By Muniratu Akweley Issah/ Delphina Addo-Dankyi Accra, March 05, GNA – The Medical and Dental Council, Ghana, has inducted 295 Physician Assistants and Qualified…
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More than 1,000 people benefit from free health screening, NHIS renewal
By Anthony Adongo Apubeo Bolgatanga, March 5, GNA – More than 1,000 vulnerable people, particularly women and children from Bolgatanga and its environs, have…
Our recipients of care should not be afraid of LGBTQ Bill passage – NACP
By Samuel Akumatey Ho, March 5, GNA – Dr. Stephen Ayisi Addo, Programmes Manager of the National Aids Control Programme (NACP), has asked seekers…
Tumu hospital X-ray machine outmoded
By Mohammed Balu, GNA Tumu, (U/W), March 5, GNA – Mr Clifford Vengkumwini, the Sissala East Municipal Director of Health, has decried the seemingly…
Wa East MP organises health screening and treatment for constituents
By Philip Tengzu, GNA Wa, (UW/R), March 5, GNA – Dr Godfred Seidu Jasaw, the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Wa East constituency,…
Gordon Brown warns ‘fake news’ risks preparations for next pandemic
London, Mar. 5, (PA Media/dpa/GNA) – Former prime minister Gordon Brown warned that “fake news” risked jeopardising a World Health Organisation mission to prepare for the next…
Schools urged to make psychological assessment part of students’ medical examination
By Solomon Gumah Tamale, March 05, GNA – Mr Peter Amadu Mintir, Executive Director, Total Life Enhancement Centre (TOLEC-GH), a psychology focused NGO, has…
Pharmacy Council to go after illegal service providers
By Emmanuel Gamson Takoradi, March 05, GNA – The Pharmacy Council says it will adopt stringent mechanisms to deal with illegal pharmacy service providers…
GOSANET Foundation advocates comprehensive emergency preparedness plan to fight epidemics
By Emmanuel Nyatsikor Ho, March 5, GNA – GOSANET Foundation, a Health Non-Govermental Organisation (NGO) operating in the Adaklu District of the Volta Region,…
Environmental health officer pushes for accelerated open defecation-free status
By Emelia B. Addae Koforidua, March 4, GNA – Mr Prince Osei Kissi, the Eastern Regional Director, Environmental Health and Sanitation Department, has highlighted…
Tema Metro records 783 new HIV infections in 2023
By Laudia Sawer, GNA Tema, March 4, GNA – The Tema Metropolitan Health Directorate (TMHD) recorded 783 new Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infections in…
Asante-Akim Central: 312 teenage pregnancies recorded in 2023
By Yussif Ibrahim, GNA Konongo-Odumasi (Ash), March 04, GNA – Health facilities in Asante-Akim Central Municipality recorded a total of 312 teenage pregnancies,…
Ghana marks International HPV Awareness Day
Koforidua, March 4, GNA – The Eastern Regional Directorate of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) has joined forces with the Communication for…
CHAG calls for adoption of SafeCare’s quality improvement programme in Ghana
Accra, March 4, GNA – The Christian Health Association of Ghana (CHAG) has called on the Government to scale up and institutionalise the SafeCare’s…
Ho Teaching Hospital gets 3rd incubator from Kokrokoo Charities Foundation
By Lydia Kukua Asamoah Accra, March 03, GNA – The Kokrokoo Charities Foundation, an NGO, under its “Project 100” initiative, has donated a third…
Kpone-Katamanso Health Directorate holds 2023 Annual Performance Review
By Isaac Newton Tetteh Kpone, March 3, GNA – The Kpone-Katamanso Municipal Health Directorate has reviewed its 2023 performance scorecards to assess its improvement…
Hohoe Unique Lions Club organises blood donation campaign
By Edward Williams Hohoe (V/R), March 3, GNA – The Hohoe Unique Lions Club has held a blood donation exercise at Hohoe in the…
Chief of Sefwi-Bodi registers 1000 children onto NHIS
Bodi (WN/R), March 03, GNA – Nana Akwasi Ofori Ababio, the Chief of Sefwi-Bodi, has registered 1000 children (17 years and below) onto the…
West Africa Institute for Special Surgery opens at Pantang
By Samira Larbie, GNA Accra, Mar 3, GNA-The West Africa Institute for Special Surgery (WAISS) has officially opened a facility at Pantang. The commissioning…
Don’t abandon your country for another — health professionals told
By Caleb Kuleke, GNA Ho, Mar 2, GNA – Professor Afua Adwo Jectey Hesse, President of Accra College of Medicine, has called on medical…