HEALTH

The Agortime Cluster of World Vision Ghana has launched a Community Pad Bank initiative in Yadzo, within the Kadjebi Area Programme, as part of the 2025 Menstrual Hygiene Day celebrations. The initiative seeks to provide free sanitary…
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A landmark international study led by Hon. Dr. Kingsley Agyemang, Member of Parliament for Abuakwa South in Ghana and public health lecturer at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), has unveiled a critical…
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In a move to strengthen Ghana’s health system, the Minister for Health, Hon. Kwabena Mintah Akandoh has officially sworn in the new board members of four key institutions in Ghana’s health sector, emphasizing their roles in regulation and…
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The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has seized illicit and unregistered tobacco products from four facilities in Accra in a targeted operation. The confiscated items included 15 brands of illicit shisha (waterpipe) flavours, three brands…
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A not-for-profit organisation, Pencils of Promise, in partnership with Fidelity Bank and Hallmark Medicals have intensified its campaign on promoting menstrual hygiene in the Volta Region. The initiative includes raising awareness of…
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The Ghana Health Service has confirmed four more new cases of Mpox bringing the number of cases to nine (9). Although the numbers of confirmed cases of the disease keep rising, health authorities say there is no cause for alarm. The…
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The Trauma and Orthopaedics Directorate of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) has officially launched Orthopaedics Month, a month-long initiative aimed at raising awareness on bone health and providing free orthopaedic surgeries for…
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Members of the Mortuary Workers Association have threatened to lay down their tools should their negotiation with the government for better conditions of service yield no fruitful result. General Secretary of the Association, Richard…
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The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has warned against two alcoholic beverages - Kings Orange Flavoured Liqueur and Jupiter 1990 - after laboratory tests confirmed the presence of marijuana extracts in both products. In a statement…
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In a country where the monthly minimum wage hovers around GHS450, imagine facing medical bills of GHS8,400 every month just to stay alive. This is the crushing reality for thousands of Ghanaians suffering from kidney failure, a silent…
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