HEALTH

Health experts have discovered high levels of stigmatization against HIV patients by medical staff at the various health institutions in Ashanti Region. Emergency and Out-Patient Department attendants also suffer similar retreatment.…
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Mr Eric Kwadjo Amoh, the Upper East Regional Chairman of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA), has called on health institutions in the Region to collaborate effectively with the media to enhance public education on health issues. He…
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The Ghana Standards Authority (GSA) in collaboration with the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA), will begin closing down supermarkets and shops that fail to comply with its general labeling rules. According to the GSA, the move is to rid…
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The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, says the effective execution of the National Strategic Plan for Malaria Control, as well as the introduction of other innovative strategies, means that “Ghana stands ready to beat malaria.”…
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The Upper East Regional Health Director, Dr. Winfred Ofosu, has warned health facilities and medical staff against demanding monies from pregnant women before rendering health care services. According to Dr. Ofosu, the Regional Health…
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The Ghana Standard Authority (GSA) and the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) have embarked on an exercise to close down supermarkets and shops that fail to comply with its general labelling rules. Speaking on the Citi Breakfast Show the…
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The Food and Drugs and Authority (FDA) has ordered the closure of all Citydia supermarkets in the country to allow for the immediate removal of all products labelled in Spanish and French. The decision by the FDA is in response to the…
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Pharmaceutical crime which includes the illicit sale of tramadol is becoming bigger than the trade in illicit drugs such as heroin and cocaine, the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has said. Mrs Olivia Agyekumwaa Boateng, Head of Tobacco…
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The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has commenced an internal audit to uncover and deal with any acts of financial malfeasance by its district offices across the nation. It has already covered the Asawase Office of National…
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Ghanaian women will consume 13.4 million cycles of contraceptive pills over the next three years, with the global figure standing at 2.05 billion, according to a report by the Reproductive Health Supply Coalition (RHSC). The Global…
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