Accra, Jan 30, GNA – Hope For Future Generations, a non governmental organisation, with focus on health, has called on the Government to spearhead…
Health
Ghana losing too many young women to cervical cancer
By Muniratu Akweley Issah Accra, Jan. 29, GNA – Dr Promise Sefogah, General Secretary, Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Ghana, has expressed worry…
World NTD Day: Ashanti Region puts spotlight on neglected tropical diseases
By Yussif Ibrahim Kumasi, Jan 29, GNA – District and Municipal Health Directorates across the Ashanti Region are stepping up awareness campaigns on Neglected…
Eastern Region records reduction in maternal death
By Naa Shormei Odonkor Koforidua, Jan 27, GNA – Ms Ellen Darkoa Asare, Deputy Director of Public Health Nurse of the Ghana Health Service…
Dr Philip Bannor wins Excellence Leadership in Health Facility Regulation award
Accra, Jan.25, GNA—Dr Philip A. Bannor, Registrar of the Health Facilities Regulatory Agency (HeFRA), has been recognised with the Excellence Leadership in Health Facility…
Health Sector Occupational Pension Scheme demands arrears from government
By Stanley Senya Senchi (E/R), Jan. 25, GNA – Mrs Perpetual Ofori-Ampofo, Secretary, Board of Trustees, Health Sector Occupational Pension Scheme (HSOPS), has called…
Public urged to engage in regular screening for Cervical Cancer
By Evans Worlanyo Ameamu Keta (VR), Jan. 25, GNA – Health workers at the Keta Municipal Hospital in the Volta region have urged the…
KBTH to hold mass burial for unidentified bodies
Accra, Jan 25, GNA -The Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH) will hold a mass burial for all unknown and unclaimed bodies in its mortuary within…
Japanese Government officials visits KIA laboratory
Accra, Jan 25, GNA – Mr. Takeshi Akahori, Director-General for Global Issues of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, has led some officials…
60 minutes exercise daily reduces risk of overweight, obesity in children
By Linda Naa Deide Aryeetey Accra, Jan. 25, GNA – Dr Seyram Kaali, A Clinical Research Fellow at the Kintampo Health Research Centre, says…
Community readiness is critical in identifying gaps in emergency response
By Muniratu Akweley Issah Accra, Jan. 24, GNA -Professor Francis Kasolo, the Country Director of the World Health Organization (WHO), says community engagement is…
Unavailability of plumpy-nut affecting treatment of kwashiorkor- Nutritionist
By Laudia Sawer Tema, Jan. 24, GNA – Ms Joyce Asare Kissi, the Head of the Nutrition Unit at Tema General Hospital, has said…
Cape Coast Teaching Hospital secures USD300,000 for laparoscopic project
By Victoria Agyemang Cape Coast, Jan 24, GNA – The Cape Coast Teaching Hospital (CCTH) has secured $300,000.00 for the establishment of an Endo…
Ghana, US launch five-year partnership to improve healthcare services
Accra, Jan. 24, GNA – The Government of Ghana in partnership with the United States (US) has launched a $25 million support programme to…
Ghana needs regulation on front-of-pack labelling of salt content in food – GhNCDA
By Albert Allotey Accra. Jan. 23, GNA – The Ghana NCD Alliance (GhNCDA) has urged the government to come out with a regulation relating…
Oxfam Ghana trains midwives to enhance maternal healthcare delivery
By Samira Larbie Accra, Jan 23, GNA – Oxfam in Ghana has held a five-day trainer of trainer’s workshop on Emergency Obstetrics and Neonatal…
Medical Superintendent urges public to support healthcare access to rural communities
By Ewoenam Kpodo Bedikope (VR), Jan. 23, GNA – Dr Sefakor Kpormegbe, Medical Superintendent of Ketu North Municipal Hospital has appealed to citizens to…
Ledzokuku MP breaks ground for ultra-modern Polyclinic
Nii Martey M. Botchway Accra, Jan 22, GNA – Mr Benjamin Narteh Ayiku, the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ledzokuku Constituency, has broken ground…
Early breastfeeding initiation for Tema babies increased in 2023 – Nutritionist
By Laudia Sawer Tema, Jan. 22, GNA – Mr. Samuel Atuahene Antwi, the nutritionist for the Tema Metropolitan Health Directorate, has disclosed that the…