HEALTH

The Greater Accra Regional Hospital, Ridge, has introduced an obstetric emergency simulation training programme for resident doctors and midwives to strengthen their emergency management skills and help reduce maternal mortality. The…
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Breast cancer remains the most diagnosed cancer among Ghanaian women, with more than 5,000 cases recorded every year and roughly half of patients losing their lives to the disease. The Greater Accra Regional Director of Health Service,…
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Sixty-one Ghanaian health workers have been deployed to Grenada under the government’s Labour Export Programme to help address the Caribbean nation’s shortage of skilled healthcare professionals. The workers will serve in various medical…
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Ghana is expanding domestic health financing as part of President John Dramani Mahama’s Accra Reset agenda, Health Minister Kwabena Mintah Akandoh has disclosed. He described the shift at a luncheon hosted by Reem Alabali Radovan, Germany’s…
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Hundreds of residents from Nungua and surrounding communities took part in this year’s free health screening organised by Danpong Healthcare. The exercise, part of the Danpong Cares corporate social responsibility (CSR) programme, allows…
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Ghana’s Health Minister, Hon. Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, has announced that active membership of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) has risen from 56.3% in 2024 to 70% as of August 2026, a jump of more than 13 percentage points in…
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The President of the Paediatric Society of Ghana, Dr Hilda Mantebea Boye, has disclosed that uptake of the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine has declined following the initial nationwide rollout, which saw about 1.8 million girls aged 9 to…
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Tema East MP Isaac Ashai Odamtten has urged men to take a more active role in breast  cancer awareness by encouraging women to recognise unusual breast changes and seek medical attention early. According to him, breast cancer should not be…
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Physician Specialist and Cardiology Fellow in training at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Dr Florence Akumiah, has disclosed that heart disease and stroke have accounted for more deaths in Ghanaian hospitals than any other recorded cause…
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Health Minister, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh has directed the immediate deployment of 10 medical doctors and 30 nurses and midwives to the Weija Children’s Specialist Hospital, as part of efforts to strengthen the facility’s workforce following…
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