The Ghana Health Service has a assured it has put in place a strong surveillance system to prevent outbreak of dengue fever. According to the Service, qualified persons have been trained to be on...
The Ghana Health Service has issued an emergency health alert, following an outbreak of a fever known as the dengue fever in Burkina Faso. “The Ghana Health Service has received notification and...
The Ghana Diatebes Association has revealed that about 4 million Ghanaians are living with diabetes. In 2015 alone, a total of 266,200 cases were recorded. “The Ghana Diabetes Association conducted...
The Ashanti Regional Minister, Mr. John Alexander Ackon, has encouraged everybody to get screened to know if they are at risk of diabetes and to take steps to prevent it. Knowing their status, he...
Ghana is making strong progress in its effort to reduce infant and child mortality, with the rate of death having been reduced to 42.8 per 1000 live births. Dr. Luiz Octaviano Amoussou-Gohoungo,...
The Reverend Dr Joyce Aryee, the Chief Executive Officer of Salt and Light Ministry, has encouraged the youth not to indulge in premarital sex because it undermines their self esteem. She said:...
Ghana is making strong progress in its effort to reduce infant and child mortality, with the rate of death having been reduced to 42.8 per 1000 live births. Dr. Luiz Octaviano Amoussou-Gohoungo,...
The presidential candidate of the Progressive People’s Party (PPP) has blamed poor leadership for the endemic poverty and the recent outbreak of cholera in the Central region. Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom...
A former District Chief Executive (DCE) for Sissala West District in the Upper West Region under the administration of the late Professor John Evans Atta Mills, Mr. Robert Baka Wavei has cross carpet...
Mr Albert Asiedu-Ofei, President of the Association of Health Service Administrators says the anomaly in placing subordinate Health Service Administrators higher than their superiors on the Single...
The Upper East Regional Director of the Ghana Health Services, Dr. Kofi Issah has lifted an embargo he placed on the salary of a Medical Officer at the Regional Hospital in Bolgatanga for three...
The Youth Employment Agency (YEA) has dismissed a longstanding public view that the recruitments of its labour force have always favoured only job applicants for whom the district directors of the...
Ghana is currently facing a nutrition crisis, recording a double burden of malnutrition, according to a new nutrition report. Dubbed the Foresight Report on Africa, the report, titled 'Food Systems...
The Ghana National Mental Health Alliance (GHAMHA) has called on the Minister of Health to take keen interest in the ongoing strike action by the management and staff of the Accra Psychiatric...
Many workers in Ghana went to work on Monday with so much energy, looking forward to a holiday on Friday, November 4. This year's Farmer's Day was to be marked on Friday due to the elections. But the...
Health policy analyst, Dr Sodzi Sodzi-Tettey, wants the Ghana Health Service to reorient the training of health professionals in the country on mental health. That, he explained, would help ease the...
The Ministry of Health has confirmed that 157 cholera cases have been reported in the Central regional capital, Cape Coast. Addressing the media in Accra on Wednesday, the Director of Public Health,...
The National Executives of the Ghana Registered Nurses' and Midwives Association has given government and other stakeholders in the health sector an ultimatum to address issues confronting members....
prostate and other cancers) as a national problem, establish centers at all levels of our healthcare delivery system for screening, diagnosis, early detection and prevention of these cancers, paid...
Environmental health officials in the Ashanti Region have warned they will not hesitate in prosecuting food vendors who sell in unsanitary conditions. Officials have begun engaging food vendors...
