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Health Ministry: Nearly 100,000 trained health workers unemployed
The Ministry of Health has raised concerns about the growing number of unemployed health workers, attributing the situation in part to the unchecked expansion of private health training institutions.
This comes after the Parliamentary…
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World Vision Ghana launches Community Pad Bank to tackle menstrual poverty
The Agortime Cluster of World Vision Ghana has launched a Community Pad Bank initiative in Yadzo, within the Kadjebi Area Programme, as part of the 2025 Menstrual Hygiene Day celebrations.
The initiative seeks to provide free sanitary…
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Dr. Kingsley Agyemang leads study on Africa’s obesity intervention gaps
A landmark international study led by Hon. Dr. Kingsley Agyemang, Member of Parliament for Abuakwa South in Ghana and public health lecturer at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), has unveiled a critical…
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Health Minister Swears In New Boards Of Key Health Agencies
In a move to strengthen Ghana’s health system, the Minister for Health, Hon. Kwabena Mintah Akandoh has officially sworn in the new board members of four key institutions in Ghana’s health sector, emphasizing their roles in regulation and…
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FDA impound illicit shisha, vapes, cigars
The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has seized illicit and unregistered tobacco products from four facilities in Accra in a targeted operation.
The confiscated items included 15 brands of illicit shisha (waterpipe) flavours, three brands…
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Non-Profit Organization, Others Intensify Menstrual Hygiene Campaign
A not-for-profit organisation, Pencils of Promise, in partnership with Fidelity Bank and Hallmark Medicals have intensified its campaign on promoting menstrual hygiene in the Volta Region.
The initiative includes raising awareness of…
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Mpox Infection Now 9
The Ghana Health Service has confirmed four more new cases of Mpox bringing the number of cases to nine (9).
Although the numbers of confirmed cases of the disease keep rising, health authorities say there is no cause for alarm.
The…
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KATH launches orthopaedics month to fund free surgeries and raise bone health awareness
The Trauma and Orthopaedics Directorate of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) has officially launched Orthopaedics Month, a month-long initiative aimed at raising awareness on bone health and providing free orthopaedic surgeries for…
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Mortuary workers threaten to stop work
Members of the Mortuary Workers Association have threatened to lay down their tools should their negotiation with the government for better conditions of service yield no fruitful result.
General Secretary of the Association, Richard…
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FDA warns against cannabis-laced alcohol, shuts illegal facility
The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has warned against two alcoholic beverages - Kings Orange Flavoured Liqueur and Jupiter 1990 - after laboratory tests confirmed the presence of marijuana extracts in both products.
In a statement…
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