Neonatal or new-born death-- defined as death occurring between 0 and 28 days in live-born infants--is a global public health problem, with 2.9 million neonates dying annually, three quarters of which deaths occur in the first seven days of life.

The 2018 seminar for 20 selected media professionals from Ghana is currently on-going in Beijing, China.

A Six-Chapter Report on Mercury Use, Sources and Releases in Ghana has been launched in Accra.

Despite the strides made in improving new-born health in Ghana over the past five years, a lot more remains to be done, Dr Isabella Sagoe-Moses, Deputy Director, Reproductive and Child Health, Family Health Division, Ghana Health Service, has noted.

Earlier in the week, details emerged that President Muhammadu Buhari had withheld assent to the harmonised Petroleum Industry Governance Bill (PIGB).