More than a third of Ghanaians bleaching their skin – WHO report
More than a third of the country’s population are bleaching their skin, posing a threat to their health. This is contained in a World Health Organisation (WHO) Africa Region report…
Grow and eat your own food to prevent Non-Communicable Diseases – Africans urged
Africans are being urged to grow and eat their own food to prevent non-communicable diseases (NCDs). The call was made by the Director of the Division of Nutrition for Sheba…
Ghana may miss UHC over healthcare workers’ migration – WHO
The Ministry of Health has initiated steps to develop a Migration Policy for the healthcare sector in Ghana to address the exodus of healthcare workers which is threatening quality healthcare…
Nearly 2.4 million Ghanaians could be suffering mental illnesses – WHO
The World Health Organization (WHO) says almost 2.4 million Ghanaians could be suffering from various degrees of mental illness. The organisation believes this calls for enhanced cooperation in the area…
70 000 cervical cancer deaths every year in Africa could drop by 2030 if… – Health leaders
About 70,000 cervical cancer deaths could be averted annually in the African region if the efforts to end the disease by 2030 are urgently stepped up to ensure increased access…
TB patients to take less medicine for treatment from October – NTP
The National TB Programme (NTP) will from October begin the implementation of a new Multi-Drug Resistance (MDR) treatment regimen for TB care in Ghana. The new World Health Organisation (WHO)…
Funding crisis threatens Africa’s fight against neglected tropical diseases
With chronic underfunding threatening Africa’s fight to control and eliminate neglected tropical diseases, health officials and donors meeting for the World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Committee for Africa have called…
Eris Covid-19 variant now in SA: WHO flags concern amid rising global infections
The National Department of Health has verified that the first instance of the EG.5 or Eris Covid-19 variant has officially been identified in South Africa. The case has been identified…
WHO closely monitors Covid variant amid mutation concerns
The new Covid variant, which goes by the name EG.5 and has also been called Eris, is now the fastest growing Covid-19 subvariant in the US and has been found…
WHO declares end to COVID-19 global health emergency
COVID-19 no longer represents a global health emergency, the World Health Organization said on Friday, a major step towards the end of the pandemic that has killed more than 6.9…
