HEALTH

Heart to Heart Ambassador, Mrs. Gifty Torkornu has advised People Living with AIDS (PLWA) not to rush and follow up on herbalists who profess to have a cure to the disease. Mrs Torkornu made this known while sharing her experiences at a…
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Ghana will in October introduce drones in delivering essential medicines to remote communities in a move to ensure successful implementation of the Universal Access to Health Care (UHAC) and to end AIDS by 2030. The drones would convey…
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The Ghana Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists has advised students in the field to uphold moral and ethical values as they transition into the world of work to ensure improved health care delivery.  Mr Patrick Nsobila Asebgu,…
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The Ghana AIDS Commission (GAC) has asked herbalists to stop making fake claims of having found a cure for the HIV/AIDS, in the interest of public health. Mr. Cosmos Ohene-Adjei, the Acting Director of Technical Services of Commission,…
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The bane of “No Beds” that hit the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH), will soon become a thing of the past as the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo hands out 200 beds to the hospital. Making the donation on the president’s behalf,…
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Government is working on a plan to ensure that the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital would go paperless by the end of the year. This means that payments would be done electronically and the printing of folders and cards would be done away with.…
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The Rebecca Foundation has donated a number of hospital equipment to the Kwahu-Atibie Government Hospital at a short ceremony in Accra. The donation was in response to a request made to the First Lady’s Foundation by the Hospital, which is…
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After a long wait and several agitations by a cross section of the public, the University Ghana Medical Centre (UGMC) commenced operations last Friday. This decision by government comes after persistent outrage over the abandonment of…
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The Minister for Procurement and Member of Parliament for the Dome Kwabenya constituency, Sarah Adwoa Safo has debunked claims that she received payment of US$8,500 from the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) for a purported…
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Mr Ken Ofori-Atta, Minister of Finance has stated that the levies for the Health Insurance Fund and the GETFund  will continue to be 2.5 percent. The Finance Minister said this on Thursday morning during his presentation of the mid-year…
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