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HEALTHA fake medical emergency, an audacious jailbreak and a 36-hour search operation that ended with 17 prisoners being recaptured. Those are the highlights of a story from India’s Tamil Nadu state that has captured headlines across the country. It began on Monday night after 17 men escaped from a…
HEALTHThe Ghana Football Association (GFA) has activated funding allocated to the Black Challenge, Ghana’s National Amputee Football Team, under its sponsorship agreement with GoldFields Ghana Limited, as the team intensifies preparations for the 2026 Amputee Football World Cup. GoldFields Ghana…
HEALTHHundreds of residents of Nsawam-Adoagyiri have benefited from a free breast cancer screening exercise organised by their MP, Frank Annoh-Dompreh, in collaboration with Partners for Patients NGO. The three-day exercise took place at Cocoa Park in Adoagyiri from October 26 to 28. It brought screening…
HEALTHThe Central East Regional Police Command has arrested three suspects in connection with the alleged murder of a 34-year-old mobile money vendor, Christian Amponsah, at a guest house around Kasoa Second in the Central Region. The suspects are Felicia Osei Appiah, 59, Clement Opoku Yeboah, 24, and a…
HEALTHVision for Accelerated Sustainable Development Ghana (VAST Ghana) has urged the Ministry of Finance to reconsider the 20 per cent excise tax exemption for locally produced fruit juices, warning that the measure could undermine efforts to curb non-communicable diseases (NCDs). The organisation says…
HEALTHA Ghanaian gender and disability advocate, Ms Josephine Oppong-Yeboah, has urged the Ghana Health Service (GHS) to intensify breast cancer education and outreach programmes, particularly in rural communities, to promote early detection and reduce preventable deaths. She said myths and…
HEALTHKwabena Okyere Darko-Mensah, the Member of Parliament (MP) for Takoradi, has called on the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly (STMA) to adequately resource Assembly Members to undertake weekly sanitation exercises in their respective electoral areas. He said providing the members with funding…
HEALTHGhana is seeking to strengthen nutrition security, climate resilience and sustainable livelihoods through the development of a National Plant-Based Food Systems Plan. Mr Seidu Issifu, the Minister of State for Climate Change and Sustainability, said the plan would provide a framework for improving…
HEALTHFormer President John Agyekum Kufuor says Ghana’s natural wealth must translate into quality education, good health and a safety net that protects vulnerable people from abject poverty. Speaking on Joy News’ PM Express on Wednesday, he said good leadership and inclusive governance were essential to…