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Health Professionals Still Leaving Ghana For Better Conditions Abroad
The Deputy Minister of Health, Mr Kingsley Aboagye-Gyedu has revealed that despite government's efforts to provide medical professionals with proper remuneration, an alarming number of them still abandon their duties to seek better…
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H1N1 Vaccines Delay
Director of Disease Surveillance at the Ghana Health Service (GHS), Dr Asiedu Bekoe, has revealed that the Antiviral drugs ―Tamiflu needed for the treatment of the deadly H1N1 Influenza which claimed the lives of some students at the Kumasi…
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Health Minister Debunks Claim Of Congestion As Cause Of H1N1 Outbreaks In SHS
The Health Minister has dismissed assertions that congestion as a result of implementing the free SHS policy is the cause of disease outbreaks recorded in some Senior High Schools across the country.
Kwaku Agyeman Manu says the death…
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No Meningitis Outbreak in Ghana – GHS
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has refuted claims that there is a meningitis outbreak in the country.
According to the Service, the deaths of some students from meningitis in recent weeks are isolated cases that do not constitute an…
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FDA Destroys Expired, Damaged Products in Ashanti Region
The Ashanti Regional Branch of the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA), has destroyed expired items worth thousands of cedis.
The items include damaged products, which were either withdrawn from the market by the FDA or submitted by the…
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Medical Brain Drain, A Major Concern to Government- Minister
Dr Kwaku Agyemang Manu, the Minister of Health, on Friday said the issue of medical brain drain continued to be a major concern to the government and the people of Ghana.
He said available statistics indicated that since 1996 about 5,000…
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Swine Flu Drug Arrives Today, Vaccines Expected On Saturday
Ghana will today take delivery of the anti-viral agents Tamiflu from the World Health Organization, as part of measures to combat the threat posed by the 2009 H1N1 strain of influenza, also known as swine flu.
Vaccines for the swine flu…
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First Lady’s MBU Ready in January
THE MOTHER and Baby Unit (MBU), being built at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Kumasi, will be ready for public use in January, 2018.
The First Lady, Rebecca Akufo-Addo’s foundation, dubbed ‘Rebecca Foundation’, is the brain…
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Don’t Handle Cases of Meningitis, H1N1 – Herbal Centres Warned
The Ghana Association of Medical Herbalists (GAMH), has charged private herbal centres in the country, not to handle suspected cases of Meningitis and H1N1 reported to their facilities.
According to them, there are currently no certified…
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Infectious Disease Centres Needed ― GMA
In response to the swelling health concerns in some senior high schools, as lives were lost and many others hospitalised, the Ghana Medical Association (GMA) has called on government to initiate plans for two Infectious Disease Centres.…
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