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World AIDS Day: Ghana urged to invest in HIV prevention as global funding declines
Ghana on Monday joined the international community to commemorate World AIDS Day 2025, with renewed calls for sustained domestic financing to protect HIV prevention and treatment services amid declining global support.
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Gov’t steps up efforts to prevent mother-to-child HIV transmission
The government is intensifying efforts to curb the transmission of HIV from pregnant women to their babies, Minister for Gender and Social Protection, Dr Agnes Naa Momo Lartey, has said.
Speaking at the launch of the Civil Society…
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Tamale Teaching Hospital establishes 24-hour Customer Care Desk
Tamale Teaching Hospital (TTH) has established a 24-hour Customer Care Desk to promptly attend to issues of customers and build a positive reputation for the facility.
It is also to foster collaboration, teamwork and unity amongst…
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Hospitals left frustrated following Lightwave impasse
Ghana’s health sector is grappling with widespread disruption following the suspension of the Lightwave Health Information Management System (LHIMS), the electronic medical records platform that has served as the backbone of digital…
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Pharmacists’ crises: Group demands posting after 9 months of unemployment
A worrying concern in Ghana’s pharmaceutical sector has been exposed, with the Rx24 group, comprising newly qualified pharmacists, accusing the Ministry of Health (MoH) of severe delays in posting them for their mandatory housemanship.…
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FDA targets 2,500 pints in national blood donation exercise
The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has embarked on a nationwide blood donation drive, aiming to collect over 2,500 pints of blood to significantly boost Ghana’s national blood bank.
The exercise, a key part of the Authority’s Corporate…
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Bono Region Records 20,000 People Living with HIV
The Bono Region has recorded 19,979 people living with HIV and AIDS, according to the Bono, Bono East and Ahafo Regional Technical Coordinator of the Ghana AIDS Commission (GAC), Ahmed Ibrahim Bambila.
He disclosed that the region also…
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McSARPONG donates GHC300k in medical supplies to 37 hospital
In a gesture that underscores its strategic leadership within Ghana’s healthcare industry, McSARPONG Medical Systems has delivered GHC 300,000.00 worth of essential clinical consumables and medical devices to the 37 Military Hospital.…
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AKANDOH 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐈𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒 𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐒𝐓 𝐏𝐔𝐁𝐋𝐈𝐂 𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐋𝐓𝐇 𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒 𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐏𝐎𝐍𝐒𝐄 𝐂𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐑𝐄
Health Minister Hon. Kwabena Mintah Akandoh has commissioned Ghana’s first Public Health Operations Response Centre at Pantang, a coordination hub established by the Africa CDC to strengthen emergency preparedness and response.
The…
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𝐆𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐀 𝐋𝐀𝐔𝐍𝐂𝐇𝐄𝐒 𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐒𝐓 𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋 𝐍𝐎𝐍-𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐔𝐍𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐁𝐋𝐄 𝐃𝐈𝐒𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐄𝐒 𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐂𝐇 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐅𝐄𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄
The Ministry of Health, in collaboration with the Ghana Health Service, GIZ, and AYA Integrated Healthcare Initiative, has launched the 1st National Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) Research Conference in Ghana, on the theme: Advancing…
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