The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has issued a public health advisory following a recent increase in COVID-19 cases within the University of Ghana community, although the World Health Organisation (WHO) no longer classifies the virus as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. According to a press release from the …
Read More »Suspension Of Social Gatherings Over COVID-19 Outbreak Does Not Include Lectures – University of Ghana
The University of Ghana has clarified that its earlier restrictions do not affect official events, including inaugural lectures scheduled for Thursday and Friday, June 26–27, 2025, which will proceed as planned under strict adherence to health and safety protocols The Dean of Students Affairs at the University of Ghana, Professor …
Read More »University of Ghana Hit By New Wave of COVID-19; Authorities Caution Students, Surrounding Communities
The Health Services Directorate of the University of Ghana is cautioning the University Community of a recent resurgence in COVID-19 cases, with a few suspected and confirmed cases reported in the University’s immediate vicinity. The University’s Health Services Directorate in a notice issued on June 23 noted that “in light …
Read More »XYSCO, KATH Nurses Step Beyond Hospital Walls To Champion Sickle Cell Awareness At KNUST SHS
In a compelling demonstration of healthcare outreach beyond clinical spaces, nurses at the Family Medicine Directorate of Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), in partnership with the XYSCO Sickle Cell Foundation, stepped beyond the hospital walls to lead a powerful sickle cell awareness campaign at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science …
Read More »Pharmacies Offer Best Drugs at Affordable Prices” – Former President of Pharmaceutical Society of Ghana
Pharmacist Benjamin Botwe, former President of the Pharmaceutical Society of Ghana, has urged the public to patronize pharmacies for their medication needs, citing the best drugs at affordable prices. In an interview with the media, Mr Benjamin Botwe indicated that the Pharmacies has the best medicine for human …
Read More »HASAG threatens Strike
The Health Accounting Staff Association of Ghana (HASAG) has issued a warning to the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission (FWSC), threatening industrial action over what it describes as an unreasonably prolonged delay in negotiations for its conditions of service. According to HASAG, negotiations that began in November 2023 have been …
Read More »Ken Ofori-Atta Undergoes Successful Prostate Cancer Surgery – Wife Discloses
Former Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta has undergone successful surgery for prostate cancer at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, his family has confirmed. In a statement issued by his wife, Prof. Mrs. Angela Ofori-Atta, on Monday, June 16, she disclosed that the surgery — a robotic-assisted radical prostatectomy — took …
Read More »Nurses And Midwives Call Off Nationwide Strike
Striking nurses and midwives have officially called off their nationwide industrial action, effective immediately, after days of disagreements with their employers, which led to widespread disruption to healthcare services. The decision, announced today, Friday, June 13, by the President of the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA), Mrs. Perpetual …
Read More »Parliament’s Health Committee To Meet Striking Nurses Today
The Health Committee of Parliament is expected to meet with the leadership of the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA) today, Thursday, June 12, in an effort to resolve the ongoing industrial action by the association. The GRNMA declared a strike earlier this week to demand the implementation of …
Read More »MoH Releases List of Functional Health Facilities Amid Nurses And Midwives’ Strike
The Ministry of Health has announced new measures to cushion the impact of the ongoing nationwide strike by the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA), which has entered its second week. In a statement issued Tuesday, June 11, the Ministry acknowledged the disruption caused by the industrial action and …
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