HEALTH

The Country Representative of the World Health Organization (WHO), Dr Owen Laws Kaluwa, has commended Ghana for strengthening Primary Health Care (PHC) through the Community Health Planning and Services (CHPS) concept. “I will like to…
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The Ghana Standards Authority (GSA) has engaged smallholder farmers, downstream consumers and top value chain actors in the Upper West Region on ways of cutting down aflatoxin contamination in grains. The engagement was part of the…
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Certified Registered Anaesthetists in the country have embarked on a partial industrial action, effective Thursday, April 11, 2019. The aggrieved health professionals are demanding a complete halt to plans by the Medical and Dental…
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Globally, Non Communicable Diseases (NCDs) such as diabetes, stroke, and cancers are major causes of deaths. In Ghana, they accounted for more than 1 in 4 deaths in 2016 according to WHO estimates. Poor quality diet high in salt,…
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Unilever Ghana, makers of Pepsodent brand of toothpaste, has unveiled a report on the impact of oral health on children's lives. The report revealed that at least an estimated three million children missed school because of oral pain and…
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Private healthcare providers in the Upper East region say they will consider a gradual withdrawal of their services from next month if the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) does not pay them some of their claims. At a press…
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The Pharmaceutical Society of Ghana (PSGH) is ready to partner with the Ministry of Health (MOH) to provide primary health care nationwide. In a statement to the mark 2019 World Health Day, the society said partnering with the health…
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A seven-member team of Ghanaian doctors has performed the first-ever brain surgery in the country, without cutting the skull. The minimally invasive brain surgery is the technique by which health workers safely remove brain and…
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The Ghana AIDS Commission has launched a web-based system known as the Ghana Key Population Unique Identification System (GKPUIS), to improve the data process for Key Population (KP) programmes in Ghana. The GKPUIS, which is a unique and…
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A QUACK medical doctor in Kumasi, whose stock in trade is to abort pregnancies for a fee, is now in hot waters. 'Dr' Samuel Boateng is said to have aborted an uncountable number of pregnancies for several women even though he didn't have…
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