Insights
Written by the doctors who run the clinics, and reviewed by somebody else before it goes up.
Who actually needs an annual health screen — and who does not
Screening everybody for everything finds a great many things that were never going to hurt anyone, and each of those costs somebody a biopsy, a fortnight of worry or an operation they did not need. Our physicians set out what they recommend by age, what the evidence actually supports, and the four tests they deliberately leave alone.
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Health Insights
Who actually needs an annual health screen — and who does not
Screening everybody for everything finds things that were never going to hurt anyone. Here is what our physicians recommend by age, and what they leave alone.
The childhood schedule, explained without the acronyms
Fourteen appointments in the first eighteen months is a lot to hold in your head. This is the Ghana Health Service schedule set out plainly, with what each visit protects against.
What an ultrasound can tell you, and what it cannot
A normal scan is not the same as a clean bill of health. Our lead sonographer on reading a report, the questions worth asking, and when to ask for something else.
Further reading
Written by the consultants who run the clinics, and reviewed by somebody else in the hospital before it goes up. None of it replaces a conversation with your own doctor.
Malaria in the city: why the test matters more than the treatment
Presumptive treatment is still common and still wrong. What a rapid test costs, and what treating without one costs instead.
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Blood pressure: the numbers that matter and the ones that do not
One high reading is not hypertension. Dr Mensimah on home monitoring, white-coat effect, and when a single figure is worth acting on.
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Why we will sometimes refuse to give you antibiotics
Resistance in Ghana is rising faster than new drugs arrive. What our prescribing policy is, and why it occasionally makes people angry.
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The first six weeks: what is normal and what is not
Feeding, jaundice, temperature and the four signs that mean come in tonight rather than wait for the clinic.
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