An Indian pharmaceutical company is manufacturing unlicensed, highly addictive opioids and exporting them illegally to West Africa where they are driving a major public health crisis in countries including Ghana, Nigeria, and Cote D’Ivoire, a BBC Eye investigation has revealed. Aveo Pharmaceuticals, based in Mumbai, makes a range of pills that go under different brand […]
Pope Francis has the onset of double pneumonia, the Vatican said on Tuesday, complicating treatment for the 88-year pontiff and indicating a further deterioration in his fragile health. Francis has been suffering from a respiratory infection for more than a week and was admitted to Rome’s Gemelli Hospital on February 14. The Vatican said in a statement that […]
The female population of Persons Living with HIV and AIDS (PLwHAs) in the Bono Region outnumbers the male, statistics from the Ghana Health Service (GHS) have indicated. The figure reveals as of September 2024, out of the total 11,401 Persons Living with HIV and AIDS (PLwHAs) in the region, 8,481 of them were females and […]
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has said that prostate and liver cancers are among the leading causes of death in the country. In 2022, a total of 2,395 cases of prostate cancer were recorded in the country, with 1,233 deaths, representing 52 per cent mortality while liver cancer affected a total of 2,656 men in […]
The Ashanti region in 2024 witnessed a significant surge in cancer cases, with a total increase of 4,553, which is 33.60% more cases in 2023. With breast cancer cases escalating dramatically by 92.12%, cervical cancer also showed a substantial increase of 75.17%, but in contrast, prostate cancer cases decreased by 17.55% during the same period. […]
The death toll from the cholera outbreak in parts of Ghana has shot up to 37, with the number of confirmed cases also increasing from 346 to 359, as of December 26, 2024. The two new deaths were recorded in the Western region. This has prompted the Ghana Health Service to undertake mortality audits. Out […]
Barbados has once again strengthened its healthcare workforce with the arrival of 155 nurses from Ghana, landing at the Grantley Adams International Airport on November 3, 2024. The group, accompanied by Ghana’s Deputy Minister of Health, Adelaide Ntim, was welcomed by Barbados’ Minister of Health and Wellness, Senator Dr. The Most Honourable Jerome Walcott, alongside […]
The spokesperson for the campaign of Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, the New Patriotic Party’s flagbearer for the 2024 election, Dennis Miracles Aboagye, has announced that over forty hospitals built under the Nana Addo-led government’s Agenda 111 projects are ready for commissioning. Speaking on Joy News’s AM Show with Benjamin Akakpo on Monday, November 4, 2024, Miracles stated […]
Presidential Advisor on Health Dr Anthony Nsiah-Asare has assured that a number of the Agenda 111 hospital projects will be completed and operational by the end of President Akufo-Addo’s term. Speaking on Joy News’ PM Express Manifesto Tracker, he addressed the current status of the ambitious Agenda 111 initiative, launched to address healthcare accessibility through the […]
An expert in malaria research, Professor Kwadwo Ansah Koram, has advised people to first test for malaria before treatment. He said that although the current national policy on malaria indicated that a person should test before treatment, some people were treating the disease without testing. Prof. Koram described such a practice as not good for […]
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has confirmed a case of cholera in the Ada West District of the Greater Accra region. The incident was recorded on October 4, 2024. The GHS in a statement dated October 14, this year, said public health emergency management committees at all levels, district, regional and national have been activated. […]
A Turkish Airlines pilot died after collapsing mid-flight, forcing the Turkish national carrier to make an emergency landing in New York, the airline said, yesterday. The plane had taken off from the western US coastal city of Seattle on Tuesday evening, airline spokesman Yahya Ustun wrote on X, formerly Twitter. He wrote: “The pilot of […]
