HEALTH

The World Health Organization (WHO) has reported increase cases of monkeypox, measles and dengue cases in parts of Africa. According to the WHO Weekly Bulletin on outbreaks and other emergencies, monkeypox (Mpox) is resurgent in South…
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The National Aids Control Programme says there is an increase in HIV mother-to-child infections despite the implementation of the Prevention of Mother To Child Transmission (PMTCT). Dr Stephen Ayisi-Addo, Programme Manager of the…
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The Rotary Club of Obuasi has partnered with Doctors & Engineers Without Borders, Brown University Club to embark on a medical Outreach project for inmates of the Obuasi local Prisons. They also presented drugs to the inmates and a…
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The National Cardiothoracic Centre of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital has organised a general health screening exercise for personnel of the Ghana Police Service at its headquarters in Accra. About 50 health workers from the centre,…
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Sharaf Mahama is set to organize a massive health walk and health screening for the teeming youth of Tamale in the Northern Region. In attendance will be the NDC Regional Executives, all Member of Parliaments and Parliamentary…
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Doctors at the Oncology Department of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) are intensifying their protest over the prolonged malfunction of the Linear Accelerator System used for radiotherapy services. On Monday, June 24, health…
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Sanofi is strengthening its long-standing commitment to access diabetes care in low and middle-income countries and underserved communities worldwide through a series of innovative partnerships with healthcare authorities in countries where…
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A collaborative study carried out by The CARROT Co. and doctors from the Department of Trauma and Orthopaedics at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Kumasi has called on stakeholders to prioritise tackling paediatric foot…
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The 2023 national and sub-national HIV and AIDS data shows that a total of 334,095 people are living with HIV/AIDS in the country, 17,550 of the number being children below 15 years. The data further indicates that the country recorded…
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The Ministry of Health has clarified that the recent announcement regarding a mandatory health insurance policy for non-Ghanaian residents visitors is a proposal by the National Health Insurance Scheme and not a policy by the government.…
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