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Standards Authority to Enforce Ban on Tilapia Import
The Ghana Standards Authority (GSA) has said it would enforce the ban on the importation of Tilapia and all ornamental fishes.
This decision follows an earlier announcement by the Ministry of Fisheries and Aqua Culture Development…
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Automatic Postings Not to Stop Employment – GHS Clarifies
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has indicated that the recent remark by the Director-General, Dr Anthony Nsiah-Asare, concerning a halt in automatic posting does not mean the Service will not employ professionals.
In a statement released…
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Anas Shouldn’t Jeopardise Public Health, Safety
Whilst it's a good thing to expose corruption and other wrongs and wrong doers in our society, the greater good for the greater majority of the population should never be overlooked.
As an Emergency Physician and a public health…
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Health Practitioners Urged to Improve Healthcare
Dr Jeffery Russell, a healthcare specialist at Ohio University has called on health practitioners to strive and improve the healthcare quality in Ghana.
“There is the need for health workers to redefine their work in other to save lives…
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Tramadol Affliction Damaging Lives
Tramadol Affliction Damaging Lives
It started in a small section of the society but like all bad habits with an addictive quality, it has swept across the country threatening the foundation of our existence, the youth.
Our children,…
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First Lady Commissions Newborn Unit for Princess Marie Louise Children’s Hospital
The First Lady, Rebecca Akufo-Addo, has commissioned a state of the art Newborn Unit for the Princess Marie Louise Children’s Hospital in Accra, after almost ten decades of operating the facility without one.
The commissioning of the…
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39% Ghanaian Women Obese — Survey
A micronutrient survey conducted by the Ghana Health Service (GHS) has revealed that about 39 per cent of women in the country are obese.
The report, which was conducted across the country between May and June last year, shows that 49…
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Dr Nana NGO Gives Balungu New Maternity Centre
A UK-based Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Dr Nana, has handed over to the Ghana Health Service (GHS), a new community maternity centre at Balungu, in the Upper East region.
The facility which cost GH¢240,000 happens to be the first…
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Ghana Health Service in Another Fiasco?
If there is anything in the Nana Akufo-Addo administration that Ghanaians are unsure of, it is certainly the healthcare direction of the country, as is being coordinated by the Ghana Health Service (GHS).
Recent media reports and…
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NHIS May Collapse Without New Investment – Health Minister
Indications from the Minister of Health, Kwaku Agyeman Manu, are that the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) is still cash-strapped.
He has said the scheme might collapse if investors are not brought on board to rescue it.…
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