Category: Health

Vignette Once upon a time, I embarked on a long trip. Before leaving home, my daughter advised me to travel light but I still carried two large bags full of personal effects and food items. At the airport, I was asked to pay for excess baggage (and looking at the amount involved), I had to […]

Dr. Agbenyo. At a crossroad Several years down memory lane, post medical school and having lived my entire life without a girlfriend, I fell in love with a Ghanaian-born British (through a brother from another mother). I attended discussions/ coaching sessions in Guy’s Hospital, London and was all set to write the PLAB (an exams […]

Dr. Agbenyo. Growing up with my kid brother Simon Jnr was thrilling. We loved football. In an interesting way, we always seemed to be on the opposite side of teams. I am for Fabulous Kumasi Asante Kotoko and he is for Glorious Accra Hearts of Oak…he says he is a Gunner for life and I […]

By: Dr. Agbenyo. During one of my outreaches to a remote village( with no electricity and the children had to walk several kilometres to get to school daily) I was approached by a girl who said she wanted to become a doctor. Her main challenge was that nobody believed it was possible because of where […]

Counsellor Papa Kwamena Amo, affectionately called Mr. Smooth, a marriage and relationship counselor has advised the youth against the abuse of Emergency Contraceptive Pills and abortion. Abortion is the termination of a pregnancy by the removal or expulsion of an embryo or fetus. An abortion that occurs without intervention is known as a “miscarriage” or […]

…During A Health Screening Exercise The Programmes Coordinator of Know Your HIV Status Street Campaign Program in the Central Region of Ghana, Mr. Samuel Nana Effah Obeng has revealed that out of 89 individuals who voluntarily tested their HIV status in Elmina at Ahomka Fie, one person proved positive. He said this in an interview […]