Ghana: Free Dialysis Session for Persons Below 18, Above 60...Effective June-December 2024 - Nhia

Persons suffering from kidney diseases, aged below 18 and those above 60 years will receive all eight dialysis sessions per month for free under the National Health Insurance… Read more »

Ghana: 7-Year Strategic Document On Health Financing Launched

A 7-year strategic document on Ghana's Health Financing aimed at reducing financial barriers to access health care in Ghana was last Friday launched in Accra. Read more »

Ghana: 3 Scientists Receive $35,000 to Research Into Vaccines to Combat Emerging Diseases

As part of Ghana's post COVID-19 recovery process, the government has awarded a $35,000 grant to three scientists to research into possible vaccines to combat emerging infectious… Read more »

Ghana: 'MOH Committed to Improving Adolescent Well-Being'

The Ministry of Health (MoH) says it is commitment to harness resources and expertise to improve adolescents health and wellbeing, a Programme Officer, Abena Kumiwaa Osae has… Read more »

Ghana: Resolve Global Fund Donation Impasse to Avert Health Calamity

On page 9 of our yesterday issue is a story in which the Coalition of CSO Networks in HIV, Tuberculosis (TB) and Malaria is calling on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to… Read more »

Ghana: NHA Pays Gh¢180m to Healthcare Providers

The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) says it paid GH¢180 million to various categories of healthcare providers last Friday across the country mainly for claims… Read more »

Ghana: Madina MP Pushes for 5 Percent Job Quota for PWDs

Member of Parliament (MP) for the Madina Constituency, Francis-Xavier Sosu, is on an advocacy to have a Bill passed to guarantee job slots for Persons With Disabilities (PWDs) in… Read more »

Ghana: Dr Okoe-Boye Launches Book On Covid-19 Pandemic

The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, last Thursday launched a book titled 'Fellow Ghanaians', authored by the Minister of Health-designate, Dr Bernard Okoe Boye, in Accra. Read more »

Ghana: Ghana Marks 20 Years of HIV Anti-Retroviral Treatment

A total of 254,753 Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) persons are currently on Highly Active Anti-retroviral Therapy (HAART). Read more »

Ghana: Dr Nii Tackie Laid to Rest Saturday

The mortal remains of the late Dr Ebenezer Nii Armah Tackie, the father of the Ga Mantse, King Tackie Teiko Tsuru II, was on Saturday interred in a private burial characterised by… Read more »

Ghana: Obey GMetHarmattan Advice

The Ghana Meteorological Agency (GMet) has advised Ghanaians to be aware of the health risks posed by the harmattan. Read more »

Ghana: GMet) Cautions Ghanaians About Harmattan-Related Diseases

The Ghana Meteorological Agency (GMet) has advised Ghanaians to take cognisant of the health risks posed by the harmattan which has the ability to worsen allergies such as asthma. Read more »

Ghana: Upper West Regional Hospital Plans to Establish Cancer Unit

The Medical Director of the Upper West Regional Hospital, Dr Robert Amesiya, has said plans were advanced for the establishment of a cancer unit at the facility, to help treat… Read more »

Ghana: 'Ghana Poised to Eliminate Malaria by 2028'

Ghana is poised to eliminate malaria deaths by 90 per cent and case incidence by 50 per cent in the year 2028. Read more »

Ghana: 'Let's Protect Children From Mercury Exposure'

The government has been called upon to introduce stringent measures to protect children from their exposure to mercury in illegal mining activities, popularly known as "galamsey". Read more »

Ghana: Fish Smoking Endangering Lives of Many Ghanaian Children

Elmina, Central Region - Noami Mansah Anim was just six years old when she died. The little girl had battled asthma for years, her tiny body wracked by the struggle to get air into… Read more »

Ghana: Ghana to Produce Diphtheria, Tetanus Vaccines Locally Next Year - Health Minister

Ghana is to begin the development, production and distribution of Tetanus and Diphtheria Vaccines locally from next year, the Minister of Health, Kwaku Agyemang Manu has announced. Read more »

Ghana: Afariwa Military Hospital Project Revived

Construction works have resumed on the Military Hospital at Afariwa in the Atwima Nwabiagya District in the Ashanti Region. Read more »

Ghana: Desist From Buying Unprescribed Antimicrobials - PSGH

The public has been advised to desist from buying unprescribed antimicrobials as there was a high level of resistance to them in the country. Read more »

Ghana: Unlicensed Traditional Medicine Practitioners Face Severe Sanctions in 2024

Amidst these calls for regulatory compliance, Dr. Simon Agyemang Duah, Welfare Chairman of the Traditional Herbalist Association of Ghana, urged Ghanaian women to reconsider… Read more »

Ghana: La General Hospital Will Be Completed On Schedule... Finance Minister Assures

The Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, has assured of the completion of the La General Hospital on schedule in order to provide the needed healthcare service to the La community… Read more »

Ghana: FOCOS Hospital Leads Campaign to Prevent AMR in Ghana

Focos Orthopaedic Hospital, a leading non-profit health facility in Ghana, as part of activities to mark the global Antimicrobials Resistance (AMR) awareness week has held a forum… Read more »

Ghana: 50 Percent of Babies Delivered At Korle-Bu Are Preterm - Dr Ahor-Essel

About 50 per cent of babies delivered annually at the maternity unit of the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH) are preterm, Senior Specialist Paediatrician, Dr Kojo Ahor-Essel, has… Read more »

Ghana: No Law Backing Newly-Inaugurated Sunyani Teaching Hospital - NDC

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has described the newly inaugurated Sunyani teaching hospital by the government as a hoax. Read more »

Ghana: Govt Secures New Funding Source for La General Hospital Construction

The government has identified alternative source of funds to finance the reconstruction of the La General Hospital, Health Minister, Kwaku Agyeman-Manu, has revealed. Read more »