Health
HFFG forms alliance to advocate funds for immunization
Hope for Future Generations (HFFG) has formed an Alliance for Health and Immunization Financing network to advocate sustained financing for vaccines availability and immunization in all parts of the country.
The alliance, which was formed under the H…
Medical officer appeals to residents to voluntarily donate blood
Dr Joseph Darko, the Medical Superintendent in charge of Bogoso Government hospital, has appealed to residents in the Western Region to voluntarily donate blood to reduce blood shortage at the blood banks.
That, he explained, would always make blood …
Nungua doesn’t have land for Agenda 111 Municipal Hospital
The lack of land is hampering the commencement of the Agenda 111 Project at Nungua in the Krowor Municipality of the Greater Accra Region.
The Agenda 111 is an initiative by the government to establish 101 District Hospitals, Seven Regional
Upper West Regional Hospital not provided with seed money to operate- Medical Director
The Upper West Regional Hospital has not been provided with seed money and vehicles to operate since its inception in 2020.
Officers of the facility had no option but to always travel by public transport to perform official duties outside
Ministry of Health presents pickups to Ghana Health Service
Dr Bernard Okoe Boye, Minister of Health, Friday presented 40 pick-up vehicles to the Ghana Health Service (GHS) to aid the Service’s healthcare delivery in the country.
Dr Okoe Boye, presenting the vehicles in Accra, noted that, the GHS formed
Pakistani Government must refuse tobacco industry ‘kiddie cigarettes’ export
The African Tobacco Control Alliance (ATCA) a non-profit public health advocates has appealed to the Pakistani government not to allow the tobacco industry to export ‘kiddie cigarettes’ packs into the country.
It said these smaller packs, which conta…
Volta Region last year recorded over 16,000 persons living with HIV and AIDS
Records from the 2023 Volta Region’s HIV Fact sheet indicates that some 16,016 persons are living (PLHIV) with the virus.
This number constitutes 4.8 per cent of the total PLHIV population of 334,095 people in the country.
The new HIV
Bono Minister unhappy about supposed cure for HIV and AIDS
Madam Justina Owusu-Banahene, the Bono Regional Minister at the weekend cautioned the clergy and traditional healers to desist from misleading the public with their unsubstantiated cure for HIV and AIDS.
She expressed regret that misleading informati…