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UK Red List Ghana, Cote d’Ivoire And Other For Health Workers’ Recruitment

Ghana is now among the list of 54 countries that should not be actively targeted for recruitment by health and social care employers in the United Kingdom. The announcement was made by the UK government in its revised code of practice for the international recruitment of health and social care …

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MoH Receives Financial Clearance To Recruit Over 6,000 Nurses

The Ministry of Finance (MoF) has granted financial clearance to the Ministry of Health (MoH) to employ some six thousand, three hundred and eighty-seven nurses (6,387) this year. The nurses comprise; Assistant Clinical and Nurse Assistant Preventive who completed in 2019 and June 2020 from various public health training institutions. …

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Ketu South: 10 Cases Of Measles Recorded

Acting Volta Regional Director of Health, Dr Kwasi Senanu Djokoto, said the Ketu South Municipality has recorded 10 cases of Measles. He however disclosed to the Ghana News Agency on Monday, that the arrival of the vaccines was “timely, appropriate and God sent,” towards reducing the effect of an escalation …

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UCCMSA In Collaboration With Marie Stopes Ghana Organises A Health Education Talk At Adehye Hall.

Following the rise in STIs and unsafe abortions especially amongst the youth, the University of Cape Coast Medical Students Association ( UCCMSA) in collaboration with MARIE STOPES Ghana, organized a health education talk on the theme “SAFE ABORTION AND STIs AMONG THE YOUTH”. Speaking at the programme, the representative from …

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Ghana Receive First Consignment Of Child Immunisation Vaccines

After months of shortage of child immunisation vaccines, the Health Ministry and the Ghana Health Service (GHS) have received the first consignment of vaccines. In a press statement on social media, the Information Ministry noted that the vaccines that have arrived include measles vaccines, BCG vaccines and Oral Polio Vaccines. …

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Tama West MP Organized Free Heath Screening And Treatment

The member of Parliament of Tama west constituency,  Hon Carlos Kingsley Ahenkora has organized free Heath screening and Treatment at Tema community 2 Polyclinic to help solve some of the health problems facing the Constituents. The program which was organizer in partnership with KUSUDI international Inc a group of medical …

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It’s Difficult To Confirm When Vaccines Will Arrive – Health Minister

The Minister for Health, Kwaku Agyemang-Manu has once again failed to provide exact timelines for the arrival of essential childhood vaccines. The Minister addressing Parliament on Thursday, March 9, reiterated his promise that efforts are underway to ensure that vaccines are procured for children in the next few weeks. “Mr …

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Vaccine Shortage: 500 Suspected Cases Of Measles Recorded In Ghana – PSG

The Paediatric Society of Ghana has revealed that over 500 cases of measles have so far been recorded in the country due to the unavailability of essential vaccines. Dr Hilda Boye, the newly elected President of the Paediatric Society of Ghana said the situation is quite worrying because the delay …

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Health Minister Should Have Been Fired By Now – SEND Ghana

The Deputy Country Director of SEND Ghana, Dr. Emmanuel Ayifah, says it is about time the Health Minister, Kwaku Agyeman Manu, is shown the door. According to him, the Minister’s management and handling of the child immunization vaccine situation, reminiscent of his handling of the Covid-19 expenditure, has been terrible …

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Parliament To Subpoena Health Minister Over Vaccine Shortage

The Health Committee in Parliament has said it will haul the minister of health before the house to answer questions on the shortage of vaccines in Ghana. Kwaku Agyeman-Manu on Tuesday failed to appear before the committee to answer questions about the scarcity of childhood vaccines in Ghana.   Ghana …

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