Each year, about 8.8 million children below the age of five years die as a result of diseases that could be avoided with the use of safe essential medicines formulated appropriately for children. These diseases include diarrhea and pneumonia, as well as conditions such as severe bacterial infections in newborns.

The Greater Accra Regional Health Directorate has decided to merge Ridge Hospital OPD and Adabraka Polyclinic into one entity to be known as “Ridge Hospital OPD, Adabraka”, with effect from Thursday, July 1.