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Health Team; Patient and Family are key Members

It is easy for one to regard health professionals as those who constitute the healthcare team; but did you know that one of the most important members of the healthcare team is the patient or family?

What is Primary/Preventive Healthcare?

Many players in the health field have varying definitions and explanations of what Primary Health Care is over the years. One to fall on in my deliberation is a definition put together by these two world bodies: the World Health Organization and the United Nation Children’s Fund as penned below;

Importance of Primary Healthcare-Ghana’s Model

Primary healthcare promotes equal/equitable access and distribution of healthcare delivery. This is possible because it is easier and cheaper to access by both the rich and the poor; that cannot always be the case for secondary healthcare services.

REPLICATE CHPS ZONE SYSTEM IN CITIES/URBAN AREAS

I would advocate that, services provided at the health centers in the communities should be absolutely free. No health insurance should be required to receive care in these facilities. Health insurance and any other cost to clients should only be considered for services beyond the health posts.

PRIMARY HEALTHCARE IN GHANA; WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?

Ghana, in 2003 also introduced similar health policy-The National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) with the same goal. Through this national policy, all citizens are able to receive, at least basic health care irrespective of financial status.

Don’t sit on the toilet for more than 10 minutes, doctors warn

It might seem a harmless way to pass the time when you’re going number two. However, experts warn that what they call prolonged sitting on the toilet can harm your health. It’s even been connected to an increased risk of hemorrhoids and weakened pelvic muscles, said Dr. Lai Xue, a colorectal surgeon at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas.

Ghanaian Doctors Turning to Alcoholism, Sexual Misconduct-GMA Lamented

The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) has raised grave concerns regarding rising issues of alcoholism, other drug abuse and cases of sexual misconduct among some of its members.

Disguised GP jailed for inheritance row poisoning

A GP who disguised himself and injected his mother's partner with a poison in a row over an inheritance has been jailed for 31 years and five months. Thomas Kwan, 53, was posing as a community nurse giving a coronavirus booster jab when he injected Patrick O'Hara, 71, with a toxin in Newcastle in January.

Higher temperatures linked to increased stroke risk in younger adults, study finds

New research from Yale University indicates that short-term exposure to high temperatures significantly increases the risk of stroke among adults aged 18 to 64, with women particularly vulnerable.

CHOLERA OUTBREAK IN GHANA, 2024: A NATIONAL DISGRACE

The issue of cholera outbreak should never be limited to public education on personal and environmental hygiene because that’s not the root cause of the infection. The root cause is the government’s failure to provide safe environment for its citizens. It’s not the job of communities to provide for themselves good source of drinking water; that’s the job of the government.

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