By Kingsley Mamore, GNA Asukkawkaw (O/R), March 1, GNA – First Lady, Mrs Lordina Mahama has emphasised the need for improved maternal healthcare delivery, stating that no woman should die while giving life. She made this call at the…
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Ghana marks rare disease day with Independence Square lighting
Accra, March 1, GNA – Ghana on Saturday marked Rare Disease Day 2026 with the lighting of Independence Square in Accra, as part of…
Bolgatanga Municipal Directorate records 28 maternal deaths in 2025
By Godfred Aaneamenga Polkuu Bolgatanga, Feb. 28, GNA – Mr Alhassan Lawal, Bolgatanga Municipal Director of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), has announced that the municipality recorded 28…
Bolgatanga Municipality records 13 HIV cases in two months
By Godfred Aaneamenga Polkuu Bolgatanga, Feb. 28, GNA – The Ghana Health Service (GHS) in the Bolgatanga Municipality has recorded a total of 13 cases of…
Over 100 Residents in Obuasi Benefit from Free Eye, ENT Screening
By Yussif Ibrahim Obuasi (Ash), Feb. 27, GNA – Over 100 residents in Obuasi have benefited from a free eye screening and treatment programme…
Ho Health Directorate holds 2025 review; stakeholders urged collaboration
By Michael Foli Jackidy Ho (V/R), Feb 27, GNA – The Ho Municipal Health Directorate has held its 2025 Annual Performance Review Meeting, calling…
Galamsey threatens children’s health, society warns
By Morkporkpor Anku Accra, Feb. 27, GNA – The Paediatric Society of Ghana has warned that illegal mining poses severe and irreversible risks to…
Oti NHIS Active Membership Hits 453,537
By Daniel Agbesi Latsu Kadjebi (O/R), Feb. 27, GNA – The Oti Region has registered a total of 453,537 active members under the National…
Lordina Mahama to Hand Over Maternity and Children’s Ward to Krachi East
By Kingsley Mamore Dambai (O/R), Feb 27, GNA – The First Lady, Lordina Mahama, is expected to hand over a newly built and fully…
NABOCADO trains health workers on improving health of children refugees
By Anthony Adongo Apubeo Bolgatanga, Feb. 27, GNA –Midwives and community health nurses and officers serving communities hosting Burkinabe refugees in the Upper East…
HSWU launches welfare Fund App to support members financially
By Comfort Sena Fetrie-Akagbor Tema, Feb. 27, GNA – The Health Services Workers’ Union (HSWU) of the Trades Union Congress (TUC), Ghana, has officially…
Sunyani: Construction work on COBAANA Dialysis and Medical Centre begins
By Dennis Peprah Sunyani, (Bono), Feb. 27, GNA-Osagyefo Oseadeeyo Agyeman Badu II, the Paramount Chief of the Dormaa Traditional Area in the Bono Regional…
African Health Journalism under strain as funding shifts – Report
By Linda Naa Deide Aryeetey, GNA Accra, Feb. 28, GNA – Findings from the Africa Health Media Trends Report 2026 has shown that African health journalism…
Government boosts domestic health financing to 72 per cent
By Linda Naa Deide Aryeetey, GNA Accra, Feb. 27, GNA – Government has increased domestic financing for the health sector, with direct funding projected to account…
Prez orders immediate care for all emergency patients
By Linda Naa Deide Aryeetey, GNA Accra, Feb. 27, GNA – President John Dramani Mahama on Friday directed that patients facing medical emergencies must be received…
Ghanaians urged to avoid self-medicationÂ
By Comfort Sena Fetrie-Akagbor, GNA Tema, Feb. 27, GNA — Mr Mershack Bankam, a Physician Assistant at HealthWise Hospital in Tema, has cautioned Ghanaians against self-medication, warning that misuse and…
Health Minister boosts morale of young Doctor in PagaÂ
By Godfred Aaneamenga Polkuu, GNA Bolgatanga, Feb. 27, GNA –– Mr Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, the Minister of Health, has boosted the morale of Dr Ama Antwiwaa Adu-Appiah, a young…
Western Regional FDA trains supervisors and staff of Food Service Establishments Â
By Mildred Siabi-Mensah, GNA Takoradi, Feb. 27, GNA – Mr. John Laryea Odai-Tettey, the Western Regional Head of the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) says food service establishments play…
Kpone-Katamanso Health Directorate reviews 2025 sector performanceÂ
By Isaac Newton Tetteh, GNA Kpone, Feb. 27, GNA- The Kpone-Katamanso Municipal Health Directorate has held its 2025 Annual Performance Review to assess progress made in…
Let’s save lives – Akandoh tells hospital staffÂ
By Godfred Aaneamenga Polkuu, GNA Bolgatanga, Feb. 27, GNA – Mr Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, the Minister of Health, has advised healthcare professionals across the country to exhibit high professional,…
Government settles nurses’ conditions of service – Mintah AkandohÂ
By Godfred Aaneamenga Polkuu, GNA Bolgatanga, Feb. 27, GNA – Mr Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, the Minister of Health, has announced that the government has settled on the…
Ghana Health Service pleads for electricity bill waiver for DirectoratesÂ
By Godfred Aaneamenga Polkuu, GNA Bolgatanga, Feb. 27, GNA – Dr Braimah Baba Abubakari, the Upper East Regional Director of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), has…
Health Directorate to crack down on staff absenteeism to boost performanceÂ
By Michael Foli Jackidy, GNA Ho (V/R), Feb. 27, GNA – Madam Perfect Titiati, Ho Municipal Director of Health Services, has identified staff absenteeism as a major contributor…
The upgraded Bioinstrumentation Laboratories at UG and KNUST launchedÂ
By Albert Allotey, GNA Accra, Feb. 27, GNA – The upgraded Bioinstrumentation Laboratories at the University of Ghana and Kwame Nkrumah University of Science…