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Health Professionals Must Understand Patients – Prof. Gyapong
Professor Margaret Gyapong, Director, Centre for Health Policy and Implementation Research, has asked health professionals to endeavour to understand the “language” of patients.
She said sometimes, patients visited health facilities not…
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Stop Diverting NHIS Funds to Pay Trainee Nurses – Minority to Gov’t
The Minority in Parliament has condemned government for diverting the funds meant for the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) to pay allowances of trainee nurses.
It has also accused the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) of…
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Only 27 Per Cent of Ghanaians Access Potable Water – Report
Only 27 per cent of Ghanaians have access to safe and potable water, a 2017 joint monitoring programme report has revealed.
According to the report conducted by the International Water and Sanitation Centre (IRC Ghana), an independent…
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Managers of NHIS More Competent Now
A Deputy Minister for Health, Kingsley Aboagye Gyedu has suggested that the current managers of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) have proven to be more competent than those under the erstwhile Mahama regime.
This he said is…
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NHIS Debt: Less Than GH₵200m Arrears Left of GH₵1.2bn Sum – Deputy Health Minister
The Deputy Minister of Health, Kingsley Aboagye Gyedu has disclosed that government will settle the 1.2 billion cedis debt owed service providers under the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) by the end of the year.
According to Mr…
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GCB Bank Commissions Dialysis Unit at 37 Military Hospital
GCB Bank has commissioned a state-of-the-art Renal Dialysis Unit at the 37 Military Hospital.
The new dialysis unit, which was fully sponsored by GCB Bank Limited at a total cost of USD 232,000, comprises six dialysis machines, two…
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Two Ambulances for Over A Million People; U/East Cries for Help
Ali Baba Awini, the Upper East Regional Administrator of the National Ambulance Service on Monday appealed to government and NGOs in the country to support the region with ambulances.
He said the Upper East Region, with a population of…
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Journalists to Cross Spectrum in Reporting Health Issues
Mr Declan Okpalaeke, President of African Health Journalism Association (AHJA), said media people need to cross the entire spectrum in the reportage of reproductive and maternal health commodities and supply-chain.
He said journalists…
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Girls, Communities Sensitized on Unsafe Abortion
School girls and community members in the Tolon District have been sensitized on unsafe abortion practices as part of efforts to get citizens to embrace issues of sexual and reproductive health (SRH).
The beneficiaries included girls of…
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Political Activists Urged to Quit Politicizing Health Issues
The Eastern Regional Health Directorate, Rev. Richard Yeboah has urged political activists to stay out of health issues as their involvement could be detrimental to health delivery.
He explained that party activists make statements which…
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