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Water has skilled one thing of a renaissance over the previous couple of a long time. It’s the proper beverage, everybody – no exceptions – needs to be consuming as a lot as they'll each single day as a way to maintain our our bodies in top-notch working order…proper? Effectively, it seems which may not be true, and also you can have an excessive amount of of an excellent factor. The NHS recommends that adults ought to have six to eight...

Verna Mineral Water by the Ghana Medical Affiliation has donated an incubator for the Ga West Municipal Hospital, Amasaman. The donation which types a part of the Company Social Accountability of Twellium Industrial Firm Ltd, producers of Verna Mineral Water, Slemfit Water, Rush Vitality Drink, Mcberry Biscuit and a bunch of different merchandise, types a part of a collection of actions of the corporate to contribute to well being care supply in Ghana. The donation was made by the Ghana...

Coronary heart assaults, also called myocardial infarctions, happen when the blood stream to a piece of the guts is blocked, inflicting injury to the guts muscle. There are a number of methods to cut back your danger of getting a coronary heart assault: Keep a nutritious diet: Consuming a food plan wealthy in fruits, greens, entire grains, and lean proteins will help decrease your ldl cholesterol and blood strain, that are main danger elements for coronary heart illness. Keep away...

FDA CEO, Delese Darko The Meals and Medication Authority (FDA) has issued an alert over the abuse/misuse of Nitrous Oxide fuel at nightclubs and events within the types of balloons and canisters to induce euphoria and laughter. The Authority in a press release signed by the Chief Government Officer, Delese Darko, mentioned Nitrous Oxide fuel is used as a propellant and a preservative within the meals business and a medical anesthetic analgesic. The Authority mentioned the misuse of Nitrous Oxide...

Kwaku Agyeman-Manu The Ministry of Well being has responded to the Auditor Common’s newest report on the federal government’s COVID-19 expenditure indicating it's working with the African Vaccine Acquisition Belief (AVAT) protocol to evaluate the vaccine procurement contract. Within the report, the Auditor Common famous that the Ministry of Well being on behalf of the Authorities of Ghana paid an quantity of $120,192,379.80 to UNICEF/AVAT for the provision of vaccines. “Nevertheless, 5,109,600.00 doses of vaccines valued at $38,322,000.00 have been...

  Over 1,000,000 doses of vaccines obtained on the Nationwide Chilly Room and issued to consumer services had expired on the numerous Districts and Areas, Auditor Normal Report indicated. In accordance with the report, the Programme Supervisor defined that the 1,022,348 vaccines have been donated vaccines that have been delivered to them near expiry. With concern that the vaccines might by chance/mistakenly be issued among the many healthful ones for vaccination which might pose public well being risk to the...

Ghana recorded a complete of three,745,398 confirmed malaria infections from January to September 2022 out of seven,749,627 assessments carried out, knowledge from the Nationwide Malaria Elimination Programme (NMEP) has proven.The determine reveals a lower in malaria an infection as in comparison with 4,133,020 malaria circumstances recorded in the identical interval in 2021.The nation has additionally seen a discount in malaria deaths from 196 in 2021 to 120 in 2022.Dr Keziah Malm, Programme Supervisor of the Nationwide Malaria Elimination Programme (NMEP),...

By Prof. Raphael Nyarkotey Obu Smoked Catfish within the Gambia On the Serekunda Market, within the Gambia, I observed this specific fish that had been smoked.   I used to be informed it's catfish.  I additionally discovered that there are a number of species of catfish harvested from the Gambian waters. Castro et al.(2013)point out that as much as 8 species are present in saltwater whereas 6 are recognized in estuary/freshwater environments. Investigation at seashore touchdown websites positively recognized three species:...

The Ghana Well being Service (GHS) has begun the sixth Nationwide COVID-19 Immunisation Days because it inches in the direction of reaching 10 million totally vaccinated folks. The marketing campaign themed, “Shield Your self, Shield Your Household; Get Vaccinated In opposition to COVID-19 NOW,” begins at this time twentieth to twenty fourth January, 2023 and consists of younger folks aged 15 and above, pregnant girls and lactating moms. Director-Normal of GHS, Dr. Patrick Kuma-Aboagye talking on the launch in Accra,...

By  Prof. Raphael Nyarkotey Obu A current examine by Yusuf and Obaghwarhievwo (2021) confirmed that fura da nono drink has dietary and medicinal worth. This isn't shocking that India has taken the marketing campaign of millet consumption to a distinct stage. The decision adopted by the UN Basic Meeting on 3 March 2021 determined to declare 2023 because the Worldwide 12 months of Millets. Therefore, the India Excessive Fee in Ghana is on an consciousness marketing campaign to advertise millet-based...