May 12, 2023
Ghana: Expedite Action On Improved WASH Facilities and Services - Child Diplomat
Stakeholders in the Water, Sanitation and Health (WASH) sector have been urged to take expedite action towards ensuring thatchildren have access to improved WASH facilities and… Read more »
Ghana: NARM-GH Marks International Midwives Day
The Greater Accra Regional Chapter of the National Association of Registered Midwives, Ghana (NARM-GH) yesterday marked this year's International Midwives Day in Accra with an… Read more »
May 10, 2023
Ghana: Is Barring Health Officials From Active Party Politics Justified? (Part 2)
The said letter also advised that any Civil Servant who wished to participate in any political activity should resign from the service and warned to deal with anyone who flouted… Read more »
Ghana: MELPWU Demands Conditions of Service, Threatens Strike
The Medical Laboratory Professionals Workers Union (MELPWU) is demanding conditions of service for medical laboratory workers in Ghana as it threatens to embark on an industrial… Read more »
May 08, 2023
Ghana: Is Barring Health Officials From Active Party Politics Justified? (Part 1)
I read with dismay a circular dated 13th April, 2023, authored and circulated by the Ministry of Health to directorates, institutions and affiliate bodies under the Ministry,… Read more »
Ghana: Health Minister Inaugurates Ultramodern Fertility Centre in Accra
An ultramodern fertility centre has been inauguration in Accra to address infertility needs of the people. Read more »
Ghana: Health Minister Tasks Stakeholders to Partner to Upscale Health Delivery
The Minister of Health (MoH), Mr Kwaku Agyemang-Manu, has called on the private sector, academia, non-state actors and development partners to build sustainable partnership in the… Read more »
May 05, 2023
Ghana: Provide Funding for Research On State of Health of Ghana's Fish Stock - Cemlaw
The Executive Director of the Centre for Maritime Law and Security Africa (CEMLAW), Dr Ali Kamal-Deen, has called on the government to provide funding for the Ministry of Fisheries… Read more »
May 04, 2023
Ghana: Armed Forces Launches Prostate Cancer Project
The Ghana Armed Forces has launched a Prostate Cancer Early Detection Project in Accra on Friday. Read more »
Ghana: GHS Declares End of Lassa Fever Outbreak
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has declared an end to the Lassa Fever (LF) outbreak recorded in the country in February this year. Read more »
May 02, 2023
Ghana: CSNF Collaborates With Rotary Club for Free Breast Cancer Screening Exercise
The Cancer Support Network Foundation (CSNF) in collaboration with the Rotary Club Airport branch and the Pop Chain Alliance, has organised a four day free breast cancer screening… Read more »
May 03, 2023
Ghana: Tuberculosis Risk Factors Exacerbated by Climate Change
While there is no established causal relationship between climate change and tuberculosis (TB), studies have begun to highlight the potential impact its effects could have on the… Read more »
April 28, 2023
Ghana: Tapalapa - the Gambian Bread That May Control Weight Loss (2)
Sarita, E(2016) study found that as pertains to most cereals, millet is a starchy grain -- meaning that it's rich in carbs. Additionally, millet is loaded with several vitamins and… Read more »
April 26, 2023
Ghana: Research Critical to Vaccines Development - Pfizer
The Medical Director of Pfizer, Sub-Saharan Africa, Dr Kodjo Soroh has underscored the need to focus on research and development in new areas in order to produce effective and… Read more »
Ghana: Adruime, Adzortsi Residents Undergo Free-Medical Screening
He Volta Community Development, USA and two other partners have conducted a free-medical exercise for members of the Adruime and Adzortsi communities in the Ketu North District of… Read more »
Ghana: Ghana Marks World Malaria Day in Accra
Continued investment and transformative innovations are critical to realising the malaria elimination goal of Ghana, the Chief of Staff, Mrs FremaAkosuaOseiOpare has said. Read more »
Ghana: Mobilise Internal Resources to Eliminate Malaria
World Health Organisation (WHO) member states, during the World Health Assembly of 2007, adopted April 25 to celebrate it as World Malaria Day to highlight the need for continued… Read more »
April 21, 2023
Ghana: Health Minister Laments Extortion From National Health Insurance Subscribers
The Minister of Health, Mr Kwaku Agyeman-Manu, has called for an end to the extortion of money from national health insurance subscribers by some health service providers in the… Read more »
April 25, 2023
Ghana: Govt Must Absorb Cancer Treatment Cost Nationwide - Dr Sackey
The government has been urged to absorb the cost of all cancer treatment in the country. Read more »
Ghana: Consider Appeal to Absorb Cancer Treatment Costs
In our editorial of April 20, this year titled 'NHIS subscribers deserve benefits', we raised some of the challenges faced by National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) subscribers… Read more »
April 20, 2023
Ghana: NHIs Subscribers Deserve Benefits
The National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) was introduced in the country in 2001 to deal with the financial hardship among the populace that had become a barrier to their access… Read more »
April 21, 2023
Ghana: Tuberculosis - the Curable Silent Killer
Tuberculosis (TB) is a preventable and curable disease caused by a bacteria called Mycobacterium tuberculosis. TB often affects the lungs and could be deadly if not detected and… Read more »
April 19, 2023
Ghana: U.S.$132 Needed to Fight HIV Annually in Ghana - Dr Ahuahene
About $132 million is required to provide a full range of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) services annually in Ghana, says the Director General of the Ghana AIDS Commission… Read more »
Ghana: PAC Must Exert Authority!
The ongoing public hearing of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament in Sunyani is bringing to the fore certain pertinent issues that must not pass without comments. Read more »
Ghana: Pres Cuts Sod for Ꞓ5m Vaccine Manufacturing Factory At Medie
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo performed a ground breaking ceremony yesterday for work to begin on the construction of a vaccine manufacturing factory at Midie, in the Ga… Read more »