A project aimed at preventing communicable diseases before they occur in Ethiopia has been launched today.The project dubbed ‘Epi Gen Ethiopia’ will be implemented in Ethiopia over the coming five years with a cost of 4 million euros obtained from the …

Cases of epilepsy are getting out of control in the Nkoranza North District of the Bono East Region, Mr Stephen Awiti, the District Coordinator of Mental Health has stated. He said about 40 per cent of the more than 900 recorded mental health cases in…

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) Drug Resistant (DR-TB) treatment regimen, Bedaquilin, Prot…

German Development Cooperation, in collaboration with Bayer Group, is piloting a prostate intervention project in eight strategically chosen district health facilities within the Greater Accra Region to help in cancer detection and treatment.
The dis…

Mr. Pious Tay, the Tema Metropolitan Health Coordinator, has advised women to take their mental health issues very seriously as more women are at risk of suffering from depression than men.
Mr. Tay said even though depression could occur among all ge…