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, she said, are Burkitt Lymphoma (bone marrow cancer often found in the jaw),Wilms Tumour (cancer of the kidney), Retinoblastoma (cancer of the back of the eye) and Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia […]
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
Antimicrobial resistance is a consequence of overusing and misusing antimicrobials. This is a worldwide problem
In 2019, low birth weight accounted for 14 percent or 9,081 hospitalisations. Low birth weight was the second leading cause of infant hospitalisation
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
