Health Archives - Page 8 of 13

September 27, 2025
Louisa Afful
Health

NHIS NOW COVERS FREE SICKLE CELL TREATMENT FOLLOWING FOSCEL ADVOCACY

Persons living with sickle cell disease in Ghana can now access free treatment under the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), thanks to sustained advocacy by the Focus on Sickle...

September 27, 2025
Louisa Afful
Health

GHS REFUTES REPORTS OF DIARRHEA OUTBREAK IN GOMOA EAST

The Gomoa East District Health Directorate of the Ghana Health Service (GHS) has dismissed media reports suggesting that 20 diarrhoea cases have been recorded in a coastal community following...

September 26, 2025
Louisa Afful
Health

GHS RESPONDS TO TYPHOID SURGE IN OTI REGION

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has confirmed a surge in typhoid cases in the Oti Region, sparking growing concern among residents and health authorities. Speaking to the media, the...

September 22, 2025
Louisa Afful
Health

AJIRIBA COMMUNITY APPEALS FOR POTABLE WATER AMID HEALTH RISKS

Residents of Ajiriba, a farming community near New Edubiase in the Adansi South District of the Ashanti Region, are calling on government, non-governmental organisations, and philanthropists to come to...

September 21, 2025
Louisa Afful
Health

GHANA’S WATER CRISIS: THE SILENT DANGER OF CHEMICALS, GALAMSEY, AND OUR FUTURE

Water is life. Every community in Ghana depends on rivers, streams, lakes, and rain for survival. Yet today, many of these waters are no longer safe. Illegal small-scale mining,...

September 19, 2025
Louisa Afful
Health

ETHIOPIAN-AMERICAN TEEN NAMED TIME’S 2024 KID OF THE YEAR FOR GROUNDBREAKING SKIN CANCER SOAP

Fifteen-year-old Heman Bekele, born in Addis Ababa and now a high school student in Virginia, has been honoured by TIME as Kid of the Year 2024 for his innovative...

September 19, 2025
Louisa Afful
Health

TOXIC MERCURY FOUND IN KONTOMIRE AND OTHER FOODSTUFFS IN MINING REGIONS – 2025 REPORT WARNS OF SEVERE HEALTH RISKS

A new report has raised alarm over dangerous levels of mercury contamination in food crops cultivated in Ghana’s mining regions, warning of dire health consequences for both children and...

September 18, 2025
Louisa Afful
Health

KORLE BU TEACHING HOSPITAL RAISES ALARM OVER RISING DIABETES AND KIDNEY CASES

The Korle Bu Teaching Hospital has sounded a health alarm after recording over 5,000 diabetes referrals and 2,000 complicated kidney cases in just the first half of 2025. Hospital...

September 18, 2025
Louisa Afful
Health

TYPHOID SURGE PROMPTS NKWANTA SOUTH TO TIGHTEN FOOD VENDOR SCREENING

It is, however, regrettable that most leaders in the country appear reactive rather than proactive. They often wait for outbreaks and crises to escalate before treating them with urgency....

September 16, 2025
Louisa Afful
Health

38KG OF CANNABIS SEIZED AT KIA : BRITISH AND GHANAIAN SUSPECTS ARRESTED

The Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) has arrested a British national and two Ghanaian accomplices at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) after 38 kilograms of substances suspected to be cannabis...