By Godfred Aaneamenga Polkuu, GNA  Bolgatanga, March 26, GNA – The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has reported a concerning surge in maternal mortality in the Upper…
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Obstetrician calls for intensive public education on Pregnancy-Induced Hypertension Â
By Naa Shormei Odonkor, GNA Kumasi, March 26, GNA – Wing Commander Dr Heindel Tonyi Senayah, a Specialist Obstetrician-Gynaecologist, has called for intensified public education on Pregnancy-Induced Hypertension…
Strengthen Clinical Competency to Improve Healthcare – Dr Ofori-Boadu
By Godfred Aaneamenga Polkuu Bolgatanga, March 27, GNA – Dr. Lawrence Ofori-Boadu, Director of the Institutional Care Division (ICD) of the Ghana Health Service…
Western North Regional Health Directorate to roll out Employee Assistance Programme
By Alex Baah Boadi Sefwi -Bodi (WN/R), March 27, GNA – Dr Paulina Clara Appiah, Western North Regional Director of Health Service, has announced…
Ada West District Health Directorate receives two incinerators
By Opesika Tetteh Puplampu Sege, March 27, GNA-The Ada West District Health Directorate has received two newly constructed incinerators to enhance medical waste management…
Asuogyaman Health Team Engages SHS Students to Mark World TB Day
By Kamal Ahmed Atimpoku (E/R), March 27, GNA – The Asuogyaman District Health Directorate in the Eastern Region has engaged students of Akwamuman Senior…
Stakeholders validate Draft National Nutrition GuidelinesÂ
By Albert Allotey Accra, March 26, GNA – The Ghana Health Service in collaboration with World Child Cancer (WCC) has held a day’s stakeholders validation meeting on the Draft…
Ghana strengthens TB detection with GH¢30- million investment in Al advanced diagnostics
By Samira Larbie, GNA Accra, March 25, GNA — Ghana has taken a significant step in strengthening its response to Tuberculosis (TB) with the…
World TB Day: More than 50 per cent of cases go undetected – GHSÂ
By Samira Larbie, GNA Accra, March 25, GNA – More than half of Tuberculosis (TB) cases in Ghana remain undetected, despite progress in treatment…
Medical officers refuse postings to North East Region – Health Director
By Solomon Gumah, GNA. Nalerigu (NE/R), March 25, GNA – Dr Godfred Kwabena Sarpong, the North East Regional Director of the Ghana Health Service, has expressed concern over…
Residents of Kwabenya screened on World TB Day
By Albert Allotey Accra, March 25, GNA – The Ga East Municipal Assembly in collaboration with the Ga East Municipal Health Directorate has held…
Public Health Nurse urges public to consume less sugar, salt
By Dennis Peprah, GNA Sunyani, (Bono), March 25, GNA – Madam Esther Ndamanie, a Senior Public Health Nurse and Midwife at the Sunyani Municipal Directorate…
Upper East Regional Health Directorate review performance in traditional Fugu
By Godfred Aaneamenga Polkuu, GNA Bolgatanga, March 25, GNA – The top management and staff of the Ghana Health Service (GHS) in the Upper East Region…
GHS Director alarmed by rising mental health cases among staff and public
By Godfred Aaneamenga Polkuu, GNA Bolgatanga, March 25, GNA – Dr Braimah Baba Abubakari, the Upper East Regional Director of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), has…
Presiding Member donates medical supplies to Kadema Health Centre
By Godfred Aaneamenga Polkuu, GNA Kadema (U/E), March 25, GNA – Mr Robert Akpara Agaab, the Presiding Member (PM) of the Builsa North Municipal Assembly, has donated medicines and clinical consumables to…
Government must integrate air pollution into next National NCD PolicyÂ
By Albert Allotey, GNA Accra, March 26, GNA – The Vision for Accelerated Sustainable Development, Ghana (VAST Ghana), has urged Government and stakeholders to…
Ada West District Assembly renovates, hands over Bornikorpe Health Centre
By Opesika Tetteh Puplampu, GNA Bornikorpe-Ada, March 25, GNA – The Ada West District Assembly has renovated and handed over the Bornikorpe Health Centre to the District Health Directorate,…
Ada West DCE inspects Wokumagbe CHPS compound under construction
By Opesika Tetteh Puplampu, GNA Wokumagbe-Ada, March 25, GNA – Mr Mordjifa Tanihu Jerry John Foreigner Mills-Nkrumah, the Ada West District Chief Executive (DCE), has expressed satisfaction with the progress of…
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints commissions CHPS clinic, WASH infrastructureÂ
By Edward Dankwah, GNA Accra, March 26, GNA – The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has commissioned a new Community Health Planning and…
Oti records sharp drop in maternal deaths; rising infant mortality sparks concern
By Kingsley Mamore, GNA Worawora (O/R), March 25, GNA – The Oti Region has recorded a significant decline in maternal mortality, which a development health…
NTDs linger in Oti despite control efforts – Dr Amo-Kodieh
Credit: Kingsley Mamore, GNA Worawora (O/R), March 25, GNA – Recent assessments in the Nkwanta North District of the Oti Region have revealed lingering cases…
GOSANET Foundation commemorates World TB Day with community engagement/free TB screening
By Emmanuel Nyatsikor, GNA Adaklu Waya (V/R), Mar 24, GNA – GOSANET Foundation, an Implementing Partner for Stop Tuberculosis (TB) Partnership Ghana, has commemorated the annual…
Dental caries prevalent among pre-school, JHS pupils — Dr. PaintsilÂ
By Erica Apeatua Addo, GNA Akoon (W/R), March 24, GNA – Dr. Victor Paintsil, Dental Surgeon at the Tarkwa Municipal Hospital, has said the commonest dental problem…
Deputy Minister inspects KMA paediatric centre, commends progress
By Yussif Ibrahim, GNA Kumasi, March 25, GNA – Madam Rita Naa Odoley Sowah, the Deputy Minister for Local Government, Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs, has inspected…