The Airport Customer Service (ACS) team of Delta Air Lines, with Women in Aviation and its partners, has donated GHS20,000 to the Breast Cancer Survivors Association of Breast Care International. The group made the donation at a free breast screening and health talk at the Kotoka International Airport in Accra. A release issued by the […]
Dr Victor Dejor, Specialist Radiologist at the Soyus Diagnostic Centre in Kumasi, has attributed the high rate of breast and other cancer related deaths to late reporting to health facilities. Ghana records 17,944 cancer related deaths annually with breast cancer alone accounting for 5,026 cases. However, Dr. Dejor, speaking to the Ghana News Agency in […]
A group of military officers say they have seized control of Guinea-Bissau amid reports that the president, Umaro Sissoco Embaló, has been arrested. Shortly after gunshots were heard in the capital, Bissau, government sources told the BBC that Embaló had been detained. The officers then appeared on state TV, saying they had suspended the electoral […]
Police in the Bono Region are investigating a tragic domestic incident that resulted in the death of 30-year-old Esther David after a confrontation with her husband, identified as Abraham. According to preliminary police information, the altercation began when Esther requested to use a mobile phone, which Abraham allegedly refused. A struggle reportedly followed, during which […]
Dr Freda Prempeh, a former Member of Parliament (MP) and Founder of the Ultimate Women Foundation (UWF), has described violence against girls and women remains as uncivilized and barbaric that should not be allowed to persist in contemporary Ghanaian society. The foundation is a Non-governmental Organisation that seeks to encourage and motivate indigenous women and […]
The much-anticipated fourth season of “Keeping It Real with Joselyn Dumas” has been launched with a boutique experience hosted at AkunaPod, Accra’s inspiring new creative hub, marking a fresh chapter for the celebrated Ghanaian talk show. The launch event, designed to introduce the new season to an exclusive group of media professionals, industry leaders, and […]
Mrs Luvina Sandra Atsu, Country Manager of Women in Tech Ghana, has reaffirmed the organisation’s commitment to empowering 50,000 women and girls in Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics (STEAM) by 2030. She said the milestone reflected a year of courage, dedication, and a shared belief in building a community where women inspire and support […]
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) is calling for stricter enforcement of the country’s air quality standards, warning that rising pollution is pushing respiratory illnesses to alarming levels across Ghana. Health facilities nationwide are reporting spikes in asthma attacks, acute respiratory infections, especially among children, chronic coughs, and severe breathing difficulties. Officials say these conditions are […]
The Domestic Violence Victim Support Unit of the Ghana Police Service (DOVVSU) has encouraged the public, especially women who are going through domestic abuses, to promptly report to save their lives. Madam Victoria Larbi, an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), at Adenta DOVVSU, speaking with some selected women in the area, said the Unit was […]
Ghana is recording declines in skilled delivery, immunisation, adolescent health, and postnatal care despite increasing numbers of trained health workers. Dr Kennedy Brightson, Director for Public Health at the Ghana Health Service, observed that it was unusual that despite rising health education, specialists, and midwives, the country continued to lose more women. “In 2022, 806 […]
