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Obuasi East Health Directorate outlines measures to reduce stillbirth
The Obuasi East District Health Director, Delphine Gborgblovor has stated that stillbirth still remains an issue the directorate is battling with.
Speaking at the 2022 Annual Performance review meeting held at Wawase in the Obuasi East…
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Exodus for greener pastures: 100 nurses leave Pantang Hospital
Nearly 150 experienced nurses and other health professionals from the Pantang Hospital have left the shores of the country in search of greener pastures in the last six years.
Of the number, 100 are specialised psychiatric and general…
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Ghana records 2 lassa fever cases
Ghana has recorded two confirmed cases of Lassa fever disease.
The two cases were confirmed by the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research on February 24, 2023.
A statement issued by the Ghana Health Service (GHS) signed by…
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Vaccine shortage: 120 cases of measles recorded in Northern Region
The Paediatric Society of Ghana has disclosed that 120 cases of measles were recorded in the Northern region by end of December 2022 due to the shortage of essential vaccines.
Speaking on Citi TV on Saturday, a member of the Paediatric…
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Gov’t committed to reducing malaria-related deaths – GHS
The Director of the Ghana Health Service, Dr. Patrick Kumah Aboagye has indicated that his outfit is targeting to reduce malaria related deaths by 90 percent by the year 2025.
Dr. Kumah Aboagye disclosed this in Sunyani during the launch…
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Midwives call for better condition of service
The Centre for Health Development and Research (CEHDAR), a health system strengthening non-governmental organisation (NGO), has launched a campaign for improved work environment and conditions for midwives in Ghana.
Dubbed: “Midwives'…
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Ghana’s health sector advancements to be explored in 2023 report
Ghana’s plans to transform its health sector through new partnerships, pioneering technology, infrastructural developments and policies aimed at extending the reach of services into rural areas will be mapped out in a forthcoming report by…
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Akrofuom District Assembly Supports PWDs
Some 15 persons with disability in the Akrofuom District of the Ashanti Region have been given items ranging from deep freezers, industrial sewing machine, fufu pounding machine, a hair dryer and wheelchairs by the Assembly.
This is to…
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GHS receives cancer treatment equipment
The Rebecca Foundation, a non-governmental organisation of the First Lady, Rebecca Akufo-Addo, has presented three pre-cervical cancer treatment equipment to the Ghana Health Service (GHS).
The equipment are to help to stem cases and…
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Vodafone Ghana’s 101yr-old customer receives wonderful package to connect with great-grandchild
In a heart-warming moment, Madam Rosina Attoh-Korkoi Konuah, a beloved Vodafone Ghana customer for over 25 years, was gifted with the power of connection on her 101st birthday.
The Vodafone team, accompanied by an exquisite bouquet of…
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