HEALTH

The Minister of Health, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, has announced that 80% of the 700 junior medical doctors whose posting processes have begun will be deployed to districts across the country. According to the Minister, the decision is…
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A team from the World Health Organization (WHO) has paid a courtesy call on the Health Minister to discuss essential technical support for two key government initiatives, the Free Primary Health Care (FPHC) programme and the Ghana Medical…
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The Ministry of Health has hosted a delegation from the Alliance for Health Policy and the Institute Research Board to discuss a U.S.-led initiative on bilateral cooperation in pathogen sharing and health sovereignty. Minister for…
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The Tamale Teaching Hospital (TTH) has officially begun its rollout of the Ghana Health Information Management System (GHIMS), marking a major milestone in the restoration of digital health information management at the facility. The new…
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The Minister of Health, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, has called on civil society organisations and other partners to collectively help in the design and adoption of a roadmap for action on non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and mental health.…
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When Abena Ntim Asamoah began analyzing health data from 40 studies across the developing world, she uncovered a pattern that pharmaceutical companies and tech giants had missed: the solution to one of global health’s deadliest problems was…
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A delegation from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) led by their Deputy Director-General, Mr. Hua Liu, has paid a courtesy call on the Minister for Health, Hon. Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, to discuss plans toward establishing a…
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The Minister for Health, Hon. Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, has assured Ghanaians that the era of manual medical records is over, as government rolls out a new, fully state-owned digital health platform, the Ghana Health Information Management…
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The Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Ms Diene Keita, has warned that dwindling global funding for family planning is threatening access to contraceptives, with potentially devastating consequences for women,…
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A delegation from the Ahmadiyya Muslim Mission Ghana, led by its President, Alhaji Maulvi Mohammed Bin Salih, has paid a courtesy call on the Minister for Health, Hon. Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, to discuss ways of deepening collaboration in…
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