Via Ghana News Agency :
" Malaria continues to be the leading disease recorded at the Out-Patient Department of the 10 health facilities in the Jomoro District, the District Director of Health Service, Madam Charlotte Danquah, has said.
Presenting the District’s Mid-Year Health Report at Half Assini, she said out of the 88,136 cases recorded between January and June this year, malaria accounted for 24,149.
She said malaria also accounted for 1,857 out of the 3,125 patients admitted at the facilities for the same period.
The District Health Director said in 2010, there were 1,580 Malaria cases out of the 2,652 recorded at the facilities.
Some of the facilities are at Half Assini, New Town, Ezimetianu, Tikobo No 1, Tikobo No.2, Kegen, Twenen, Elubo and Ekabaku.
Madam Danquah said the cases after Malaria were single spontaneous delivery, diarrhoea, anaemia, hypertension and typhoid fever.
She said out of the 37 institutional deaths, eight were as a result of malaria, six were from HIV/AIDS, three from diabetes mellitus and two from typhoid fever."
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Thursday, May 5, 2011
Malaria tops ten reported cases at OPD in Ghana
Via Ghana News Agency :
" Malaria has been identified as the highest of the ten reported cases at Out Patient Department (OPD) at various hospital in the country.
Dr. Jacob Abebrese, Medical Director in charge of the Brong Ahafo Regional Hospital in Sunyani, who announced this, said that the aged, pregnant women and children less than five years were most affected by the disease.
The Medical Director, in an interview with GNA in Sunyani, advised that the aged, pregnant women and children should sleep in treated mosquito nets, since they have low immunity and have the high risk of acquiring malaria when bitten by mosquitoes.
Dr Abebrese explained that children whose mothers had frequent malaria during pregnancy risked getting malaria easily after birth.
He stated that the Regional Hospital last year, recorded 14,241 malaria cases out of a total number of 60,400 diseases followed by acute eye infection cases of 6,963 and 4,864 acute ear infection.
The rest of the diseases recorded at the hospital were 4,146 cases of diarrhoea, 3,018 cases of respiratory tract infection, 2,543 cases of rheumatism and joint pain, 2,414 cases of hypertension, 2,212 cases of Gynaecological conditions, 1,637 skin diseases and 1,567 cases of home occupational accident."
" Malaria has been identified as the highest of the ten reported cases at Out Patient Department (OPD) at various hospital in the country.
Dr. Jacob Abebrese, Medical Director in charge of the Brong Ahafo Regional Hospital in Sunyani, who announced this, said that the aged, pregnant women and children less than five years were most affected by the disease.
The Medical Director, in an interview with GNA in Sunyani, advised that the aged, pregnant women and children should sleep in treated mosquito nets, since they have low immunity and have the high risk of acquiring malaria when bitten by mosquitoes.
Dr Abebrese explained that children whose mothers had frequent malaria during pregnancy risked getting malaria easily after birth.
He stated that the Regional Hospital last year, recorded 14,241 malaria cases out of a total number of 60,400 diseases followed by acute eye infection cases of 6,963 and 4,864 acute ear infection.
The rest of the diseases recorded at the hospital were 4,146 cases of diarrhoea, 3,018 cases of respiratory tract infection, 2,543 cases of rheumatism and joint pain, 2,414 cases of hypertension, 2,212 cases of Gynaecological conditions, 1,637 skin diseases and 1,567 cases of home occupational accident."
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Ghana : Malaria still endemic in sub-region - Dr Offei-Awuku
Via Ghana News Agency :
" Cape Coast, April 20 : Dr Beth Offei-Awuku, Physician at the University of Cape Coast (UCC) Hospital, on Wednesday said malaria was still the number one killer in the West African sub-region.
Yet the average waiting time for a malaria patient to see a doctor was four hours, a situation she described as "unacceptable".
Dr Offei-Awuku expresssed regret that the doctor to patient ratio in Ghana and other countries in the sub-region is 1: 13,000, compelling many patients to resort to self medication.
She however called for an immediate stop to that practice since it was dangerous and could adversely affect one's health.
Dr Offei-Awuku was speaking on "Self Medication and the Consequences in Malaria Treatment," at a symposium as a prelude to the celebration of World Malaria Day which falls on Monday, April 25."
" Cape Coast, April 20 : Dr Beth Offei-Awuku, Physician at the University of Cape Coast (UCC) Hospital, on Wednesday said malaria was still the number one killer in the West African sub-region.
Yet the average waiting time for a malaria patient to see a doctor was four hours, a situation she described as "unacceptable".
Dr Offei-Awuku expresssed regret that the doctor to patient ratio in Ghana and other countries in the sub-region is 1: 13,000, compelling many patients to resort to self medication.
She however called for an immediate stop to that practice since it was dangerous and could adversely affect one's health.
Dr Offei-Awuku was speaking on "Self Medication and the Consequences in Malaria Treatment," at a symposium as a prelude to the celebration of World Malaria Day which falls on Monday, April 25."
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