By Kingsley Mamore, GNA Dambai (O/R), Feb. 02, GNA – Mr Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, the Minister of Health, has announced that the Oti Region is facing a severe…
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TMPC cracks down on unlicensed herbal operators in Madina, Ashaiman
By Nii Martey M. Botchway Accra, Feb.02, GNA – The Traditional Medicine Practice Council (TMPC) has shut down several herbal and alternative medicine centres…
GHAC-NTDs calls for stakeholder collaboration to eliminate NTDs in GhanaÂ
By Comfort Sena Fetrie-Akagbor, GNA   Accra, Feb. 02, GNA — The Ghana National Consortium on Neglected Tropical Diseases (GHAC-NTDs) has called on the Ghana Health…
AAK NHIS aligns staff skills with NHIA vision
By D. I. Laary Abura (C/R), Feb. 2, GNA – The Abura‑Asebu‑Kwamankese District office of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) has organised a…
Ghana marks World NTD Day, calls for united action to eliminate diseases
By Linda Naa Deide Aryeetey Accra, Feb. 1, GNA – Ghana has renewed its commitment to the elimination of Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs), with…
GHS can learn from GES for improved policy success – Nurse
By Godfred Aaneamenga Polkuu Bolgatanga, Feb.1, GNA – Mr Desmond Yaani, an Ophthalmic Nurse at the Builsa South District Hospital, says the Ghana Health…
World NTD Day: Global community urged to sustain fight against Neglected Tropical Diseases
By Michael Foli Jackidy Ho (V/R), Feb. 1, GNA – The world on every January 30 marks World Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) Day, a…
African Cancer Organisation to scale up cervical cancer prevention across Ghana
By Samira Larbie Accra, Jan. 31, GNA – The African Cancer Organisation (ACO) has announced plans to expand cervical cancer prevention activities nationwide following…
GHS to roll out typhoid vaccination for food handlers amid rising deaths
By Linda Naa Deide Aryeetey Accra, Jan.30. GNA- A total of 9,175 Ghanaians died from typhoid fever over the past five years, with 4,579…
Former Deputy Minister Abu K.K to build Doctors’ bungalow at Issa Polyclinic
Accra, Jan 30, GNA-The people of Daffiama-Bussie-Issa District have received heartening news following concerns about the poor state of accommodation for health professionals at…
Ghana NTDs Consortium demands operationalisation of End NTDs Fund
By Anthony Adongo Apubeo Bolgatanga, Jan. 30, GNA – The Ghana National Consortium on Neglected Tropical Diseases (Ghac-NTDs) has called on the Government to…
Ashanti Regional Health Director calls for renewed commitment to NTDs
By Yussif Ibrahim Kumasi, Jan. 30, GNA – Dr Fred Adomako-Boateng, the Ashanti Regional Director of Health Services, has called for sustained national commitment…
BasicNeeds-Ghana trains health workers on Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Screening Tool
By Albert Futukpor Walewale (NE/R), Jan 30, GNA – BasicNeeds-Ghana, a non-governmental organisation, has organised an orientation workshop for health workers in the North…
Ahanta-West MP settles medical bills of ten patients at Agona-Nkwanta PolyclinicÂ
By P. K. Yankey, GNA Agona-Nkwanta (W/R), Jan 30, GNA- Madam Mavis Kuukua-Bissue, the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Ahanta-West Constituency, has relieved some ten patients at the Agona-Nkwanta Polyclinic by paying…
Klo Kane, Dutch partners deliver free eye care in Manya Krobo
By Kamal Ahmed, GNA Odumase-Krobo (E/R), Jan. 29, GNA – The Klo Kane Foundation, in collaboration with the Light for the Eye Foundation (Oogzorg op Locatie)…
Ho Teaching Hospital holds high-level stakeholder consultations Â
By Frank Kwame Abbor, GNA Ho (V/R), Jan 29, GNA – The Governing Board of the Ho Teaching Hospital has intensified engagements with key stakeholders…
Evangelical Church of Ghana constructs modern hospital in DambaiÂ
By Kingsley Mamore, GNA Dambai (O/R), Jan 29, GNA – The Evangelical Church of Ghana has responded to the healthcare needs of the Krachi East…
Facilitate provision of 24-Hour healthcare services at DZODEC Infirmary – Management appealsÂ
By Michael Foli Jackidy, GNA Dzodze (V/R), Jan 29, GNA – The Management of the Dzodze-Penyi Senior High School (DZOSEC) has appealed to the Ketu North Municipal Health…
Africa needs to make this decade a health renaissance – Moroccan expert
Marrakech, Jan 28, GNA – Africa must make the current decade a health renaissance anchored in sovereignty, equity and territorial inclusion, a Moroccan health…
MOFA, Ghana AIDS Commission expand HIV training for Agriculture Extension OfficersÂ
By Emelia B. Addae, GNA Koforidua, Jan. 28, GNA – The Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) in collaboration with the Ghana AIDS Commission,…
No case of Leprosy recorded at Manhyia hospital for over five years
By Muyid Deen Suleman Kumasi Jan. 27, GNA – The Manhyia government hospital in Kumasi, has not recorded any leprosy disease for more than…
Assembly hands over Pigbengben CHPS compound
By Simon Gali/Freda Mwini Pigbengben, (UW/R), Jan. 27, GNA – The chief and people of the Pigbengben community in the Wa West District have…
TMPC closes down Nana Boakye Herbal, sanctions several others
By Nii Martey M. Botchway Tema, Jan. 19, GNA – The Traditional Medicine Practice Council (TMPC) has closed down Nana Boakye Herbal Centre and…
Newmont donates critical medical equipment to KBTHÂ
By Samira Larbie Accra, Jan. 26, GNA – Newmont has donated critical medical equipment valued at more than two million Ghana cedis to the…