By Yussif Ibrahim Kumasi. June 5, GNA – Members of the Calvary Charismatic Center (CCC) will on Saturday undertake a large-scale voluntary blood donation exercise…
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Selling single cigarette sticks is illegal – FDA
By Godfred Aaneamenga Polkuu Bolgatanga, June 5, GNA -The Upper East Regional Office of the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) says the sale of single cigarette stick is illegal…
World Milk Day: Arla Foods targets 42,000 Central Regional students in nutrition drive
Accra, June 5, GNA – Arla Foods Ghana, producers of Dano Milk, have launched a month-long initiative aimed at providing free milk to 42,000 senior high school students in…
GRNMA condemns assault on midwife at Community 22 Polyclinic, demands urgent action
Accra, June 05, GNA – The Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA) has condemned the physical assault of a senior staff midwife by…
Handwashing, early reporting key to preventing Ebola spread – GHS
By Linda Naa Deide Aryeetey, GNA Accra, June 3, GNA – The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has urged the public to adopt regular handwashing…
Ministry of Health officially outdoors Vast-Ghana
By Albert Allotey Accra, June 5, GNA – The Ministry of Health on Thursday officially outdoored the Vision for Accelerated Sustainable Development, Ghana (VAST-Ghana), a public health civil society…
Phase III of TTAA Project launched in AccraÂ
By Albert Allotey Accra, June 5, GNA – The Tobacco Tax Advocacy in Africa (TTAA) Phase III Project in Ghana has been launched to strengthen advocacy for effective health taxes, especially excise taxes on…
Mortuary workers should be ambassadors of dignity, confidentialityÂ
By Agnes Ansah, GNA Accra, June 4 GNA– The Ministry of Health has inducted Ghana’s first cohort of professionally trained mortuary attendants and environmental…
GRNMA executive member backs abolition of delegate system
By Godfred Aaneamenga Polkuu Bolgatanga, June 4, GNA – A growing debate within the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA) over its delegate…
School children, teachers call for review of sizes, weight of pads
By Mildred Siabi-Mensah Takoradi, June 04, GNA- School children and teachers within the Takoradi Central Circuit of the Sekondi-Takoradi Metro Education Unit have lamented the…
Ghana activates Ebola Response plan as outbreaks surge in DRC and Uganda
By Linda Naa Deide Aryeetey, GNA Accra, June 3, GNA – Ghana has intensified its national Ebola preparedness and response plan following outbreaks of…
FDA raises concern over blood bank complianceÂ
By Samira Larbie, GNA Accra, June 3, GNA – The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has expressed concern over persistent regulatory non-compliance in blood banking facilities,…
KATH resumes admissions at emergency centre despite persistent bed shortageÂ
By Naa Shormei Odonkor, GNA Kumasi, June 3, GNA – The Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) has resumed admissions at its Accident and Emergency Centre after temporarily restricting…
Stakeholders urged to strengthen blood safety complianceÂ
By Samira Larbie, GNA Acrra, June 3, GNA – Health sector stakeholders have been urged to enhance collaboration and accelerate compliance with blood safety…
NHIA registers 1.48m subscribers in Ashanti King’s Month driveÂ
By Florence Afriyie Mensah Kumasi, June 3, GNA – The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) Ashanti registered and renewed over 1.48 million members under its maiden…
Strengthening healthcare systems key to tackling childhood kidney diseases – Prof. AntwiÂ
By Dorothy Frances Ward Kumasi, June 3, GNA – Prof. Sampson Antwi, a Paediatric Nephrologist and Lecturer at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology…
Dr Marion Okoh-Owusu commended for contributions to quality healthcare and systems
By Mildred Siabi-Mensah, GNA Takoradi, June 03, GNA- Dr. Marion Okoh-Owusu, the outgoing Western Regional Director of the Ghana Health Service, has been highly…
Kassena-Nankana West selected for Free Primary Health Care initiative Â
By Godfred Aaneamenga Polkuu, GNA Paga (U/E), June 3, GNA – The Kassena-Nankana West District has been selected as one of 150 districts across the country to benefit from…
Kadjebi to Observe National Sanitation Day in Electoral Areas
By Daniel Agbesi Latsu Kadjebi (O/R), June 3, GNA – The Kadjebi District Assembly in the Oti Region will on Thursday, June 4, observe National Sanitation Day in…
Ghanaians must help to counter tobacco industry deception – MinisterÂ
By Albert Allotey, GNA Accra, June 3, GNA – Mr Mintah Akandoh, the Minister of Health has called on Ghanaians to come together to counter the deception of tobacco industry…
New Global Analysis Confirms Alcohol’s Complex Relationship with Health
By Maxwell Awumah Ho, June 3 (GNA) – A new study by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington…
African governments must hold tobacco industry accountable for tobacco-related deaths – VAST-Ghana
By Albert Allotey Accra, June 3, GNA – Mr Labram Musah, the Executive Director of the Vision for Accelerated Sustainable Development, Ghana has called on African governments to hold tobacco industry accountable for…
Childhood Disability: Stakeholders urged to eliminate stigma associated with ClubfootÂ
By Ernest Nutsugah, GNA Accra, June 2, GNA – Stakeholders have been urged to help raise awareness and eliminate the stigma often associated with clubfoot, a treatable condition…
SSNIT launches nationwide Telehealth Service; 267,000 retirees to benefitÂ
By Benjamin Adamafio Commey, GNA Accra, June 2, GNA – The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) has launched a Telehealth Service to provide remote healthcare consultations,…