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Tag: health
ODEBRECHT Screens Workers For Breast Cancer
As part of the global breast cancer awareness month, Odebrecht Ghana has organized a free Breast Cancer Education and Screening exercise for its employees (both male and female). They were taken...
Society Of Radiographers Steps To Purge Health Facilities
The Ghana Society of Radiographers (GSR) has called on the Allied Health Professions Council to engage the law enforcement agencies to rid health facilities and imaging centres of unqualified...
Nurses Urged To Be Peace Ambassadors
Students of the Bolgatanga Nurses Training College (BNTC) have been urged to eschew violence and act as peace ambassadors in the coming elections. The students were at the launch of the College’s...
Namibia To Engage Communities On Elimination of Mother To Child HIV Transmissions
In an effort to eliminate HIV by 2020 through raising community awareness, Namibia will embark on a community mobilization and engagement on HIV/Aids in the capital city, Windhoek on Nov. 10. The...
Normalcy Returns To Accra Psychiatric Hospital
The Accra Psychiatric hospital indicate that activities there are back to normal after striking nurses returned to work yesterday . Authorities there have also confirmed that there are enough...
Ghanaian Nurses Withdraw OPD Services Over Unpaid Arrears
Ghanaian nurses withdraw their OPD services due to non payment of their arrears by government Members of the Ghana Registered Nurses Association (GRNA) have withdrawn their services from the Out...
Ghana Faces Double Burden of Malnutrition
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...
Nursing Trainees Urged
Students of the Bolgatanga Nurses Training College (BNTC) have been urged to eschew violence and act as peace ambassadors in the coming elections. The students were at the launch of the College's...
Canada Lab Worker May Be Exposed To Ebola
An employee at the National Centre for Foreign Animal Disease in Winnipeg has potentially been exposed to the Ebola virus. The employee was working on Monday in a lab with pigs that had been infected...
Doctor Cautions Against The Abuse Of Antibodies
Dr Hanson Nortey, the Deputy Programmes Director of the Tuberculosis Control programme, has warned about the abuse of antibiotics, which he said would create a security and economic crisis if not...
Documentary On Cholera Outbreak In Cape Coast
The Central Regional capital, Cape Coast is a fishing port and one of the most historical cities in Ghana, founded by the people of Oguaa and is situated on its south to the Gulf of Guinea. According...
Guiness Nigeria Signs MOU With NYSC
Leading manufacturer and Nigeria’s only total beverage alcohol (TBA) company, Guinness Nigeria Plc, has revived up its commitment to driving responsible drinking behaviour among Nigerian consumers...
Sarkodie, Yvonne Okoro Supports GHOne’s #MentalHealth Petition
Two of Ghana’s top celebrities, Sarkodie and Yvonne Okoro, have shown their support for GHOne News’ petition asking the government to be more proactive in dealing with the challenges facing the...
Gov’t Gives GH¢1m Approval For Psychiatric Hospital
An amount of GH¢1 million has been approved by government to the Accra Psychiatric Hospital to help mitigate the crisis at that facility. The Ministry of Finance is currently working on the...
Psychiatric Nurses Call Off Strike
Nurses at the Accra Psychiatric Hospital have called off their one-week strike after a meeting with stakeholders on Monday, November 7. According to the nurses, they will resume work on Tuesday,...
Gov’t Approves GH¢1m For Psychiatric Hospital
An amount of GH¢1 million has been approved by government to the Accra Psychiatric Hospital to help mitigate the crisis at that facility. The Ministry of Finance is currently working on the...
The Lingering Shadow of Ebola Outbreak In Sierra Leone
The lingering shadow of Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone Hassan sits silently and stares into the distance, he has tired of brushing his hair and an upright comb is tangled into the back of his curls....
Ghana Has The Best NHIS System In Africa – Mahama
President John Mahama has hailed Ghana’s health insurance scheme, describing it as the best on the African continent. According to him, some of the services offered by the NHIS are unrivaled, even...
More Mental Patients To Be Released
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Mental Health Authority, Dr Akwasi Osei, has said a lot has been done by the government and the Ministry of Health to mitigate the plight of healthcare delivery...