Health
Nursing students urged to remain focused in discharging their duties
Keta: Mr Kwame Dzudzorli Gakpe, the Member of Parliament for Keta, has urged newly matriculated nurses of the Keta Nurses and Midwifery Training College to focus on their studies to become well-grounded professionals to serve Mother Ghana in all condi…
GRNMA calls for targeted housing projects for workers
Leadership of the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA) has advocated the need for targeted housing projects to reduce the housing deficit among public sector workers.
Dr David Tenkorang-Twum, the Association’s General Secretary (G…
Krachi Nchumuru: Agenda 111 hospital to be completed by June – DCE
Mr Nkrumah Ogyile, the District Chief Executive (DCE) of Krachi Nchumuru, says the Agenda 111 hospital in the district will be completed and ready for use by June 2024.
He told the Ghana News Agency (GNA) that the 60-bed capacity
1,079 people brought in dead to Tema General Hospital in 2023 – Dr Anthony
Dr Richard Anthony, the Medical Director of the Tema General Hospital, has expressed worry at the alarming rate of people being brought to the hospital dead.
Dr Anthony said a total of 1,079 people, including 621 males and 458, were
Esiama Clinic has been without a physician for over a year – Chief
Nana Ainoo-Kwagyan III, the Chief of Esiama in the Ellembelle District of the Western Region, has expressed concern over the absence of a physician at the Esiama Clinic for the past one year.
He said the situation was affecting
International organisations partner to improve palliative care for children in Ghana
The International Children’s Palliative Care Network (ICPCN) and the World Child Cancer (WCC) will lead a collaborative effort towards the development and improvement of children’s palliative care (CPC) in Ghana.
With a grant from THET’s Global Healt…
MOH launch National Infection Prevention and Control Strategy
The Ministry of Health (MOH) and its agencies have launched the National Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Strategy, which aims to prevent, reduce, and control Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs) and Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR).
The five-…
Global Health Workforce Programme launched in Accra
The Tropical Health and Education Trust (THET), in partnership with the Ministry of Health (MOH), launched the Global Health Workforce Programme (GHWP) in Accra.
The programme, funded by the UK Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), aims to str…