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Correct Your Acid / Alkaline Balance with the Water You Drink: What the Experts Say
In health circles there has been much recent talk about acid /alkaline imbalance. Let's see if we can clarify how experts recommend we correct this imbalance.
The problem
Your body functions best when neither too acid nor too alkaline.…
Renewal Of Pin/Licence For 2022 Allied Health Professions Council Ghana
In pursuance of Section 11(5) of the Act 857, the Annual Professional and License Renewal for all Allied Health Professionals expire on December 31, each year. Accordingly, the Council wishes to inform all Allied Health Practitioners that…
Pact to End Polio in Ghana Signed
The Ghana National PolioPlus Committee of the Rotary International has entered into a partnership agreement with the One Million Community Health Workers (1mCHW) Campaign of Millennium Promise (MPA) to embark on a nationwide polio…
Attractive Packages for Doctors who Accept Posting to 3 Northern Regions?
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) is to roll out a comprehensive programme by March 2019 to encourage doctors and other health professionals to accept posting to the three regions of the north.
Over the years, few doctors have chosen to work…
Sound Healthcare Referral System in Bongo Commended
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) Council has commended the Bongo District Hospital in the Upper East Region for establishing a sound referral system which is impacting positively on maternal and child health in the area.
The council,…
Ghana: National Strategic Plan on Ear and Hearing Health
The Ministry of Health (MoH) in partnership with Starkey Hearing Foundation has inaugurated the technical working group for the development of a National Strategic Plan on ear and hearing health.
The working group chaired by Nana Kwabena…
Did You Know There Are Over 600, 000 Stroke Survivors are Living in Ghana Now?
The Stroke Association Support Network of Ghana is calling on government to enroll all stroke survivors onto the Livelihood Empowerment Assisted Program (LEAP) which is being enjoyed by persons living with disabilities (PLWD).
According to…
Physician Assistants in Ghana to Lay Down Tools
Physician Assistants in government health facilities have served notice that they will from Monday, September 10 withdraw Out Patient Department (OPD) services across hospitals in Ghana
The move, they said in a communique, was necessitated…
In Ghana currently, Doctor-Patient ratio is one doctor to 8000 patients
Mr Reynolds O. Tenkorang, the General Secretary of the Health Workers Union (HSWU), says for Ghana to achieve SDGs target 3(8) for Universal Health Coverage (UHC), there must be equipment and well-trained human resource for better service…
Ever Heard Of A Night Nanny? And Is It Affordable To Hire One?
“For me, it was peace of mind. I knew that I could sleep and feel confident my baby was being well taken care of. I was so paranoid with the first baby I would listen to him breathe all night so even when he was sleeping, I wasn’t,” says…