National strategy launched to improve sickle cell disease care

By Linda Naa Deide Aryeetey Accra, Nov.6, GNA- Ghana on Tuesday unveiled a National Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) Strategy aimed at improving both preventive…

Takoradi records four suspected cases of choleraBy Emmanuel Gamson

Takoradi, Nov. 05, GNA – The Western Regional Directorate of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), has recorded four suspected cases of cholera within Takoradi…

Medical students urged to prioritize patients’ medical histories 

By Samira Larbie  Accra, Nov 5, GNA- The Accra College of Medicine (ACM) has emphasized the importance of taking patients’ medical histories seriously to…

Ghana detects 34,000 new HIV infections within nine months of 2024

By Samira Larbie Accra, Nov. 5, GNA – The National HIV and AIDS Control Programme of the Ghana Health Service has reported over 34,000…

ASEPA Urges EOCO to disclose findings on 2015 Central Medical Stores fire

By Samira Larbie Accra, Nov 5, GNA – The Alliance for Social Equity and Public Accountability (ASEPA) has urged the Economic and Organized Crime…

Rwanda, African Union inaugurate continental medical agency headquarters in Kigali

KIGALI, Nov. 2, (Xinhua/GNA) — Rwanda and the African Union (AU), on Friday inaugurated the African Medicines Agency (AMA) headquarters in Kigali, paving the…

Biomedical engineers need specialised training 

By Samuel Akumatey Ho, Nov. 04, GNA – The Ghana Society of Biomedical Engineers has called for specialised training for professionals to ensure optimal…

Women urged not to fear breast cancer screening

By Erica Apeatua Addo Kwamenakrom (W/R), Nov 4, GNA – Madam Patience Akpakli, matron at the Ghana Manganese Company Limited (GMCL) Hospital, has urged…

Subri residents enjoy free health screening

By Erica Apeatua Addo Subri (W/R), Nov 4, GNA – Hypertension and diabetes have been identified as the most common health conditions being suffered…

Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Ghana launch comprehensive five-year strategic plan 

By Emelia B. Addae Koforidua, Nov. 3, GNA – The Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Ghana (SOGOG) has unveiled an ambitious five-year strategic…

Ashanti Regional Health Directorate intensifies public education on cholera

By Yussif Ibrahim Kumasi, Nov. 3, GNA – The Ashanti Regional Health Directorate has stepped up public education on preventive measures against the outbreak…

La Nkwantanang Madina Municipal Assembly commissions ultra-modern clinic at Oyarifa

By Francis Kwabena Cofie Madina (G/A), Nov. 3, GNA – The La Nkwantanang Madina Municipal Assembly has commissioned an ultra-modern clinic for residents of…

Newmont Ahafo North Mine screens women for breast cancers

By Dennis Peprah Yamfo, (A/R), Nov. 2, GNA – Some young and aged women at Yamfo, a mining community in the Tano North Municipality of…

Yamfo Health Center launches ‘Network of Practice’

By Dennis Peprah Yamfo, (A/R), Nov. 02, GNA – The Yamfo Health Center in the Tano North Municipality of the Ahafo Region, has launched a…

Men, women advised to regularly undergo breast cancer screening  

By Comfort Sena Fetrie -Akagbor Tamale, Nov 01, GNA – Dr Abukari Bawah Abdulai, Director, University for Development Studies (UDS) Health Services, has advised women…

Men dominate GBC Volta’s pink October free cancer screening event

By Samuel Akumatey Ho, Nov. 02, GNA – More men than women showed up at the premises of the GBC Volta Star Radio for…

Pharmacists contribute substantially to healthcare delivery

By Eunice Hilda A. Mensah Accra, Nov. 2, GNA – Dr Francis Aboagye-Nyame, a fellow of the West African Postgraduate College of Pharmacists (WAPCP)…

World Stroke Day 2024: All hands must be on deck for stroke prevention and treatment 

By Albert Allotey  Accra, Nov. 1, GNA – The Vision for Accelerated Sustainable Development-Ghana in collaboration with the Ghana NCD Alliance, and the Stroke…

USAID donates boats to improve health access in WR’s riverine communities

By P. K. Yankey Nzulezo (W/R), Nov 01, GNA- The United States Government, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and JSI,…

RUWA-Ghana mobilises Ngarun community for sensitisation, mass screening for TB

By Albert Futukpor Tamale, Nov 01, GNA – As part of the implementation of the Grant Cycle 7 (GC7) project, titled: “Finding the Missing…