regional Health Directorate, has observed. She said the situation was due to the burning of waste, use of lead products, paints containing lead components and canned foods. Lead poisoning is a type of metal poisoning caused […]
Prenatal exposure to household air pollution increased the risk for pneumonia in the first year of life, researchers reported in Chest. “Exposure to high levels of household air pollution due to cooking with biomass and other solid fuels remains common in the developing world,”Patrick L. Kinney, ScD,the Beverly A. Brown professor of urban health and sustainability in the […]
Abstract Hand sanitizer (HS) usage, prevents infections of transient microflora, while alcohol-based Hand Sanitizers are currently used widely. The high level of alcohol in the WHO-recommended HS(75%) could cause dry skin. The aim of this study was to develop a herbal HS using a leaf extract of Mimosa pudica L. with a reduced alcohol content (40%). The newly […]
The World Health Organization has joined the Ministry of Health, the Ghana Health Service, and partners to launch the 2021 National Breastfeeding Week celebration under the theme, Protect Breastfeeding: A shared responsibility. This year’s event will focus on raising awareness and galvanizing action on protecting breastfeeding to improve public health. The week-long celebration will be […]
