HEALTH

The Society for AIDS in Africa (SAA), has said it is critical to train the next generation of researchers who would contribute to tackling HIV/AIDs and other diseases on the African continent. The group’s newly-elected president,…
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The government of Ghana is dipping its hands into the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) Fund for other purposes rather than strengthening the health intervention programme, Casiel Ato Forson, former Deputy Minister of Finance and…
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Ghana is now implementing the test and treat policy which is aimed at testing and treating persons diagnosed with HIV instantly at the health facility to ensure that all HIV persons are enrolled unto the antiretroviral medication treatment.…
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The Ghana National Ambulance Service will soon begin a process to engage more people despite serving the 29 million Ghanaian population with only 55 functional ambulances. The Service is currently seeking to recruit people as Emergency…
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Some doctors and laboratory scientists are tussling over the management of laboratories in various public hospitals across the country. This has among other things stalled the implementation of a national policy to govern operations of…
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Residents of Nabango in the Kassena Nankana West District of the Upper East Region, would have to seek healthcare outside the town following a fire outbreak that destroyed a nurses quarters at the Nabango CHPS Centre last Sunday. Even…
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Beginning 21 May 2018, medical laboratory scientists will be withdrawing some services as part of their efforts to push for better working conditions. According to the scientists, the government has failed to respond to their demand for…
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A team of medical experts at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital has successfully conducted a landmark surgery by re-joining the completely severed wrist of a patient. Mr Victor Atikpo, a factory worker, had his wrist completely chopped off…
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The Ghana Ambulance Service says most of its ambulances are faulty because of the bad road networks in the country. Speaking on the Citi Breakfast Show on Monday, the Chief Executive Officer of the National Ambulance Service, (NAS),…
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The protesting jobless nurses and health professionals have given the government two weeks to act on a petition they submitted to the Health Ministry, demanding their financial clearance and a review of the Heal Ghana module under the…
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