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		<title>“Ghana Is Short Of Midwives”</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 17:23:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dr. Ebenezer Appiah-Denkyira, Director in-charge of Human Resource for Health Development of the Ministry of Health (MOH), has advocated the training of more midwives to improve the midwife patient ratio which now stands at 1:7,200. This means that the health sector needs an additional 8,000 midwives to fill the gap if maternal health is to [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.ghananewsnow.com/2009/05/28/httpwwwghananewsnowcomimagesjohn%2520mahama%5b1%5djpg/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Survey: 451 women die out of every 100,000 live births'>Survey: 451 women die out of every 100,000 live births</a> <small>Accra, May 28, GNA &#8211; The national maternal mortality survey...</small></li>
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		<title>115 Doctors take oath</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 14:17:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The College of Health Sciences of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) is collaborating with the Ministry of Health (MoH), to develop peripheral teaching sites to help extend the training of medical and other health science students to district hospitals. The initiative, dubbed “Network of Teaching Sites Programme” is primarily designed to [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.ghananewsnow.com/2009/05/04/korle-bu-junior-doctors-also-hint-of-strike/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Korle Bu junior doctors also hint of strike'>Korle Bu junior doctors also hint of strike</a> <small>Junior doctors at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital have hinted...</small></li>
<li><a href='http://www.ghananewsnow.com/2009/05/06/kath-doctors-call-off-strike/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: KATH doctors call off strike'>KATH doctors call off strike</a> <small>Junior doctors at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital have suspended...</small></li>
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		<title>Ghanaians Urged To Exercise</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:26:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A medical officer at the Kwahu Government Hospital, Dr Francis Addae, has urged the adult population to undertake regular exercise to reduce weight and other unwanted materials such as fats and cholesterol from the body to enhance their health. He said regular exercise could release waste materials from the body and protect the body from [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.ghananewsnow.com/2009/08/08/ghanaians-urged-to-salvage-the-local-textiles-industry/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Ghanaians urged to salvage the local textiles industry'>Ghanaians urged to salvage the local textiles industry</a> <small>Kumasi, Aug. 8, GNA &#8211; The Member of Parliament (MP)...</small></li>
<li><a href='http://www.ghananewsnow.com/2009/06/11/ghanaians-urged-to-change-over-aged-electrical-wires-of-buildings/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Ghanaians urged to change over-aged electrical wires of buildings'>Ghanaians urged to change over-aged electrical wires of buildings</a> <small>Berekum (B/A), June 11, GNA &#8211; Mr. Kwame Fei, Berekum...</small></li>
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		<title>Oil Cash For NHIS: Vice President</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:24:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The government is considering the option of using part of the country’s oil revenue for the intended one-time premium payment of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), the Vice-President, John Dramani Mahama has announced. He said considering the critical role of good health of the citizens in national development, there was the need to explore [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.ghananewsnow.com/2009/09/19/outstanding-arrears-choke-nhis/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Outstanding Arrears Choke NHIS'>Outstanding Arrears Choke NHIS</a> <small>¢115m 2008 OUTSTANDING ARREARS CHOKE NHIS The National Health Insurance...</small></li>
<li><a href='http://www.ghananewsnow.com/2009/08/28/nhis-managers-to-be-put-on-performance-contracts/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: NHIS managers to be put on performance contracts'>NHIS managers to be put on performance contracts</a> <small>Chief Executive Officer of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA),...</small></li>
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		<title>Two Institutions Support Cancer Treatment</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:21:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The National Cancer Coalition (NCC) of the US in conjunction with the Breast Care International (BCI) on Wednesday presented drugs worth about 23 million dollars to the Ministry of Health. The drugs are for cancer related diseases including prostate, colon, paediatric leukaemia, depression, heart disease as well as adjunctive therapies for patients taking chemotherapy. They [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.ghananewsnow.com/2009/06/15/prostate-cancer-is-the-second-deadly-illness-afflicting-ghanaian-men/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Prostate cancer is the second deadly illness afflicting Ghanaian men'>Prostate cancer is the second deadly illness afflicting Ghanaian men</a> <small>Accra, June 14, GNA &#8211; Mr Gershon Sena Sekley, Chief...</small></li>
<li><a href='http://www.ghananewsnow.com/2010/07/03/men-urged-to-do-regular-prostrate-cancer-checks/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Men Urged To Do Regular Prostrate Cancer Checks'>Men Urged To Do Regular Prostrate Cancer Checks</a> <small>Men aged 40 and above must undergo screening once every...</small></li>
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		<title>8th African Traditional Medicine Day Celebrated In Accra</title>
		<link>http://www.ghananewsnow.com/2010/08/31/8th-african-traditional-medicine-day-celebrated-in-accra/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 21:31:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Minister of Health, Dr Benjamin Kumbour, is unhappy about the poor perception accorded herbal medicine in the country. This he said, is a great challenge to the health care delivery. According to the Minister, about 20 policies and administrative guideline to institutionalize herbal medicine would be effected by January next year. Furthermore, 35 herbal [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.ghananewsnow.com/2010/07/09/govt-to-integrate-traditional-medicine-into-health-delivery-system/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Gov&#8217;t To Integrate Traditional Medicine Into Health Delivery System'>Gov&#8217;t To Integrate Traditional Medicine Into Health Delivery System</a> <small>Plans are far advanced to implement the integration of scientific...</small></li>
<li><a href='http://www.ghananewsnow.com/2010/06/08/government-wants-herbal-medicine-developed-for-export/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Government Wants Herbal Medicine Developed For Export'>Government Wants Herbal Medicine Developed For Export</a> <small>The Deputy Minister of Health, Hon. Rojo Mettle Nunoo says...</small></li>
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		<title>Blind women bemoan absence of optometrist in Volta Regional Hospital</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Aug 2010 03:03:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Women&#8217;s Wing of the Volta Regional branch of the Ghana Blind Union (GBU), on Wednesday bemoaned the absence of an optometrist at the Volta Regional Hospital. The group contended that the absence of the specialist was increasing blindness in the region. The women expressed these concerns at a day&#8217;s sensitization workshop organized for them [...]


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		<title>Ghana gets another Chiropractic doctor</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 10:25:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chiropractic care is steadily gaining grounds in Ghana as more people continue to discover the amazing power of chiropractic. This has also resulted in an increase in the number of chiropractic doctors in the country. A thirty-year old American chiropractor, Dr. Christopher Carter is the latest to join a team of chiropractors helping people to [...]


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		<title>AIRPORT HILLS Set For New State-Of-The-Art Dental Clinic</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Residents in the upscale Airport Hills Estate will soon have access to a new advanced digital technology dental facility, it has been announced. Construction of the new full service dental and orthodontic facility is expected to be complete by the end of May 2011 and open its doors in June. Access to the clinic will [...]


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		<title>Drinking water before meals helps dieting, says study</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 20:53:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Drinking water before meals can help people to lose weight, says a US study. Scientists from Virginia found that slimmers can lose an average of 5lb extra if they drink two glasses of water three times a day before meals. They tested the theory on 48 older adults, split into two groups, over 12 weeks. [...]


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