HEALTH

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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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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