Ghana: Breast Cancer Killed 2,262 in 2020--NCD Programme Manager

At least 2, 262 women died of breast cancer in the year 2020, the Acting Programme Manager, Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD) Control Programme, Ghana Health Service, Dr Efua Commeh,… Read more »

Ghana: Hypertension in Children ... Myth or Reality?

Over the years, attention on hypertension has been focused more on adults as compared to children. Read more »

Ghana: Innovation in Healthcare - Ghana's New HIV Self-Testing Tool

For many years, the mere thought of getting tested for HIV was a daunting and nerve-wracking experience in Ghana. It meant sitting in a waiting room, surrounded by strangers,… Read more »

Ghana: Baobab - Support Digestive Health, Weight Loss, Blood Sugar, and Hemorrhoids

Baobab is a tree native to certain regions of Africa, Arabia, Australia, and Madagascar. Adansonia is the scientific name and, can grow up to 98 feet (30 meters) tall and produce a… Read more »

Ghana: Y4GFF Project Launched to Help Strengthen Health System

The Youth for Global Finance Facility (Y4GFF) was on Friday launched in Accra to build capacities of youth-led organisations to gather data to help play advocacy in strengthening… Read more »

Ghana: GHS to Launch New Approach to Healthcare Delivery

A new health approach to healthcare delivery in the country is scheduled to be launched by the Ghana Health Service (GHS), Director in-charge of Policy, Planning, Monitoring and… Read more »

Ghana: GHS Loses 525 Skilled Personnel in a Year - DG

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has lost 525 of its skilled personnel and professionals to brain drain within the last 12 months, the Director-General, Dr Patrick Kuma Aboagye, has… Read more »

Ghana: Fludor, Visionspring Distribute Free Eyeglasses to Cocoa Farmers

Cocoa marketing company, Fludor Ghana Limited, a member of the Tropical General Investments (TGI) Group, in collaboration with non-profit organisation, VisionSpring, has conducted… Read more »

Ghana: Adhere to Sound Environmental Practices for Good Health - Biakoye DCE

The Biakoye District Chief Executive (DCE) in the Oti Region, Ms Millicent Kabuki Carboo, has called on residents in the area to adhere to education on sound environmental… Read more »

Ghana: Saudi King's Hajj Beneficiaries Call On Ambassador

The Ghanaian guests of King of Saudi Arabia and Custodian of the two Holy Mosques in Makkah and Medinah, Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud 2023 Hajj programme on Monday paid a courtesy… Read more »

Ghana: Moree C'nity Gets Free Health Screening

A total of 1500 residents of Moree, a coastal community in the Abura-Asebu-Kwamamkese of the Central region, at the weekend benefitted from free health screening organised by Fiona… Read more »

Ghana: Book On Late Childhood Cancer Ambassador Launched

A book that chronicles the life and impact of a childhood cancer ambassador who led the fight against childhood cancer in Ghana and beyond has been launched in Accra. Read more »

Ghana: GIA Donates Gh¢100,000 Consumables to Winneba Hospital

The Ghana Insurers Association (GIA) on Wednesday donated hospital consumables worth GH¢100, 000 to the Trauma and Specialist Hospital, Winneba to help cater for accident… Read more »

Ghana: Efforts to Prevent Childhood Hepatitis B Laudable

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has announced its intention to introduce a vaccine for Hepatitis B virus (HBV) to be administered to babies at birth. Read more »

Ghana: Ga Central Municipal Health Directorate Administers 130,000 Doses of COVID-19 Vaccines

The Ga Central Municipal Health Directorate has administered 130,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines out of the over 300,000 population in the municipality, the Municipal Health… Read more »

Ghana: Childhood Immunisation Programme - Newborns to Receive Hepatitis B Vaccines ...Within 24hrs of Birth Beginning Next Year

Ghana will from next year introduce a vaccine for Hepatitis B virus (HBV) to be administered to babies at birth, the Director-General (D-G) of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), Dr… Read more »

Ghana: Partner Govt to Strengthen Healthcare Delivery - Dep. Health Minister

The Deputy Minister of Health, Mrs Tina Gifty Naa Ayeley Mensah, has urged private health facilities certified by the Health Facilities Regulatory Agency (HFRA) to partner the… Read more »

Ghana: RUPFA Donates Gh¢62,400 Items to Health Facilities in UEER

The Rural Urban Partnership For Africa (RUPFA), an Accra-based non-governmental organisation (NGO), has supported three health facilities in the Upper East Region with a tricycle… Read more »

Ghana: Polyphenols and Glutathione Synthesis Regulation

I came across this article in a paper by Moskaug et al. Polyphenols and glutathione synthesis regulation. The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Volume 81, Issue 1, January… Read more »

Ghana: Policy Brief On Nutrition Education Materials Launched

A policy brief on the inclusion of small fish in the Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP) and nutrition education materials was launched in Accra yesterday. Read more »

Ghana: 35 Abutia SHS Students Suffer Food Poisoning

A total of 35 students of Abutia Senior High Technical School (SHTS) in the Ho-West District of the Volta, were on Saturday rushed at the Mante Eclaisia Hospital at… Read more »

Ghana: Newborns to Get Ghana Card Numbers - Vice President

Henceforth all new born babies in Ghana will be issued with National Identification numbers, better known as Ghana Card numbers, Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia has announced. Read more »

Ghana: GHS, KOICA Launch CHPS+ 2nd Phase Project in Nalerigu

Ghana Health Service (GHS) has launched the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) Community-Based Health Planning and Service (CHPS+) Phase ll Project in Nalerigu, capital… Read more »

Ghana: Street Academy Embarks On Successful Health Walk

This year's edition of the annual Street Academy health walk was held at the weekend in Accra with a number of corporate bodies joining over 800 children to walk through the… Read more »

Ghana: HIV Self-Testing Kit Unveiled in Accra

A self-testing HIV kit to enable the public to check their status in the comfort of their homes, and wherever they find themselves was yesterday unveiled in Accra. Read more »