Democracy and Development Fellow (Health) at Ghana Center For Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana)Kwame Sarpong Asiedu, has raised serious concerns about the potential impact of Agenda...
At least two children have died from malnutrition in the Bawku Municipal area this year, with 65 cases reported, according to health officials.
The ongoing...
The Western Regional Directorate of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), has so far administered about 290,000 doses of cholera vaccines out of a targeted...
The Western Region has so far recorded 15 deaths from the cholera outbreak with Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis and Effia-Kwesimintsim Municipality as the epicentres.
The Deputy Regional...
The Western Regional Co-ordinating Council (WRCC) has directed Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) to institute stringent measures to curb the surge in cholera...
A cholera outbreak in the Western Region has claimed ten lives, with numerous others hospitalized in various healthcare facilities.
As of December 7, 789 suspected...
The Mortuaries and Funeral Facility Agency (MOFFA), the regulatory body for Ghana's "death care industry," is set to conduct its first-ever practical licensure examination...
The Western Regional Coordinating Council (WRCC) has announced immediate measures to combat a severe cholera outbreak that has gripped the region, with alarming infection...
Fifty people get infected with HIV each day, while 34 people die of AIDS-related causes, the Ghana AIDS Commission has said.
According to Dr Kyeremeh...
Kidney patients have praised government for implementing free dialysis policy for all ages across the country.
Some of the patients have said they were struggling...
The Vice Presidential candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Prof. Jane Naana Opoku Agyemang, on Thursday donated $7,500 to cover the cost of...
Nineteen staff of the Ghana Health Service (GHS) have received SafeCare certification after rigorous training under the auspices of PharmAccess.
This development represents a significant...
Mrs. Lordina Mahama, through the Lordina Foundation, has inaugurated a new health center in Hohoe, Volta Region.
This marks the fifth health facility established by...
The Coalition of Hygiene Students Ghana has threatened to boycott the December 7 general elections over unresolved demands.
The group has said all attempts to...
The Chief Executive of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), Dr. Da-Costa Aboagye, has commended President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for his exceptional contributions...
The Christian Health Association of Ghana (CHAG) has inaugurated its state-of-the-art SafeCare Hub in Accra, a groundbreaking initiative aimed at improving the quality of...
The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has released GH₵200 million as claims payment to health facilities nationwide while rolling out the free dialysis treatment...
About six thousand people die annually in Ghana through antimicrobial resistance, according to the Kumasi Center for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine (KCCR).
This health...
Former Chairman of the Health Committee in Parliament, Dr. Kwabena Twum Nuamah, has clarified that the government's free dialysis initiative is not a political...
The Director General of the Ghana AIDS Commission, Dr. Kyeremeh Atuahene, has revealed that some persons living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) shy away...
The Chief Executive Officer of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), Dr. Dacosta Aboagye, has announced that the government’s free dialysis services will be...
After months of negotiations characterized by delays and industrial actions, the Medical Laboratory Professionals Workers Union (MELPWU) has signed its first-ever Collective Agreement with...
Ms. Kujori Esther Cachana, a passionate advocate for addressing mercury poisoning, has been crowned Miss Health Ghana 2024.
The radiographer and model outshone five other...
Denmark has agreed on how to implement the world’s first tax on agricultural emissions, including flatulence by livestock.
This comes after months of negotiations between...
In Ghana, the plight of individuals battling kidney disease has become a heartbreaking reality.
The extreme cost of dialysis, coupled with inadequate healthcare infrastructure, has...
The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) says pneumonia is the biggest infectious killer of children worldwide, claiming more lives than any other...
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has urged the public to re-adopt COVID-19 hygiene practices to help curb the current cholera outbreak.
Deputy Director of Disease...
The Presidential Candidate of the New Force, Nana Kwame Bediako has raised concerns about the poor management of public health facilities in Ghana, blaming...
The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has dispelled concerns that the free dialysis policy may be at risk before its launch.
According to the authority,...
Professor Martin Tamatey, a heart surgeon and Acting Director of the National Cardiothoracic Center at Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, has cautioned against adopting lifestyles that...
The Member of Parliament (MP) for Juaboso has expressed disappointment in the New Patriotic Party's (NPP) proposed policy of free dialysis treatment for kidney...
The Chief Executive Officer of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), Dr Dacosta Aboagye, has assured kidney patients that the necessary funding will be...
A Fellow at the Centre for Democratic Development (CDD) Ghana, Dr Kwame Sarpong Asiedu, has questioned the timing of the upcoming free dialysis treatment...
Health authorities in the Asokore-Mampong Municipality have raised alarm over the high rate of HIV infections in the area.
They have stressed the need for...
