By Royal Uche Lagos — Chichi Okafor, a 30-year-old Nigerian woman, unexpectedly became pregnant again before her daughter turned six months old. Although Okafor knew about using condoms to prevent unwanted pregnancies, she felt powerless. “My husband does not like it, so we resorted to the withdrawal method,” Okafor says. “I am three months pregnant. […]
ANALYSIS By Janusz Paweska and Michelle J. Groome As the COVID-19 pandemic rages on in Africa amid insufficient vaccination rollout, viral haemorrhagic fever has again raised its head. This adds to public health turmoil on the continent where resources to respond to emerging and re-emerging epidemic prone zoonotic diseases remain limited. In the first week […]
Rudder Communications, a Tamale based media and publishing company has presented a citation of honour to Ms Gifty Atampugbire, a Public Health Nurse at the Bolgatanga Municipal Health Directorate of the Ghana Health Service (GHS) in the Upper East Region. The Nurse was voted by members of the public as the 2020 Most Influential Person […]
By Joseph Erunke Abuja — The United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, has said a total of 120 children in Nigeria have been infected with environmental poliovirus. The children, according to the agency of the United Nations,are not in particular region but scattered across different parts of the country. UNICEF Country Representative, Peter Hawkins, revealed this […]
The road to crowning the 2021 Miss Health Ghana queen has begun with the unveiling of 10 beautiful health practitioners to battle for the ultimate crown. After weeks of sizzling series of auditions in Accra, Kumasi, and Sunyani, 10 contestants namely Yvette Laryea (Miss Greater Accra), Jamilatu Abdulai Bako (Miss Oti Region), Rosemond Ishaque (Miss […]
