Essien, John Mensah support HIV kids   International football stars, Michael Essien and John Mensah will this afternoon visit and interact with children diagnosed of HIV in Accra.

Oldest women hit hard by dementia   Almost half of all women in their 90s are suffering from dementia, Californian research suggests.

Looming danger; Oblogo dumping site full   Authorities in the national capital are overwhelmed by the issue of where to dump 2,000 tonnes of refuse generated by residents daily.

Over 2,000 children die from AIDS in 2007    The National AIDS Control Programme (NACP) has estimated that 2,333 children under-15 died of AIDS-related diseases in 2007.

5,000 face blindness    Five thousand people in the Northern and Upper West regions risk going blind if they don't undergo surgical operations within 18 months.