Category: Health

Several networks of people living with HIV are pouring in support to the ongoing indefinite sit-in (since 21st July 2022) outside offices of India’s AIDS programme, to demand an end of stockout of HIV medicines, and ensure minimum one-month dispensatio… … Read More >Growing support globally to end HIV medicine stockouts in India

At least 12 people have been killed after al-Shabab militants, stormed a hotel in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, on Friday night.Police said attackers detonated two explosives outside the hotel, before entering the building and opening fire.Continued g… … Read More >Several killed in Somalia hotel siege

Accra, Aug. 18, GNA – Dr Okoe Boye, Chief Executive Officer of the National Health Insurance Authority, has called on the public to renew their National Health Insurance Service (NHIS) membership cards with the Mobile Renewal Service. The code to utili… … Read More >Renew NHIS cards with mobile renewal service – Dr Okoe Boye

Accra, Aug. 18, GNA – Dr Okoe Boye, Chief Executive Officer of the National Health Insurance Authority, has called on the public to renew their National Health Insurance Service (NHIS) membership cards with the Mobile Renewal Service. The code to utili… … Read More >Renew NHIS cards with mobile renewal service – Dr Okoe Boye

Accra, – The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has launched an ultra-modern Migration Health Assessment Centre (MHAC) in Accra to continue to deliver quality health to migrants. Within its Migration Health Division (MHD), the IOM delivers … … Read More >Migration Health Assessment Centre launched

Countries need to work more together to stop the rapidly spreading outbreak of monkeypox, “no matter the nationality, skin colour or religion of the affected population,” the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday.Speaking from Dakar, Senegal,… … Read More >Monkeypox concern heightened after becoming a ‘northern’ disease, says WHO

Accra, 01 Aug., GNA — Dr Akwasi Osei, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Mental Health Authority, has urged Ghanaians to prioritise their health and general wellbeing, particularly mental health issues.He said they focused on making money more than takin… … Read More >Prioritise your health-Dr Akwasi Osei

Koforidua, July 26, GNA – Some Persons with disabilities (PWDs) are refusing to accept the Covid-19 vaccination jabs due to theories and vaccine hesitancy.GNA made this observation in an interview with some PWDs in the New Juaben North and South munici… … Read More >Persons With Disabilities hesitant about COVID-19 vaccination