Category: Health

Neopenda co-founders, Sona Shah and Teresa Cauvel displaying how the neopenda device works. TWO WOMEN passionate about healthcare and engineering are in the process of creating a solution that would…

STAKEHOLDERS HAVE lamented low funding or budgetary allocation from the Government of Ghana towards adolescent reproductive health across the country. It comes as Ghana joined the rest of the world…

President of the Africa Physiotherapist Association, Dr. Jonathan Quartey has said it is high time Ghanaians take keen consideration to physiotherapy treatments. Speaking at the press launch of the 2nd…

Each of the 275 constituencies in the country would by the end of August take delivery of one new Mercedes Benz Ambulances to enable health personnel to deliver on their mandate…

DESPITE THE rapid scale-up of antiretroviral therapy (ART) since 2000, HIV/AIDS is still the most common cause of death in Sub-Saharan Africa, data from the Global Burden of Disease (GBD),…

The Ghana Federation of Allied Health Professionals has started a sit-down strike in hospitals across the country. The aggrieved members of the federation, which is made up of 18 professional…

Algeria and Argentina have been officially recognized by the World Health Organization (WHO) as malaria-free. The certification is granted when a country proves that it has interrupted indigenous transmission of…

From the left MP for Bortiano Amanfrom,Nii Kwame Anum Chief of Kwame Anum ,First Lady and MCE of Ga South First Lady of the Republic of Ghana H.E. Mrs Rebecca…

Samira Bawumia The Second Lady of Ghana, Samira Bawumia, is scheduled to address the High-level Panel of the 72nd Session of the World Health Assembly (WHA) in Geneva, Switzerland. WHA…

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) says the Ministry of Finance has given financial clearance for the recruitment of health professionals in thecountry. The clearance issued by the Ministry of Finance…

Prof. Abraham Kwabena Anang (fifth from left) and Dr Charity Ninja (fourth from right) with participants at the NMIMR The Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR) has begun investigations…

Agyeman Many (right) in a symbolic exchange of the document with Ms Maki after the signing The Ministry of Health has announced its intention to revise the Primary Health Care…

Dr Marian Tetteh Korboe receiving the items from a representative of ANNAGRACE Foundation ANNAGRACE Foundation – a road safety charity organization – has donated nine wheelchairs to the Police Hospital.…

First Lady Rebecca Akufo-Addo THE INTERNATIONAL Conference on HIV Treatment, Pathogenesis, and Prevention Research in Resource-limited Settings (INTEREST) has begun in Accra. Groups, organizations and individuals from 45 countries are…

Dr Asamoah-Baah THE KINTAMPO Health Research Centre (KHRC) has launched activities for the celebration of its 25th anniversary. The activities including health outreaches are targeted at highlighting the significant contributions…

Rebecca Akufo-Addo in a handshake with Prof. Catherine Hankins as Professor Kwasi Torpey (middle) looks on. The First Lady, Rebecca Akufo-Addo, is confident that Ghana will be able to reach…

First Lady Rebecca Akufo-Addo has commissioned a new Paediatric and Intensive Care Unit (PICU) at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra. Named the Rebecca Akufo-Addo PICU, the facility which…

Rebecca Akufo-Addo (fourth right) in an inspection tour of PICU together with guests. Sick children referred to the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH) for medical attention will now have access to…

A nongovernmental organization, DKT International, has held a day’s workshop to promote safe use of medicine in Bono Region. The workshop held in Sunyane brought together academia, doctors, nurses, and…

Kwaku Agyeman Manu – Minister of Health PUBLIC HEALTH facilities in Ghana are expected to be digitized over the next three years. Minister of Health, Kwaku Agyeman Manu, made this…