By Alex Gyawu Asante Sefwi-Wiawso (WNR) Nov. 19, GNA – The Western North National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) has organized a blood donation exercise…
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Communities asked to stop open defecation to stem diseases
By Emmanuel Nyatsikor Adaklu Kodzobi (V/R), Nov. 17 GNA – Mr. Benjamin Azumah, a level 400 Medical Student of the University of Health And…
Cape Coast: NHIA conducts exercise to stock blood bank
By Prince Acquah Cape Coast, Nov 18, GNA – The Central Regional Office of National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has organised a blood donation…
USAID works towards improving maternal and child health in Kumasi
By Florence Afriyie Mensah Kumasi, Nov.18, GNA – The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has broken the ground for the construction of…
NHIA restocks blood banks, urges Ghanaians to help sustain Scheme
By Yussif Ibrahim Kumasi, Nov. 18, GNA – As part of its 20th Anniversary celebration, the Ashanti Regional Office of the National Health Insurance…
Government moves to roll dialysis onto National Health Insurance Scheme
By Prince Acquah Cape Coast, Nov 18, GNA – The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has initiated processes to absorb the cost of dialysis…
My dream is to establish the first Dermatology University in the world – Naa Prof Delle
By George-Ramsey Benamba Accra, Nov 18, GNA – “As I chalk 80 years today and more than 50 years as Medical Practitioner, Dermatologist to…
World Prematurity Day: Immediate Kangaroo Mother care saves lives
By Linda Naa Deide Aryeetey/Rakiba Mohammed Accra, Nov 18, GNA- Dr Kwame Anim-Boamah, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the University of Ghana Medical Center…
NHIA marks 20th Anniversary with blood donation in Upper West
By Philip Tengzu, GNA Wa (UW/R), Nov. 18, GNA – The Upper West Regional Directorate of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) at the…
Go digital or risk losing out of business – Private health providers advised
Accra, Nov. 18, GNA – The Healthcare Federation of Ghana has urged private health service providers to take advantage of the current technological advancements to…
Hasten prosecution of quack allied health professionals –
By Samira Larbie, Accra, Nov 16, GNA –The Allied Health Professions Council has appealed to the Attorney General and the Judiciary to hasten the…
Ghana marks international radiology day
By Kristodia Afua Otibu Asiedu, Tema, Nov. 17, GNA – Ghana has joined the international community to mark the 12th International Day of Radiology…
Stigma, discrimination causing hindrance to healthcare delivery- stakeholders
By Muniratu Akweley Issah Accra, Nov. 17, GNA – Stakeholders in the HIV and AIDS space say access to health care delivery continues to…
UCC’s 14th White Coat Ceremony ushers 141 medical students into clinical training
By Prince Acquah Cape Coast, Nov 17, GNA – The School of Medical Sciences of the University of Cape Coast (UCCSMS), has held its…
NHIA organises blood donation exercise in Tamale
By Albert Futukpor Tamale, Nov 17, GNA – The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has organised a blood donation exercise in Tamale to help…
U.S. breaks ground for new maternal and childcare centre in Kumasi
Kumasi, Nov. 16, GNA – Madam Virginia Palmer, U.S. Ambassador to Ghana, has cut the sod for a new state-of-the-art maternal and child centre…
Three development partners support primary health care in northern regions
By Linda Naa Deide Aryeetey Accra Nov.16, GNA- The Ghana Health Service (GHS) is to receive joint support from three of its Development Partners…
Secondary and tertiary students to learn traditional medicine
Agnes Ansah/Rakiba Mohammed Accra, Nov.16, GNA-Dr Anastasia Yirenkyi, Director, Traditional and Alternative Medicine Directorate, Ministry of Health (MOH), says the country will soon integrate…
Germans turn to the condom over the Pill on health concerns
Cologne, Nov. 17, (dpa/GNA) – Germans are turning increasingly to condoms and away from the contraceptive Pill as their preferred way to avoid pregnancy,…
Trust Hospital introduces quality healthcare agenda
By Stanley Senya Accra, Nov. 16, GNA – The Trust Hospital Company Limited has launched its Quality Healthcare Agenda to champion efficient and quality…