By Gilbert Azeem Tiroog Manyoro (U/E), Oct 18, GNA – WaterAid Ghana, in collaboration with the Kassena Nankana Municipal Health Directorate, has intensified handwashing…
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Access to water key to menstrual hygiene management – Akwaah-Adjei
By Florence Afriyie Mensah Kumasi, Oct 18, GNA – Availability and access to water is a key resource required in ensuring good menstrual hygiene…
Polio immunization targets 240,000 infants in Bono East – Health Director
By Jerry Azanduna Kintampo, (BE/R) Oct. 18, GNA-The nationwide polio immunization exercise is targeted to capture more than 240,000 children below five years, in…
FirstBank Ghana Observes Pink October to Raise Breast Cancer Awareness
Accra, Oct. 18, GNA – FirstBank Ghana is celebrating Pink October month to draw attention to Breast Cancer and the challenges it poses to…
Ada East DCE expresses concern over cholera outbreak
By Opesika Tetteh Puplampu Totimekorpe-Ada, Oct. 17, GNA – Madam Sarah Dugbaki Pobee, Ada East District Chief Executive (DCE), has expressed concern over the increased…
Earth Rock Prestige Limited donates ambulance to Bamianko Health Centre
By P. K. Yankey Bamianko (W/R), Oct. 17, GNA – Earth Rock Prestige Limited, a private company in the Gwira Traditional Area, has handed…
Pleasant Medical Centre celebrates anniversary with free health screening
By Lawrencia Akoto Frempong Ashaiman, Oct. 17, GNA – The Pleasant Medical Centre celebrated its third anniversary in health care services by offering a…
Polio vaccination for children under 5 years begins at Keta
By Evans Worlanyo Ameamu Keta (VR) Oct 17, GNA – The Health Directorate at Keta in the Volta Region has announced the commencement of…
Trust Jesus Foundation urges creation of mental health tax
By Dennis Peprah Sunyani, Oct 17, GNA – The Trust Jesus Foundation (TJF) has advocated the establishment of a mental health tax to raise the…
Breaking Polio transmission: Over one million children to be vaccinated in Ashanti
By Yussif Ibrahim Kumasi, Oct. 16, GNA – The Ghana Health Service and its partners are embarking on another Polio Vaccination Campaign as they…
Public Health calls on public to patronise Polio Vaccination services
By Mildred Siabi-Mensah Takoradi, Oct. 16, GNA – Dr. Gifty Amugi, the Director of Public Health at the Western Regional Health Service, has…
NPP Flagbearer rolls out comprehensive healthcare exercise for people of Nzema-East
By P.K. Yankey Bamianko (W/R), Oct. 16, GNA – The office of the Presidential Candidate of the NPP, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has organised a…
Lordina Foundation donates medical equipment to Afife Health Centre
By Michael Foli Jackidy Afife (V/R), Oct. 16, GNA – The Lordina Foundation, led by former First Lady, Mrs Lordina Mahama, has donated medical…
Hunger Project, GHS hold breast cancer awareness at Yeniamah
By Kamal Ahmed Yeniamah (E/R), Oct 16, GNA – The Hunger Project (THP), in collaboration with the Ghana Health Service (GHS), has stepped up…
Over 14,000 people vaccinated against mpox in DR Congo: official
KINSHASA, Oct. 15 (Xinhua/GNA) — More than 14,000 people have been vaccinated against mpox in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), as part…
Employers must prioritise mental health of nursing mothers
By Elizabeth Larkwor Baah Tema, Oct. 15, GNA-Dr Augustine Quarshie, Senior Physician and Head of Clinical Care at the Tema General Hospital, says a…
Don’t sign medical forms for patients-Nurses told
By Godfred A. Polkuu Pusu-Namongo (U/E), Oct. 15, GNA-Mr Emmanuel Tibil Panzin, the Upper East Regional Chairman of the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives…
Government launches QR Code for reporting breastfeeding LI violations
By Eunice Hilda A. Mensah/Valerie Asare Accra, Oct.15, GNA – Dr Bernard Okoe-Boye, the Minister of Health, has launched a QR Code to enlighten…
Immunisation Financing: ‘Looking Within’ documentary on immunisation launched to deepen advocacy
By Samira Larbie Accra, Oct 15, GNA-Hope for Future Generations (HFFG) in partnership with Socioserve Ghana and Alliance for Health & Immunisation Advocates(AHIFA) has…
NHIS to cover four mental health diseases
Accra, Oct. 15, GNA- Effective November 1, 2024, subscribers of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) can access free medical services for four mental…