HEALTH

The First Lady, Rebecca Akufo-Addo, has commissioned a state of the art Newborn Unit for the Princess Marie Louise Children’s Hospital in Accra, after almost ten decades of operating the facility without one. The commissioning of the…
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A micronutrient survey conducted by the Ghana Health Service (GHS) has revealed that about 39 per cent of women in the country are obese. The report, which was conducted across the country between May and June last year, shows that 49…
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A UK-based Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Dr Nana, has handed over to the Ghana Health Service (GHS), a new community maternity centre at Balungu, in the Upper East region. The facility which cost GH¢240,000 happens to be the first…
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If there is anything in the Nana Akufo-Addo administration that Ghanaians are unsure of, it is certainly the healthcare direction of the country, as is being coordinated by the Ghana Health Service (GHS). Recent media reports and…
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Indications from the Minister of Health, Kwaku Agyeman Manu, are that the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) is still cash-strapped. He has said the scheme might collapse if investors are not brought on board to rescue it.…
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Barima Kwaku Ameyaw, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Georgeland Ventures Limited, contractors of the Ofankor Hospital, has said the project cost $1.3 million. According to him, the hospital is yet to start operations because it has not…
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Poor Drainage System At Panama - A SUBURB OF ACCRA Poor sanitation has been the bane of this country. Our markets, lorry stations and our immediate surroundings are almost on daily basis littered with refuse and loads of garbage. The…
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Professor Gabriel Ayum Teye, the Vice-Chancellor of the University for Development Studies, has urged physicians and radiographers to redefine their motives as professionals to improve health care delivery. He said the aim of some…
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Dr. Anthony Nsiah-Asare, the Director General of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), has given the assurance that work on stalled hospital projects in Ashanti Region will soon resume. He indicated that the projects could not be completed on…
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Africa has appealed to China to help solve issues of HIV/AIDS and poverty that impede the socio-economic development of the continent. Mr Thesele Maseribane, the Minister of Communication, Science and Technology of Lesotho challenged…
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