The Bono Region currently leads in HIV infection in the country, with a prevalence rate of 2.5, Dr Kofi Amo-Kodieh, the Bono Regional Director of Health, has said. The Bono Region Health Director in a press conference stated that the region’s HIV Sentinel Survey (HSS) has revealed that out…
Maternal and neo-natal mortality cases recorded slight decreases in the Bono Region in 2022, compared to the previous year, Dr Kofi Amo-Kodieh, the Bono Regional Director of Health, has said. Maternal deaths decreased from 28 in 2021 to 23 in 2022, putting the region's current institutional maternity rate at 75.5 per…
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has implored parents to provide their adolescent girls, meals with rich nutritional value to protect them against anaemia and build their body systems. According to Dr. Prince Quarshie, a Deputy Director in-charge of Public Health, Bono Regional Health Directorate, adolescent girls needed high nutrition to…
The Council of Brong-Ahafo Associations of North America (COBAANA) on Monday donated 15 surgical equipment to the Bono, Bono East and Ahafo regions Health Directorates. The equipment worth US$2,500 each is designed for the storage and sterilization of surgical tools and other devices to prevent infections. Dr. De-Graft Kwafo Gyan,…
The Bono Region recorded 26 maternal deaths in 2021 unchanged from the previous year, Mr. George Asare Tabiri, the Bono Regional Health Promotion Officer, has said. Mr Tabiri, who was speaking at the Annual Health Performance Review Meeting of the Regional Health Directorate in Sunyani, said the Directorate was determined…