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 […]
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 […]
Ms Gifty Ampah, the Coordinator for Maternal, Infant and Young Child Nutrition Programme of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), said nutrition is the bedrock for proper human growth and encouraged Ghanaians to patronise local foods. She said lack of good nutrition produced weak populations, hence the need to eat well-balanced diets, regularly. “Sometimes when we […]
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 […]
The quality of air in Accra remains poor and high above the Ghana national standards and World Health Organisation (WHO) requirements, the Executive Director of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Dr Henry Kwabena Kokofu has said. Contributors to the poor air quality include, mining, forestry, cement, manufacturing industries, vehicle emissions, and waste burning. The EPA […]
