by Joyce Danso, GNA Accra, Jan. 16, GNA – Lawyers have been tasked to use their expertise to advocate for a robust legal framework…
Health
Eye Care: Ghana conducts over 16,000 cataract surgeries in 2023
By Samira Larbie, GNA Accra, Jan. 16, GNA – A total of 16,373 cataract surgeries were performed in Ghana in 2023, the National Eye…
NHIA presents vehicles to four districts in Volta Region
By Caleb Kuleke Kpetoe (V/R) Jan. 16, GNA – Dr Bernard Okoe Boye, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Health Insurance Authority…
President Akufo-Addo launches National Malaria Elimination Strategic Plan
By Eunice Hilda A. Mensah Accra, Jan. 16, GNA – President Nana Akufo-Addo has launched the National Malaria Elimination Strategic Plan to reduce malaria…
Walewale Orthopedic Training Centre remains closed to public despite being inaugurated
By Albert Futukpor Walewale (NE/R), Jan 16, GNA – The newly constructed and inaugurated Catholic Orthopedic Training Centre (OTC) at Walewale remain closed to…
Landguards halt clinic project at Fetteh Kakraba
Simon Agbovi Kasoa (C/R), Jan. 16, GNA – The construction of a clinic at Fetteh Kakraba in the Gomoa East District of the Central…
Moderately Underweight Children: Tema Community One records slight increase in 2023
By Laudia Sawer Tema, Jan. 15, GNA – The Tema Metropolitan Health Directorate in 2023 recorded a slight increase in moderately underweight children visiting…
Cabo Verde is Malaria free country
Accra-Jan.15, GNA-The World Health Organization (WHO) has certified Cabo Verde as a malaria-free country, marking a significant achievement in global health. With this announcement,…
Legislative Instrument to support Ghana’s kidney transplant system in the offing — Kutortse
Accra, Jan. 15, GNA – Mr Eric Seddy Kutortse, Executive Chairman First Sky Group, has disclosed that the company is leading processes to finalise…
Obuasi-based club donates GHC10,000.00 to eight-year-old encephalitis patient
By Yussif Ibrahim Obuasi (Ash), Jan. 15, GNA – The Fifty 50 Club, an Obuasi-based non-profit association, has donated GHC10,000 to support the medical…
Charlottesville-Albemarle Rescue Squad donates ambulance to Trauma and Specialist Hospital
Winneba (C/R), Jan 15, GNA – The Charlottesville-Albemarle Rescue Squad (CARS) in the USA, through the Charlottesville-Winneba Foundation, has donated an ambulance to the…
Health authorities must enforce regulatory frameworks on health harming products
By Albert Allotey Accra, Jan. 15, GNA -The Ghana Health Service, Food and Drugs Authority, and the Ghana Revenue Authority have been asked to…
Chief donates 100 bedspreads to Cape Coast Teaching Hospital
By Prince Acquah Cape Coast, Jan. 14, GNA – Nana Kweku Yensu I, the Sanaahen of the Oguaa Traditional Area, has donated 100 pieces…
Logba-Tota Health Centre appeals for security man, toilet facility
By Daniel Agbesi Latsu Logba-Tota (V/ R), Jan 14, GNA – The Logba-Tota Health Centre in the Afadzato South District of the Volta Region…
NHIA commissions new office complex at Agotime-Kpetoe
By Caleb Kuleke Kpetoe (V/R), Jan. 13, GNA- The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has commissioned a state-of-the-art office complex for its staff at…
GIZ, Bayer AG launches campaign on prostate cancer
Accra, Jan. 12, GNA – The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), and Bayer AG has commenced a campaign to create awareness on early…
Campaign on early detection of prostate cancer launched
Accra, Jan. 12, GNA – The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), and Bayer AG have commenced a campaign to create awareness on early…
Government must support NHIS to cater for NCDs
By Albert Allotey Accra, Jan. 12, GNA – The Ghana NCD Alliance (GhNCDA) has called on the government to strengthen the National Health Insurance…
Exclusive breastfeeding helps to flatten tummy – health official
By Naa Shormei Odonkor Koforidua, Jan. 12, GNA – Dr John Otoo, the Eastern Regional Deputy Director of Public Health of the Ghana Health…
Antimalarial herbal medicine completely clears malaria parasite – Dr Tetteh
By Laudia Sawer Tema, Jan. 10, GNA – Dr Michael Tetteh, the Head of the Herbal Unit at the Tema General Hospital, has stated…