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Ghana: Tobacco-related illnesses kill 6,700 annually
Data available indicates that more than 6,700 Ghanaians die annually from tobacco-related illnesses.
4,422 die prematurely
Out of this figure, 4,422 representing 66% died…
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86 commit suicide while 902 attempted to commit suicide in 2021
Data from the Ghana Mental Health Authority (MHA) shows that the number of people who committed suicide in 2021 increased to 86 from the 69 recorded in 2020.
Similarly, attempted…
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GH₵254k COVID-19 money used to buy lab equipment for GIDC
COVID-19 Private Sector Fund responds to Auditor General
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14 million Ghanaians don’t have health insurance coverage
About 14 million Ghanaians do not have health insurance coverage despite the existence of the National Health Insurance Scheme.
Deprivation in health insurance coverage is the…
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932 die of HIV/AIDS in first 6 months of 2022
Some 932 persons living with HIV/AIDS have died in the first six month of this year. They were part of the 259,408 on treatment in the country in the first half of the year.
What is…
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Benefits of exclusive breastfeeding are enormous
Ghana yesterday joined the rest of the world to celebrate the 2022 World Breastfeeding Week to raise awareness and galvanise support for the practice.
The global campaign, which is…
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Update on Agenda 111 hospitals project is timely
Mr Ken Ofori-Attah, Minister of Finance has disclosed that construction work has commenced and at various stages of completion in 87 out of the 111 sites earmarked for the Agenda 111…
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ECOWAS Boosting Medical Supplies In The Sub-Region
He explained that given the urgency in the sub-region and the vulnerability of the ECOWAS’ population to the COVID-19 pandemic and other diseases, the ECOWAS Commission and WAHO under…
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