Health Minister Rings Alarm Bells
Government is preparing to inject more resources into the operational activities of National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) which it says it is on the verge to collapse. “The National Health...
Tag: Health in Ghana
Promise To Clear NHIS Arrears Mere Rhetoric
Dr Kwasi Antwi, Secretary of the Society of Private Health Providers in the Ashanti Region, has said service providers cannot rejoice over the assurances given by government to pay their arrears by...
Government Promises To Clear NHIS Arrears By April Ending
Government has announced that all arrears owed service providers of National Health Insurance Authorities (NHIS) will be settled in by close of April 2017 “Let me take this opportunity to announce...
Government To Pay NHIS Providers By May
The government has announced that it will pay all amounts owed providers under the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) by the end of April, 2017. Health Minister Kwaku Agyeman-Manu, who revealed...
Health Ministry Launches System For Tracking Death Statistics
Mr Kwaku Agyeman Manu, the Minister of Health has launched an improved facilitating technology known as the District Health Information Management System (DHIMS2) Dashboard, for programme tracking...
Service Providers of NHIS Given Assurance of Prompt Payment
The Government has assured the service providers of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) that their claims would be paid promptly to enable them contribute to the efficient delivery of health...
We’re Intensifying Meningitis Surveillance
Simon Osei-Mensah, the Ashanti Regional Minister, has announced a massive health education and surveillance to help save lives and curtail the upsurge of Meningitis in the Ashanti Region. This comes...
NHIS To Take Off With Lightning Speed
The newly-appointed Chief Executive Officer of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), Dr. Samuel Yaw Annor, has assured Ghanaians of his readiness to work to improve on health delivery in...
Parliament Approves GHc4bn For Health Ministry
The Minister of Health, Kwaku Agyemang Manu has assured aggrieved nurses that they would be posted once the budget estimate of the ministry has received Parliamentary approval. Young nurses, both...
Parliament Approves GHc4bn For Health Ministry; Minister Assures Nurses of Posting
The Minister of Health, Kwaku Agyemang Manu has assured aggrieved nurses that they would be posted once the budget estimate of the ministry has received Parliamentary approval. Young nurses, both...
937 Jobless Nurses Picket At Ghana Health Service
The nurses claim they are losing their skills following the continued stay at home Some 937 unemployed nurses have picketed the Ghana Health Service (GHS) over the government’s failure to post them...
Innovative Solutions Needed To Transform Healthcare – Dr. Elikem Tamakloe
The Chief Executive Officer of Nyaho Medical Centre, Dr. Elikem Tamakloe, has said that Ghana needs innovative solutions to surmount the numerous constraints that plague its healthcare service...
Ghana Needs Innovative Solutions To Transform Healthcare Service – Dr. Tamakloe
The Chief Executive Officer of the Nyaho Medical Centre, Dr. Elikem Tamaklo says Ghana needs innovative solutions to surmount the constraints that plague its healthcare service delivery. Speaking at...
GHS Resumes Recruitment of Trainee Nurses
The Ghana Health Service has resumed recruitment of trainee nurses to serve in various health facilities in the country. This comes almost a year after suspending the process across the country. A...
Government Clears Health Workers For Recruitment
The Health Minister granted approval for recruitment of trainees and other health professionals Finally, clearance has been given for the recruitment of nurses and other health professionals who were...
Govt Clears Health Workers For Recruitment
Finally, clearance has been given for the recruitment of nurses and other health professionals who were granted financial clearance in December 2016. The recruitment was suspended by government on...
NHIA Owes CHAG Institutions Over GHS100 Million
The Christian Health Association of Ghana (CHAG) has sent a distress call to the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) to reimburse its institutions for services rendered to clients under the...
SEND Ghana’s Take On 2017 Budget
SEND Ghana has analysed Ghana’s 2017 budget and has come out with the following observations on key sectors and pro programs; We applaud government for incorporating a good number of our inputs...
Come Up With Plans For Funds Usage
The Ashanti Regional Minister, Mr Simon Osei Mensah, has stated that it is essential for health institutions to come up with strategic plans, particularly with regard to the mobilisation and...
NDC Cries Over ‘Asempa’ Budget
The Minority National Democratic Congress (NDC) in Parliament has described the maiden budget of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government of President Akufo-Addo as a populist budget full of...