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HIV And Aids Services Access Increased In Ghana-First Lady
First Lady, Mrs. Rebecca Akufo-Addo says Ghana has adopted the task shifting and differentiated service delivery with an aim at widening access to HIV and AIDS services.
She said that task was expected to help improve the health and…
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Assembly Bans Use Of Passenger Vehicles For Transporting Corpse
The West Akyem Municipal Assembly has passed a bye-law banning the use of passenger vehicles for transporting dead bodies to and from hospital mortuaries.
To this effect, vehicles, including taxi cabs found indulging in such brisk and…
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Nurses To Be Trained On Cerebral Palsy
The Nurses and Midwifery Council (NMC), has included training on cerebral palsy in its curricula.
This was disclosed by a lecturer at the Physiotherapy Department of the University of Ghana, Dr. Gifty Gyamah Nyante.
According to Dr.…
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Sunyani Regional Hospital Receives 2 Incubators From Chairman General
Kokrokoo Charities Foundation has donated two incubators to the Neo-Natal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) of the Brong Ahafo Regional Hospital in Sunyani.
Mr Kwami Sefa Kayi, founder of the Kokrokoo Charities Foundation and host of the…
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Include Child Cancer on NHIS – Group
World Child Cancer (WCC), an organization that supports children with cancer has called on the government to incorporate the diagnosis and treatment of child cancers into the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS).
They explained that…
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We’ll Continue to Support Health Professionals – Health Minister
The Minister for Health, Kwaku Agyeman-Manu, says despite scarce resources, the government of Ghana is committed to supporting the training of critical healthcare professionals to improve the health sector.
To this end, he says the…
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Kidney Diseases Prevalent Amongst the Economic Active – Researcher
Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) had become a common ailment among Ghanaians, especially young people, Madam Evelyn Biriwaa Ofei, Deputy General Manager of the Entrance Pharmaceuticals Research Centre, a Member of the Tobinco Group of Companies…
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Gov’t to Provide More People with Family Planning Services
Director-General of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), Dr Anthony Nsiah Asare has encouraged partners and family planning stakeholders in partnership with government to continue playing a strong leadership role in empowering people on…
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Ghana Introduces Pictorial Health Warnings on Cigarette Packs
The Vision for Alternative Development (VALD), a non-governmental organisation, has commended the Food and Drugs Authority, (FDA) for the implementation of pictorial health warning on cigarette packages.
It expressed gratitude to the FDA…
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NADMO Expired Foods: Sack Heads – Gabby
Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko has joined calls for the dismissal of the Upper West regional coordinator of the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) following the expired food gaffe involving Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia.
The…
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