The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has announced two additional confirmed cases of Mpox, bringing the total number of infections in the country to four. The new cases were detected in the Greater Accra and Western Regions, according to a press release issued on Sunday, May 18, 2025. In the statement signed by Prof. Samuel Kaba […]
Health authorities have confirmed two new cases of Mpox in the Accra Metropolitan Area of the Greater Accra Region. Consequently, the Ghana Health Service (GHS) has responded by directing all regional health directors to reactivate their public health emergency operations centres. They are also being urged to step up surveillance, risk communication, and case management […]
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has reshuffled and reassigned over a dozen key officials in a move the new Director-General says was aimed at strengthening health delivery across the country. In a letter communicating the changes expected to take effect from May 19, 2025, the Acting Director-General, Professor Samuel Kaba Akoriyea, said the restructuring forms […]
President John Mahama has officially nominated Dr. Paa Kwesi Badoo for appointment as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Kumasi, with effect from April 30, 2025. The nomination was announced in a formal communication from the presidency on April 30, which also included Dr. Badoo’s curriculum vitae. Authorities have been […]
The country has been able to reduce deaths caused by malaria by over 97 per cent between 2014 and 2024. In addition to this, outpatient department cases have also seen a three per cent decline, while hospital admissions due to malaria have fallen by 17 per cent. At an event to commemorate the 2025 World […]
Doctors at the Tamale Teaching Hospital (TTH) have declared an indefinite suspension of all emergency and outpatient services. They cite a hostile working environment, lack of basic medical supplies, and what they describe as an insult to their dignity by top government officials. In a statement released after an emergency general assembly meeting held at […]
Ghana’s Vice President, Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, is in good health and currently taking a short period of rest abroad, following medical advice, government officials have confirmed. The Minister of State in charge of Government Communications, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, clarified the Vice President’s condition during an interview on Channel One TV on Tuesday, April 8, […]
A suspected outbreak of African Swine Fever (ASF) has hit Damongo, the capital of the Savannah Region, leading to the deaths of hundreds of pigs in the municipality. The affected communities include Canteen, Attributu, Boroto, and Sori Number One, among others. To curb the spread of the disease, some farmers have resorted to slaughtering and […]
There is a growing concern about the increasing rate of kidney diseases in Ghana with 13 out of 100 people believed to be having some form of kidney disease. This translates to about four million of the over 30 million Ghanaians living with kidney diseases, a situation that requires urgent attention from all stakeholders. A […]
Pope Francis is alert after suffering two episodes of “acute respiratory failure” on Monday afternoon, the Vatican has said. Doctors were forced to intervene to clear mucus from the Pope’s lungs, an update from the Holy See said, though it said he was alert throughout. The 88-year-old pontiff has resumed the use of an oxygen […]
An Australian couple have spoken of the “traumatic” moment the body of a dead passenger was placed next to them on a Qatar Airways flight. Mitchell Ring and Jennifer Colin, who were travelling to Venice for a dream holiday, told Australia’s Channel 9 that a woman had died in the aisle beside them during the […]
The Assistant National Public Relations Officer of the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA), has clarified the ongoing concerns surrounding health sector recruitment. Philemon Gyapong emphasised that financial clearance is now the backbone of employment for nurses and midwives. Speaking on Joy News’ PM Express on Monday, February 24, he stated, “If you don’t have financial […]
