HEALTH

The Western Regional Minister, Kwabena Okeyere Darko-Mensah has noted that only 10% of faecal waste collected in the region is treated. This implies that the 90% of the faecal waste collected in the municipality is dumped into the…
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The Rotational Nurses and Midwives Association (RNMA) has expressed unhappiness over government failure to pay members' allowances throughout their one-year required duty, which ends in July. The circumstance, according to the…
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The Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA) has inaugurated a new regional secretariat and guest house at Pusu-Namongo in the Talensi District in the Upper East Region. The state-of-the-art facility is the 10th…
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Executive Chairman of the First Sky Group, Eric Seddy Kutortse, has reiterated his company’s promise and determination to fully fund the establishment of a world-class kidney transplant center in the country as a long-term solution to…
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The Deputy Minister of Health, Hon. Mahama Asei Seini has indicated that the HO medical waste treatment facility will solve public health concerns in the Volta region. Speaking in an address at the commissioning of the first medical…
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The National Planning Committee (NPC) in partnership with the Ministry of Health is set to launch a new HIV self-testing (HIVST) stick today, July 19, 2023 at the Accra Metropolitan Assembly to make it easier and more convenient for people…
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The Korle Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH) is urging Parliament to provide a legal framework for organ donation and harvesting. The KBTH has begun kidney transplantation, with two successful surgeries performed in July 2023. Before the…
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The first ever ultra-modern medical waste and treatment plant has been commissioned in Adegya in the Ashanti region. Commissioning the facility, the Deputy Minister of Health, Hon. Mahama Asei Seini, noted the commissioning of the…
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Ghana is on high alert following the outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A (H5N1) popularly called bird flu in Lomé, Togo. The outbreak was announced by the Volta Regional Health Directorate which indicated that over 1000 birds…
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The Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has announced that by the end of 2023, mental health treatment will be enlisted as part of the conditions covered by the Authority. Chief Executive Officer of the Authority, Dr. Bernard Oko Boye said…
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