Prestea Huni/Valley District Health Director, Mrs. Caroline Otoo, said in 2011 the area recorded 120 cases of HIV/AIDS. She said that out of the figure, 98 were women, 17 men and 5 children. Mrs. Otoo, who was speaking at the 2011 Annual Review meeting on health situation in the district, said though the disease continued [...]
Read the rest of this story »Diabetes (diabetes mellitus) is classed as a metabolism disorder. Metabolism refers to the way our bodies use digested food for energy and growth. Most of what we eat is broken down into glucose. Glucose is a form of sugar in the blood – it is the principal source of fuel for our bodies. When our [...]
Read the rest of this story »Research which suggests that patients are more likely to die in hospital if they are admitted at the weekend has been backed up by a major study. The study, in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, found that patients were 16% more likely to die if they were admitted on a Sunday than [...]
Read the rest of this story »Worldwide malaria deaths may be almost twice as high as previously estimated, a study reports. The research, published in the British medical journal the Lancet, suggests 1.24 million people died from the mosquito-borne disease in 2010. This compares to a World Health Organisation (WHO) estimate for 2010 of 655,000 deaths. But both the new study and [...]
Read the rest of this story »Prestea Huni/Valley District Health Director, Mrs. Caroline Otoo, said in 2011 the area recorded 120 cases of HIV/AIDS. She said that out of the figure, 98 were women, 17 men and 5 children. Mrs. Otoo, who was speaking at the 2011 Annual Review meeting on health situation in the district, said though the disease continued [...]
Read the rest of this story »Diabetes (diabetes mellitus) is classed as a metabolism disorder. Metabolism refers to the way our bodies use digested food for energy and growth. Most of what we eat is broken down into glucose. Glucose is a form of sugar in the blood – it is the principal source of fuel for our bodies. When our [...]
Read the rest of this story »Research which suggests that patients are more likely to die in hospital if they are admitted at the weekend has been backed up by a major study. The study, in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, found that patients were 16% more likely to die if they were admitted on a Sunday than [...]
Read the rest of this story »Government has secured about $ 72m from the Danish Government to support the health sector. The grant will go into the implementation of the health sector Medium Term Development Plan. At a brief signing ceremony in Accra, the Danish Ambassador to Ghana, Carsten Nilans Pedersen, said his government, through DANIDA, has supported the sector over [...]
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