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Ghana:
Strike - Ghana Engages 177 Cuban Doctors
Daily Trust, 19 August 2015
Ghanaian government has engaged about 177 Cuban doctors to help in healthcare delivery in the country as industrial action by local doctors persists. Read more »
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Ghana:
Government Issues Directives to Minimize Effect of GMA Strike
Ghana Govt., 18 August 2015
Government has issued a number of directives aimed at minimizing the effect of the strike action by the Ghana Medical Association (GMA). Read more »
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Ghana:
Health Minister Appeals to Striking Doctors to Return to Post
Ghana Govt., 10 August 2015
The Minister for Health, Mr Alex Segbefia, has appealed to the Ghana Medical Association (GMA) to call off its strike while negotiations on their conditions of service continue. Read more »
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Ghana:
NPP Writes to Doctors - to End Biting Strike
Ghanaian Chronicle, 5 August 2015
The Director of Communication of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Akomea has told The Chronicle that the party will write officially to the government to expedite the current… Read more »
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Ghana:
The Medical Doctor of Today
Ghanaian Chronicle, 5 August 2015
It was the beginning of the seventies, when in Belgium, men and women of the healing profession, at one time, laid down their tools. The whole of Europe did "spit venom" on these… Read more »
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Ghana:
Doctors Strike Is Threat to Life and National Security - Part One
Ghanaian Chronicle, 4 August 2015
This nation is sick literally! With doctors on strike and three deaths already reported at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, one would have thought that this is the time for sober… Read more »
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Ghana:
GMA Strikes Over Unreasonable Demand
Ghanaian Chronicle, 3 August 2015
Despite the nationwide strike declared by members of the Ghana Medical Association (GMA) over what the public considers as outrageous demands, The Chronicle's visit to some health… Read more »
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Ghana:
Doctors Have Legitimate Demand but Please...
Ghanaian Chronicle, 3 August 2015
When politicians started awarding fat end of service benefits to themselves, many were Ghanaians who cautioned against the practice, since it could have a cascading effect on the… Read more »
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Ghana:
How Doctors Deal Was Struck
Ghanaian Chronicle, 29 July 2015
Haruna Iddrisu, Minister of Employment yesterday reached an agreement with the 91 striking junior doctors who hit the streets of Accra, enroute to the premises of the Controller… Read more »
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Ghana:
Govt Deploys 268 Newly Trained Doctors - Health Minister
Ghana Govt., 7 July 2015
The Minister for Health, Mr Alex Segbefia, has disclosed that the Ministry, between May and June 2015, posted 268 newly trained doctors to all teaching and some regional hospitals… Read more »
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Ghana:
Doctors' Strike Paralyses Public Health System
Daily Trust, 17 August 2015
Following a majority decision by members of the Ghana Medical Association (GMA) to extend its strike for two more weeks, the crisis in the health sector has deepened. Read more »
