HEALTH

The Korle Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH) has recorded another suspected case of coronavirus (COVID- 19) this time, a US based Ghanaian woman. The said woman according to a release signed by Head of Public Relations, KBTH, Mustapha…
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The National Health Insurance Authority has made some payments to the Health Insurance Service Providers Association of Ghana (HISPAG). The Association last month threatened to withdraw some of its services this month if arrears owed…
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Ghana’s Health Minister, Kwaku Agyemang Manu, has urged the public to avoid handshakes as a preventive measure for Covid-19 popularly known as Coronavirus. He added that so far 40 suspected cases have all proven negative. Nigeria and…
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The government has been urged to take decisive steps to tackle the increasing threat to public health by the high levels of aflatoxins in most of the country’s staple foods. Ms. Sally Nai Kai Adoley Adjetey, a representative of the…
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The Director of Public Health, Ghana Health Service (GHS), Dr. Badu Sarkodie, says they have no evidence that Chloroquine Phosphate 250mg is an effective treatment of the flu-like coronavirus (COVID-19). He was reacting to claims on…
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Management of the La General Hospital has announced a closed down of the facility to pave way for its redevelopment into a modern health institution. The redevelopment of the hospital according to management had become necessary due to…
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The Government of Ghana has released updates on the country’s preparedness towards the possible outbreak of the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Ghana. Health Minister, Kwaku Agyeman Manu, in a statement issued in Accra, gave…
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The first positive case of Coronavirus has been confirmed in West Africa, Nigeria, after two earlier suspected cases tested negative in Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire. Nigeria’s Health Minister, Dr. Emmanuel Osagie Ehanire, in a statement…
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First Lady, Rebecca Akufo-Addo joined senior officials of Goldfields West Africa, government and traditional leaders of Prestea Huni Valley and Tarkwa Nsuem in the Western Region to commission the new a health center. The centre which…
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The Upper West Regional Director of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), Mr. Suleymana Abass has said the scheme has exceeded its revenue target by 57 percent. Mr. Abass said the number of new subscribers to the NHIS increased…
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