The northern regional nutritional officer at the Ghana Health Service, Hajia Azara Amadu has bemoaned the high rate of stunting growth in the region describing it as very serious. According to her, the region's stunting growth stands at 33.1 % way above the national average. In a recent report on the cost of Hunger in…
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High Rate of Death in Bimbilla Attributed to Lack of Ambulance Services
Lack of ambulance services at the Nanumba North District hospital in Bimbilla has been identified as one leading cause of patients dying before reaching referral facilities, health officials in the area have revealed. The absence of ambulance services, according to the health authorities, leads to needless deaths of residents and immediate intervention was needed to…
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Food is the first medicine says UDS medical doctor cum farmer
Food is the first medicine, a medical doctor and an associate professor of clinical microbiology, School of Medicine and Health Sciences of the University for Development Studies (UDS), Professor Ziem Juventus has said. The medical doctor cum farmer who is the head of the UDS clinic in Nyakpala said after food, all the other chemicals we have…
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Ghana Winning Fight Against Malaria. 10.4million Malaria Cases Recorded in 2016 Malaria Control Program Reveals
Ghana has made tremendous strides in the fight against the dreadful disease, malaria, the National Malaria Control Programme has announced. It disclosed that in 2016, the country recorded 10.4 million suspected cases in out-patient departments in hospitals across the country --- an increase over the 10.1 million suspected cases recorded in 2015 --- representing an…
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