Around 77,000 fewer children worldwide received HIV treatment supported by the U.S. in the year to October 2025 than in the previous fiscal year, according to a study that found declines after the Trump administration’s cuts and changes to foreign aid. The study refers only to U.S.-supported care, and some of the children may have […]
A Paediatrician at the 37 Military Hospital, Dr Adeline Asante-Kwabiah, has disclosed that children can also get hypertension, as the disease is not limited only to adults. Dr Asante-Kwabiah, told the Ghana News Agency (GNA) on World Hypertension Day, that most of the cases in children often had an underlying medical condition. The 2025 World […]
The founder and CEO of Sunyani-based Global Media Foundation (GloMeF), an anti-corruption Non-Governmental Organisation, has expressed worry about low coverage of Hepatitis B Birth Dose (BepB-BD) or vaccination among babies, nationwide. Raphael Godlove Ahenu said statistics from the World Health Organisation showed that despite the global availability of an effective vaccine, only about 16 per […]
The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has stated that the launch of the Ghana Card number at birth system will help eliminate child trafficking in Ghana. According to him, a system in which every child in Ghana is accounted for using the Ghana Card is crucial, stating that such a system would be beneficial in […]
Some health experts in Ghana have warned Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs) may hit an alarming rate in the country if the widespread menace of early sex and unprotected sexual intercourse among the youth are not curbed. More than one million people Worldwide are diagnosed with sexually transmitted infections (STI) every day with 1 in every […]
