Health

Stakeholders at an advocacy meeting on persons living with neglected Tropical Diseases, (NTDs) have called on state actors to include them on special government programmes.

They established that one of the major challenges of persons suffering from t…

The Hive Ecosystem, an organisation committed to empowering community initiatives and enhancing environmental sustainability, has constructed a mechanised borehole for residents of Nanton Kpawumo in the Sagnarigu Municipality of the Northern Region.

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The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) at the end of June paid GHS 587,236.00 to six hospitals providing care to vulnerable patients under its Free Dialysis Coverage programme.

A press release signed by its acting CEO, Dr Dacosta Aboagye, sai…

Women and residents at Kwadwo Addaikrom, a farming community in the Asunafo North Municipality of the Ahafo Region have appealed for a maternity ward at the Community-based Health Planning Service (CHPS) compound in the area.

That would help improve …

The Vision for Alternative Development – Ghana (VALD-Ghana) has called on the Tobacco Control Inte-Agency Coordinating Committee to place a high priority on surveillance of tobacco industry operations to prevent it from breaching the Tobacco Control L…

Dr Patrick Kuma-Aboagye, Director General of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), Monday launched the GHS 2024 Excellence Awards to recognise the exceptional performance of individual health workers and institutions.

The Award, which is the second of its …

The Kongoussi health district recorded 231 cases of severe acute respiratory infections (SARI) in the 24th week of epidemiological surveillance, including 2 deaths, said Saturday, the head doctor of the health district Arzouma Idrissa Ouédraogo.

The …

Empire FM, a local radio station in Takoradi in the Western Region, has organised a free prostate cancer screening exercise for men in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis.

The exercise, which was conducted by a team of medical professionals from the New