Health

The European Union (EU) has launched a pound 32 million Special Measure on Manufacturing and Access to Vaccines, Medicines, and Health Technologies in Africa (MAV+) to support vaccine manufacturing in Ghana.

The investment, launched during the Ghana-…

Dr Franklin Asiedu-Bekoe, Director of Public Health, Ghana Health Service, (GHS) says collaboration of stakeholders is the ‘tool’ to eliminate malaria in the country.

‘We can leverage each other’s strengths and overcome challenges to deliver impactfu…

Dr Bernard Okoe Boye, Minister of Health, Friday said more than 260 containers of essential medicines, including tuberculosis and malaria medicines, as well as mosquito nets, have been cleared from the port.

He said, however, there were still more mo…

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

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…

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

The Ghana Health Service is targeting the delivery of at least 500,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccines in a nationwide campaign from July 3, 2024.

Persons from 18 years and above will be vaccinated.

A press release signed by Dr Patrick

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has begun another phase of national COVID-19 vaccination campaign across the country from July 3, 2024.

The Service targets to deliver at least 500,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccines in this nationwide campaign to all