The domestic consumption of meat from wild animals has significant impacts on most species protected under the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS), says a new report released on Wednesday, including increasing the risk of diseases spreading from animals to humans. According to the study, 70% of mammal species protected […]
An Entomologist and Malaria Focal Person of the Upper East Regional Directorate of the Ghana Health Service (GHS) Sydney Abilba says vector-borne disease has been one of the major problems of the GHS. Mr. Abilba stated that GHS is doing everything possible to ensure that diseases that are caused by insects (vector-borne) do not become […]
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 […]
