Health economics
Fake Korle-Bu and Ridge Hospitals Doctor Arrested
A man who posed as a medical doctor has been busted for duping patients at the Korle Bu Teaching and the Ridge...
Upper West NHIS Achieve 2016 Key Performance Targets
The National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) in the Upper West Region, has despite the odds achieved most of its key...
Kaiser Launches Ayarisa To Give Healthcare When You Need It
Following the growing dependency of the Ghanaian market on smart mobile technology as well as the poor access to...
CEO of Tamale Teaching Hospital Sacked
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Tamale Teaching Hospital, Dr Prosper Akanbon has been relieved of his duties,...
Health Care Under Attack In Syria Civil War
Health care workers, clinics and hospitals were attacked more than 400 times last year in Syria's civil war, according...
Health Experts Meet In Accra
A two-day symposium to deliberate on ways to translate health research into influential policies and programme...
Scrap NHIS Capitation Now Or I Will Demonstrate
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) government has been issued a month ultimatum to scrap the capitation under the National...
Government Releases GHC60m Out of GHC1.2bn To Pay NHIS Service Providers
Government has been able to pay only 60 million cedis out of the 130 million cedis monthly payment it promised service...
Govt Releases GHc60m Out of GHc1.2bn It Owes Service Providers
Government has been able to pay only 60 million cedis out of the 130 million cedis monthly payment it promised service...
US and UK Far From Top 10 In Global Health Rankings
The US and UK lagged far behind other leading nations in a new global healthcare report. Although both nations are seen...
Which Countries Have the Best Healthcare?
Neither Canada nor Japan cracked the top 10, and the United States finished a dismal 35th, according to a much...
New WHO Data Records Half of All Causes of Death
Almost half of all deaths globally are now recorded with a cause, new data from World Health Organisation (WHO) show....
NHIS Providers Resort To Co-Payment Amidst Cash-and-Carry Return Fears
Most health insurance service providers have introduced a system of co-payment in the face of non-payment of arrears by...
3 Hospitals Close Down In Ashanti Region Due To NHIS Indebtedness
Three private health facilities in the Ashanti Region have folded up due to the over 14-month indebtedness of the...
Three Hospitals Close Down In Ashanti Region Due To NHIS Indebtedness
Three private health facilities in the Ashanti Region have folded up due to the over 14-month indebtedness of the...
Healthcare In Ghana Now Very Expensive
The cost of medical care in Ghana will remain high until the government eschews late payments of National Health...
Jirapa St. Joseph Hospital To Go Cash and Carry Next Week
St. Joseph Hospital in Jirapa in the Upper West Region is threatening to return to “cash and carry” next week if...
Government’s Snail Pace Payment of Arrears Will Frustrate NHIS – Chamber of Pharmacy
Out of 12 months arrears in indebtedness under the NHIS, government has only paid for a month The Chamber of Pharmacy...
Life Expectancy For Black Americans Is Four Years Below Whites
African-Americans have made gains in life expectancy but major disparities remain in the United States, where blacks...