HEALTH

Three faded photographs of Ami as a toddler are Elhadj Diop's only tangible mementoes of his daughter. Yet she comes alive in the intensity of his voice, as he recounts her last two days of life. Ami was 12 when she died from malaria on 10…
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The Ghana Physician Assistants Association has called off a sit-down strike and directed all members to report to work on Wednesday, 18 April 2018. This follows a bail granted their colleague, Simon Takrama, one of two officers arrested…
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A Koforidua High Court has granted Simon Takrama, the Physician Assistant connected to the death of four persons at the New Senchi Health Centre, GHc 20,000 bail with two sureties. Simon Takrama was arrested alongside James Yeboah, a…
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The Ghana Physician Assistants Association has begun a sit-down strike in protest to the detention of one of their colleagues, Simon Takrama, one of two officers arrested in connection with the death of four persons at the New Senchi Health…
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Members of the Coalition of Unemployed Bonded Nurses and Midwives have issued a threat to picket the Ministry of Health on Monday, 23 April 2018, if they are not employed by government by that date. The nurses and midwives said they…
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The Rabito Clinic, Ghana, in collaboration with the Regional Dermatology Training Centre, Tanzania, has embarked on vigorous feasibility studies for the setting up of the University College of Dermatology in Ghana. Professor Edmund…
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The Kumasi Metropolis will soon benefit from a modern Eye Center to help boost the treatment of eye problems. Significantly, the center would be located at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Kumasi, the Ashanti regional…
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The Minister for Environment, science and Innovations, Prof. Frimpong Boateng has assured Ghanaians that all efforts to introduce Genetically Modified seeds into the country’s agricultural system would not see the light of day. According…
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USAID’s Systems For Health (S4H) has donated basic healthcare equipment to primary care provider network facilities in two districts in the Volta Region. The items, which included BP apparatus, weighing scales, glucose monitors,…
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Dr. Matsidiso Rebecca Moeti, World Health Organisation (WHO) Africa Regional Director has observed that accelerating Universal Health Coverage (UHC) was within reach in Africa. She said what was required was political leadership, clear…
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