By Sasel E.A. Ekumah Accra, Aug. 5, GNA – Dr Henry Bulley, Head of the Accident and Emergency Department of the Korle Bu Teaching…
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Behaviour change critical to Free Primary Health Care agenda – Stakeholders
By Samira Larbie, GNA Accra, Aug. 6, GNA – Stakeholders have called for evidence-based Social and Behaviour Change (SBC) to become a central pillar…
GRNMA donates, screens inmates at Sekondi Central Prison
By Mildred Siabi-Mensah Sekondi, Aug. 6, GNA – The Western Regional Directorate of the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA) has donated household…
Upper East Regional hospital intensifies education to mark Breastfeeding Week
By Godfred Aaneamenga Polkuu Bolgatanga, Aug. 6, GNA – The Upper East Regional Hospital (UERH) has stepped up its public education on the importance…
Krachi Nchumuru MP donates medical equipment, logistics to improve healthcare delivery
By Kingsley Mamore Chinderi (O/R), Aug. 6, GNA – Mr Solomon Kuyon, Member of Parliament (MP) for the Krachi Nchumuru Constituency, has donated medical…
U.S. commits additional $242m for Ebola fight
By James Amoh Junior Accra, Aug. 5, GNA – The United States Government has announced an additional US$242 million to strengthen Ebola response and…
Korle Bu emergency cases surge from 70 to over 100 daily
By Eric Appah Marfo Accra, Aug. 5, GNA – The Accident and Emergency Department of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital is recording a…
Speaker Bagbin commissions GH₵4 million expanded dialysis unit at UWR Hospital
By Philip Tengzu, GNA Wa, (UW/R), Aug. 5, GNA – Mr Alban S. K Bagbin, the Speaker of Ghana’s Parliament, has commissioned a GH₵4 million expanded dialysis unit at the Upper West Regional Hospital in Wa to improve…
GHS Director urges improved client relations to boost public trust
By Godfred Aaneamenga Polkuu, GNA Bolgatanga, Aug. 05, GNA -Dr Braimah Baba Abubakari, the Upper East Regional Director of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), has called…
NBA advocates stronger regulatory framework for Ghana’s vaccine manufacturing agenda
By Samira Larbie, GNA Accra, Aug. 05, GNA – The National Biosafety Authority (NBA) has called for the establishment of a robust, science-based, and…
Ghana positioning as continental trailblazer for AI for health – Dr Donkor advocates
By Maxwell Awumah, GNA Ho, Aug. 4, GNA – Ghana is positioning itself as a continental trailblazer through its Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Health Programme, which was launched in partnership with the World…
Bagbin, SHEILD commission GH¢4 million expanded dialysis unit in Wa
By Elsie Appiah-Osei Accra, Aug. 5, GNA – Thousands of kidney patients in northern Ghana are expected to access dialysis treatment closer to home…
Newly inducted doctors, dentists urged to accept postings to underserved areas
By Samira Larbie, GNA Accra, Aug. 4, GNA – Newly inducted medical doctors and dentists have been urged to accept postings to underserved communities…
Hohoe residents benefit from MP’s eye surgery initiative
By Edward Williams, GNA Hohoe (V/R), Aug. 4, GNA – A total of 200 residents in the Hohoe Constituency have benefited from eye surgeries initiated by Mr Thomas Worlanyo Tsekpo, the Member of Parliament (MP) for…
Religious, traditional leaders urged to dispel misconceptions about breastfeeding
By Solomon Gumah, GNA Tamale, Aug 04, GNA – Mrs Olivia Mawunyo Timpo, the Deputy Director in-charge of Nutrition at the Ghana Health Service, has called on traditional and religious leaders…
MP donates non-drug consumables, relieves patients of financial burden
By Philip Tengzu, GNA Lawra (UW/R), Aug. 4, GNA – Patients at the Lawra Municipal Hospital can now heave a sigh of relief from…
AngloGold Ashanti Iduapriem Mine hands over NICU to Tarkwa Municipal Hospital
By Erica Apeatua Addo, GNA Tarkwa, Aug. 03, GNA – The AngloGold Ashanti Iduapriem Mine has handed over a $1.2 million, 60-bed Neonatal Intensive…
Hepatitis B causes 75 per cent of liver cancer cases in Ghana – Experts
By Samira Larbie Accra, Aug. 3, GNA – Hepatitis B infection accounts for about 75 per cent of liver cancer cases in Ghana, making…
BOSTenergies donates GH₵1 Million to Ghana Medical Trust Fund to advance life-saving healthcare
Accra, Aug 3, GNA – BOSTenergies has reaffirmed its commitment to improving healthcare delivery in Ghana with a donation of GH₵1 million to the Ghana…
GHS, ISCC sign five-year pact to strengthen sickle cell response
By Samira Larbie Accra, Aug. 3, GNA – The Ghana Health Service (GHS) and the International Sickle Cell Centre (ISCC) have signed a five-year Memorandum of Understanding…