Presidential Advisor on Health Dr Anthony Nsiah-Asare has assured that a number of the Agenda 111 hospital projects will be completed and operational by the end of President Akufo-Addo’s term. Speaking on Joy News’ PM Express Manifesto Tracker, he addressed the current status of the ambitious Agenda 111 initiative, launched to address healthcare accessibility through the […]
An expert in malaria research, Professor Kwadwo Ansah Koram, has advised people to first test for malaria before treatment. He said that although the current national policy on malaria indicated that a person should test before treatment, some people were treating the disease without testing. Prof. Koram described such a practice as not good for […]
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has confirmed a case of cholera in the Ada West District of the Greater Accra region. The incident was recorded on October 4, 2024. The GHS in a statement dated October 14, this year, said public health emergency management committees at all levels, district, regional and national have been activated. […]
A Turkish Airlines pilot died after collapsing mid-flight, forcing the Turkish national carrier to make an emergency landing in New York, the airline said, yesterday. The plane had taken off from the western US coastal city of Seattle on Tuesday evening, airline spokesman Yahya Ustun wrote on X, formerly Twitter. He wrote: “The pilot of […]
The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) has indicated that its members will not participate in the nationwide strike action declared by Organised Labour in protest against illegal mining (galamsey). In a statement issued on Tuesday, October 8, 2024, the GMA President, Dr. Frank Serebour expressed the association’s support for the cause but urged all GMA members […]
It has been concluded that the employees at the Trauma and Specialist Hospital at Winneba, who were involved in abandoning a patient in a bush in June 2024, which led to the death of the patient, “did not act appropriately.” The Minister of Health, has therefore directed that the affected staff should be reported to […]
In the heart of Ablekuma in the Greater Accra region, a 26-year-old primary school teacher’s life has taken a dark and sinister turn. She doesn’t feel complete as a human; she is shattered after she went chasing the luxuries of the world. She was born with two kidneys but has to live the rest of […]
Ghana lost over 15,000 people to Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C- related liver diseases in 2022, indicating 42 deaths per day. Most of the victims, who died prematurely as young men and women, suffered from liver failure and liver cancer. The Director-General of the Ghana Health Service, Dr Patrick Kuma-Aboagye, who disclosed this at the […]
The founder and CEO of Sunyani-based Global Media Foundation (GloMeF), an anti-corruption Non-Governmental Organisation, has expressed worry about low coverage of Hepatitis B Birth Dose (BepB-BD) or vaccination among babies, nationwide. Raphael Godlove Ahenu said statistics from the World Health Organisation showed that despite the global availability of an effective vaccine, only about 16 per […]
The Volta Region has recorded eight confirmed cases of measles this year. Although this is below the epidemic threshold, it is cause for worry, the Regional Deputy Director of Health in charge of Public Health, Dr Kwesi Senanu Djokoto, has said. He said sustained efforts were needed to strengthen immunisation programmes in the region and […]
The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has made payments totaling GH₵1 million to hospitals under the free dialysis intervention of the health insurance scheme. This includes advance payment for September and arrears for the months of July and August 2024. The six service providers include the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), Cape Coast Teaching Hospital […]
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday said Nigeria had recorded a total of 39 confirmed cases of mpox and zero deaths across 33 states and the Federal Capital Territory from the beginning of 2024. The Africa Centre for Disease Control on Tuesday declared a public health emergency over the growing Mpox […]
