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NHIS Justifies Proposal to Increase Health Insurance Levy
The management of the National Health Insurance School , has justified its plan to increase the National Health Insurance Levy from 2.5% to 3.5% of VAT.
It argues that the increment will help to address some of the teething challenges…
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Health Ministry Denies Evicting Trainee Nurses from Korle-Bu Hostels
The Ministry of Health has denied claims that it has evicted some students of the Korle-Bu Nursing Training school from the school’s hostel.
In December 2017, about eighteen students of the nursing training school were served an eviction…
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We Take Some Responsibility for Non-Functional CHPS Compounds – Segbefia
A former minister for Health, Alex Segbefia, has conceded that the previous National Democratic Congress (NDC) administration should be held responsible for some of the non-functional CHPS compounds in the country.
According to him, a…
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UG Was Supposed to Manage Medical Centre – Segbefia
A former Minister of Health under the Mahama administration, Alex Segbefia, has stated that the University of Ghana had from the onset, been tasked to handle the management of the $217m Medical Centre.
According to Mr. Segbefia, the…
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Reprocan Ghana Celebrates World Cancer Day with Free Screening
Mr Obed Asare Bediako, the Chief Executive Officer of Reprocan Ghana, a Non-Governmental Organisation, has called for more action to close the inequality in access to prevention, diagnosis, care and treatment of cancer.
He said that was…
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Unlicensed Doctor ‘Infects 40 People’ With HIV In India
At least 40 people have been tested HIV positive in India's northern state of Uttar Pradesh, where an unqualified doctor had allegedly used a single syringe to treat all of his patients in the area, according to local media reports.
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UG, MoH miss Medical Centre Settlement Deadline
The government has come out with yet more assurances over the operationalization of the idle $217million University of Ghana Medical Center.
This is despite the initial assurance that a concrete announcement on the resolution of the…
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Drug Shortages Retards Recovery of Mental Patients
The nationwide intermittent shortages of mental health drugs is retarding the recovery process of patients in the Brong-Ahafo Region, investigation by the Ghana News Agency (GNA) has revealed.
The shortages of psychiatric medication also…
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More Teenagers Getting Pregnant in Amansie West
More teenagers are getting pregnant in the Amansie West District, a development, that has become a huge worry for the health authorities and policy-decision makers in the area.
One hundred and eighty (180) teenage pregnancies were seen…
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Phone Theft Hits 37 Military Hospital
At least two patients on admission at the 37 Military Hospital in Accra say their mobile phones have been stolen from their bedside while they were asleep.
The patients say they were shocked to discover that their phones had been stolen…
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