Tag: pregnancy
Saving lives, contributing to achieving SDGs; the success story of Human Rights Reporters Ghana
In a bid to help end the kidnappings as well as the burgeoning human rights and social issues in Ghana and beyond, the Human...
Any amount of alcohol use during pregnancy harmful to child’s brain: Aussie research
Any amount of alcohol consumption during pregnancy can have a significant impact on a child's brain development, leading to anxiety, depression, and poor...
BECE Candidate dies after Maths paper, five others out due to pregnancy
One of the candidates sitting for the 2020 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) in the Ahanta West Municipality died on Thursday after a short...
Western North Regional Minister supports mother of quadruplets
Mr Kingsely Aboagye Gyedu, the Western North Regional Minister, has presented items worth GHC7000 to the 25-year old farmer who delivered quadruplets at...
Court grants Public Relations Officer GHc30,000 bail for defilement
A Cape Coast Circuit Court has granted Stanley Akoto, a 27-year old Public Relations Officer bail in the sum of GHc30,000.00 with two...
Because you steer and inspire us: Drivers on the Yango App salute mothers
For many of us, growing up would have been a very turbulent time in our lives but for the love, care and steady hands...
Bibiani Health Directorate holds annual review meeting
The Bibiani- Anhwiaso-Bekwai Municipal Health Directorate of the Ghana Health Service (GHS) has held its Annual review meeting for 2019 with a call on...
Teenage pregnancy undermining our human resource
Madam Lena Alai, Volta Regional Director, Department of Gender, has noted that the prevalence of teenage pregnancy was threatening the human resource base of...
As Husbands Continue to love your wives even when in Pregnancy
Mr Collins Arku, North-Tongu District Chief Executive (DCE) has cautioned men against the habit of detaching emotionally from their wives when they are pregnant.
He...
Upper East Records Abnormal Cases of Teenage Pregnancy
Madam Rofina Asuru, the Upper East Regional Deputy Director of Nursing Services (DDNS) in charge of Public Health activities says the region has exceeded...
Agogo Chiefs vows to address teenage pregnancy
The Chiefs and other traditional leaders in the Agogo Traditional Area of the Asante-Akim Central District, have pledged their support to help combat the...
Jessica Simpson is at the finish line with her pregnancy
The 38-year-old star is expecting her third child with husband Eric Johnson and it hasn't been easy for the 'Irresistible’ singer, who has documented...
Jessica Simpson had to deal a lot with anxiety during her pregnancy
The 38-year-old singer - who already has children Maxwell, six, and Ace, five, with husband Eric Johnson - has had a string of health...
Serwaa Amihere: To launch Amor’s vigorous safe sex awareness campaign on social media.
Global contraceptive solutions brand Amor has appointed Ghanaian broadcast journalist and philanthropist, Serwaa Amihere, as its first brand ambassador to commence its operations in...
Assessing Ghana’s New Strategy in Intermittent Preventive Malaria Treatment
The results of the study: “Intermittent Preventive Treatment of Malaria in Pregnancy : Evaluating the new strategy in Ghana”, carried out by University...
Good Bones stars open up about pregnancy and working relationship
The mother-daughter dynamic between Karen Laine and Mina Starsiak Hawk has helped turn HGTV’s Good Bones into a smash hit. Not every parent-child duo...
Kim Kardashian West finds it “frustrating” she cannot carry her and husband Kanye West’s...
The 37-year-old star and her husband Kanye West - who have two kids, North, four, and two-year-old Saint - are expecting their third child...
Joselyn Dumas Discusses Pre/Postnatal Pains With Stephanie Benson & Apolline Attripoe
Womanhood has always been with complications from menstrual cramps, childbearing to delivery, amongst a lot more.
In episode two of Keeping It Real With Joselyn...
Ghana Still Battles with High Cases of Anaemia in Pregnancy
Dr. Anthony Nsiah-Asare, the Director-General of the Ghana Health Service (GHS) Thursday said anaemia in pregnancy remains a major challenge impeding the Service’s effort...
During Pregnancy Home-care Services Research to be Launch Soon
Work on an important research to provide home-care attendants during pregnancy and postnatal services as well as effective care at birth in clinics and...
EPA service personnel engage Weija teens on environmental preservation
The 2016/2017 National Service personnel of the Environmental Protection Agency have embarked on a sensitisation drive to educate students of Weija Municipal Assembly Basic...
Ash Reg Health Directorate Scales Up Efforts In Preventing Adolescent Pregnancy
The Ashanti Regional Health Directorate has promised to concentrate on it's efforts in keeping Adolescents safe and in good health by providing unimpeded access...
Ashanti Region Steps Up War on Teenage Pregnancy
The campaign to bring down teen sex and teen pregnancy has been scaled up in the Ashanti Region with the training of more young...
Adolescents Request Practical Information On STIs Prevention
A recent study indicates that Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) programmes in the country are not providing the full range of information adolescents need.
The...
High fat, sugar diet during pregnancy may “program” for health complications in mother, child
Eating a high-fat, high-sugar diet during pregnancy disrupts metabolic processes within the mother's body, which may "program" the mother and her unborn baby for...
DOVVSU Issue Battle Cry Against Surge in Child Marriage
The Brong-Ahafo Regional Coordinator of the Police Domestic Violence and Victim Support Unit (DOVVSU) has issued a battle cry against the surge in child...
Jirapa District : Teenage Pregnancy, Unsafe Abortions On The Rise
Teenage pregnancy and unsafe abortions have become a worrying phenomenon in the Jirapa District of the Upper West Region.Teenage pregnancies increased from 251 in...
Sissala Youth Forum Decides to Curb Drug Abuse and Teenage Pregnancy
Participants at the event
The Sissala Youth Forum (SYF) at the close of its annual conference has among other things, resolved to put in place...
Sub-Saharan Africa Ranked High In Global Malaria Burden
The World Health Organization’s (WHO) World Malaria Report 2016 reveals that children and pregnant women in sub-Saharan Africa have greater access to effective malaria...
Alcohol Consumption During Pregnancy Results in FASD
Doreen, 17 years, sits quietly, tiny beads of sweat quivering near her hairline. It’s hot in the doctor’s office - she has come...