PRESS RELEASE The World Health Organization (WHO) recently released new rapid guidance recommending that children of all ages with drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) have access to all-oral treatment using the drugs bedaquiline and/or delamanid. However, adopting these new recommendations in high TB burden countries requires access to the paediatric formulations of bedaquiline (produced by Johnson & […]
Mr. Shekar Mehta, Rotary International President, has congratulated the Government of Ghana, for showing immense zeal and commitment towards the fight against poliomyelitis. Mr. Mehta, who is on a two-day working visit to Ghana, said this in Accra, when he unveiled a billboard showcasing educative material on the prevention of the polio virus. He said […]
Jaundice is a condition that gives the eyes and skin a yellow colour and when it affects children below one month old, it is known as neonatal jaundice. Neonatal jaundice has been described as the most significant and preventable cause of cerebral palsy among Ghanaian children. Evidence from the Ghana Health Service (GHS) shows that […]
By Kesete Admasu In the midst of the tragedy and turmoil caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s gratifying to see work continuing in Africa to find new ways of fighting malaria, a very old disease that has been a formidable foe for thousands of years and still kills 400,000 people every year, most of them […]
Over the past few decades, the maternal mortality rate in Ghana has seen a steady decline due to several factors and robust systems put in place to ensure safe pregnancy and delivery. Data available to the Ghana Health Service shows a total number of 875 maternal deaths in 2018 and 838 in 2019. Â This figure […]
