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Merge your NHIA and Ghana card for easy access to healthcare – NHIA
The Western North Regional Directorate of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has intensified its public education campaign to get holders of the NHIA card
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Men sucking breasts does not prevent breast cancer — Dr Wiafe-Addai
The Leader and Campaigner of Breast Care International Ghana, Dr Mrs Beatrice Wiafe-Addae, has dispelled the notion that if men suck the breast of women
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Ghana: First Lady Announces Inclusion of Childhood Cancers in NHIs Benefit
The First Lady, Mrs Rebecca Akufo-Addo, has announced the inclusion of childhood cancers in the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) benefit. The NHIS benefit package,
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Southern Africa: Zimbabwe, Botswana and Namibia Launch HIV Prevention Programme for Young Women and Girls
Zimbabwe, Namibia and Botswana have launched a regional programme that seeks to reduce the prevalence of HIV among adolescents, girls and young women in three districts across the SADC countries
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Africa: Antimicrobial Resistance Calls for Brainpower of a Space Agency and Campaigning Zeal of an NGO
Antimicrobial resistance is a consequence of overusing and misusing antimicrobials. This is a worldwide problem
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Kenya: Low Birth Weight is Leading in Infant Hospital Admissions
In 2019, low birth weight accounted for 14 percent or 9,081 hospitalisations. Low birth weight was the second leading cause of infant hospitalisation
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Nigeria: Some Nigerian Plants Show Potential to Treat Malaria
At the end of treatment, none of the decoctions had completely cleared the parasites, but they all produced substantial clearance. This shows their potential usefulness against established plasmodial infection.
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Coffee and tea drinking may be associated with reduced rates of stroke and dementia
Strokes are life-threatening events which cause 10 percent of deaths globally. Dementia is a general term for symptoms related to decline in brain function
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MHG finalists sensitize citizens on administering first aid
“The training we are talking about is learning and knowing what to do during emergencies, people tend to assist during emergencies
Alternative Medicine
Help us to eliminate quacks in allied health profession-Council
Dr Opoku said the Council would do all it could to eliminate the miscreants who have invaded the health system to stop the harm they cause the unsuspecting public.
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Complications from abortions kill 311 women in 2019 – Ghana Health Service
According to the health authority, it has put in place a pragmatic approach to strengthen the integration of Comprehensive Abortion Care (CAC) service
Alternative Medicine
Sleep Under LLI Mosquito Nets To Prevent Malaria – Student Advises
Ms Bosompem who is also the leader of a nine-member medical students team from UHAS gave the advice in an interview with the Ghana News Agency at Adaklu Kodzobi in the Adaklu District.
