By Laudia Sawer Tema, Feb. 24, GNA – Dr Richard Anthony, the Medical Director of the Tema General Hospital, has expressed worry at the…
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Ghana records 19,000 TB cases in 2023
By Samira Larbie Accra, Feb. 23, GNA – Ghana in 2023 recorded 19, 000 Tuberculosis cases, a huge increase over the 16,500 cases in…
Esiama Clinic has been without a physician for over a year – Chief
By P.K. Yankey Esiama (W/R), Feb. 23, GNA – Nana Ainoo-Kwagyan III, the Chief of Esiama in the Ellembelle District of the Western Region,…
MOH launch National Infection Prevention and Control Strategy
By Samira Larbie, GNA Accra, Feb. 22, GNA – The Ministry of Health (MOH) and its agencies have launched the National Infection Prevention and…
International organisations partner to improve palliative care for children in Ghana
By Albert Allotey Accra, Feb. 22, GNA – The International Children’s Palliative Care Network (ICPCN) and the World Child Cancer (WCC) will lead a…
Global Health Workforce Programme launched in Accra
By Hafsa Obeng Accra, Feb. 22, GNA – The Tropical Health and Education Trust (THET), in partnership with the Ministry of Health (MOH), launched…
Ghana’s MoH launches Health TV station
Accra, Feb. 22, GNA – The Ministry of Health (MOH) has officially launched its television station as part of the mechanisms to facilitate its…
Think more about what to offer than what you get – young Doctors urged
By Samira Larbie Accra, Feb 22, GNA – Dr Kwesi Nyan Amissah-Arthur, Medical Practitioner, has encouraged upcoming doctors to always think more about what…
Mental health disorders to be on NHIS from April 1
By Samira Larbie Accra, Feb 22, GNA – The Mental Health Authority (MHA) says from April 1, 2024, clients will begin to access mental…
Queen Mothers urged to lead advocacy for domestic funding of immunisation
By Muniratu Akweley Issah Accra, Feb. 22, GNA- Hope for Future Generations (HFFG), a Non Governmental Organisation with focus on health and youth development,…
RENEF Foundation launches project to screen 50,000 Ghanaians on kidney-related conditions
By Dennis Peprah Sunyani, Feb. 21, GNA – Reproductive Needs & Fitness Foundation (RENEF Foundation), an NGO has launched a nationwide outreach project to provide…
Ghana needs a redefined age for sexual learning – IPPF Leader
By Linda Audrey Aryeetey Accra, Feb. 21, GNA – Director General for the International Planned Parenthood Federation (1PPF), Dr Alvaro Bermejo says Ghana need…
Gov’t releases 14-million Euros to contractors to resume work on KATH MBU project
By Muyid Deen Suleman Kumasi Feb. 21, GNA – The Government has released 14 million Euros to the contractors working on the Mother and…
Ketu South hopeful of achieving universal health coverage by 2030
By Ewoenam Kpodo Aflao (V/R), Feb. 21, GNA – Mr David Agbokpe, the Ketu South Municipal Director of Health Services, has expressed the hope…
Ghana Health Service to introduce research policy document
By Godfred A. Polkuu Navrongo (U/E), Feb. 21, GNA – The Director of Research and Development Division, Ghana Health Service (GHS), Dr Abraham Oduro,…
Increase funding for school feeding – Paediatric Society
By Samuel Akumatey Ho, Feb. 20, GNA – The Paediatric Society of Ghana is calling on the Government to enhance the school feeding programme…
I’ll ensure strict supervision in health facilities – Minister-designate
By Godfred A. Polkuu Tempane (U/E), Feb 20, GNA – Dr Bernard Okoe Boye, the Health Minister-Designate, says there will be intensive supervision in…
St. Martin’s Hospital at Agroyesum appeals for incubators
By Samuel Ofori Boateng Agroyesum (Ash), Feb. 20, GNA – Authorities of the St. Martin’s Catholic Hospital at Agroyesum in the Amansie South District…
Ghana urged to prioritise maternal mental health to control post-partum depression
By Dennis Peprah Sunyani, Feb. 20, GNA – The World Health Organisation (WHO) has urged Ghana to prioritise maternal mental health to improve the…
Fear of CS worsens conditions of pregnant women with mental challenges – WHO
By Dennis Peprah Sunyani, Feb. 20, GNA – The condition of most pregnant women and girls with mental health disorders in the country worsened…