Category Archives: EDUCATION

Acute Haemorrhagic Conjunctivitis commonly referred to as “Apollo”, occurs when the transparent tissue lining the white of the eye, called conjunctiva, becomes inflamed. It is called “Apollo” because the reports of its first epidemic in Accra coincided with the Apollo 11 moon landing. The disease has also been found in other countries, including Egypt, Cuba, […]

Pregnancy and childbirth can lead to certain mental changes in women which in turn affect a child’s early developmental stage. Good parenting and family support are necessary for a child to have a great start in life. All children need caring parents or caregivers to thrive and an environment that is responsive to their emotions […]

  November 17 is celebrated globally as World Prematurity Day. Preterm babies are described as babies born before the 37-week gestation pregnancy period.  The Global Action Report on prematurity states that almost 111,500 preterm babies were born in 2010 with about 7800 babies losing their lives out of complications. Health experts say that 75% of […]

WHAT IS POLIO? Polio is a contagious disease that can be prevented by administering a polio vaccine.   HOW MANY DOSES OF ORAL POLIO VACCINE (OPV) DOES A CHILD NEED TO BE FULLY PROTECTED FROM POLIO? In Ghana, under the Expanded Programme of Immunization, every child must take four doses of OPV and one dose […]

The Cape Coast Teaching Hospital in collaboration with Roche Ghana and other partners has subsidized mammogram services in the health facility by up to 50%. Ultrasound to detect breast cancer would also be free this October and medications would be covered by the National Health Insurance Scheme.  Dr. Ngedu, the Chief Executive Officer stated that […]

Neonatal mortality cases in the Eastern Region of Ghana is on the rise as the figure increasesto 291 with 21 more deaths than last year. The major causes have been prematurity, low birthweight, infections amongst others.Dr. Joycelyn Assibey disclosed that mothers and caregivers who applied cow dung orpepsodent on the umbilical cord to hasten its […]

Dr. Kodua, a paediatrician with the Healthy Kids Foundation has stated that children ages 6 months to 5 years with severe fever can easily get seizures. She stated that there has been a surge in diarrhoea, malaria, and cold cases amongst school children.She advised parents with children who had fever, malaria, or cold to first […]