HEALTH

The Minister for Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, has indicated government’s approval of a $50 million loan to commence the construction of the second phase of the University of Ghana Medical Centre (UGMC). According to him, government has a…
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The Ghana Health Service (GHS) would henceforth, with all Financial Clearance to the Service, require all health workers to go through job interview processes at the Regional levels. Dr Anthony Nsiah-Asare, the Director-General of the…
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Parents have been tasked to state teaching their wards basic issues relating to sex education at the pre-school level. According to Madam Rejoice Nutakor, Head of Department of Community Health Nursing at Wisconsin International…
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The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) says it has not approved any sexual or body enhancement products for sale in the country. It has therefore warned the public to desist from patronizing any of such in the form of beauty, body or sexual…
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Ahead of the Budget reading scheduled for tomorrow, November 15, 2018, the Mental Health Authority (MHA) is asking that a beam of light be thrown towards the health sector―specifically on mental health. According to the Chief Executive…
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The Infanta Malaria Prevention Foundation (IMPF), a non-governmental organization, of which Ghana’s First Lady Rebecca Akufo-Addo, is a member, in collaboration with the Spanish Embassy, on Saturday, 10 November 2018, held a fund-raising…
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The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) has called on the Ministry of Health to get a single financial clearance for the engagement of newly graduated medical officers for their housemanship and permanent employment. The Association…
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The government has started the procurement process for acquisition of a fleet of 275 ambulances to revamp the national ambulance service. The Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, said each constituency was going to be provided with an…
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The Ghana Medical Association, GMA, has bemoaned the inequitable distribution of critical healthcare personnel across the country. According to the association, the lack of adequate health workers in deprived communities has contributed…
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Affecting millions of men across the globe, Prostate Cancer is probably the most petrifying ailment a man could ever encounter in his life time. To ensure that many do not go down the rabbit hole of despair, Ghanaian Prostate scientist…
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