HEALTH

The Management of the National Service Scheme (NSS) on Saturday, June 10, 2023, released postings of a total of 12,295 nurses. The postings cover personnel who enrolled to undertake their one-year mandatory national service at various accredited health facilities across the country for the 2023/2024 service year. This was contained …

The Volta Regional Health Directorate of the Ghana Health Service has denied social media reports of an outbreak of HIV/AIDS at the Ho Technical University. The story first reported by a blog claimed that over 400 students have tested positive and have been asked to go home. Various social media …

The Member of Parliament for Ningo Prampram, Sam Nartey George, has strongly responded to a Nigerian gay pastor who criticised his stance on LGBTQ+ issues in Ghana. Rightify Ghana, a human rights organisation, expressed concerns on Twitter regarding the potential threats posed by the proposed “Proper Human Sexual Rights and …

One person has died of suspected anthrax in the Binduri District of the Upper East Region after eating the carcass of an anthrax-infected dead cow. According to the Upper East Regional Health Directorate of the Ghana Health Service, four cows died of anthrax in one of the suburbs of Binduri …

The government still wants to raise more revenue through the COVID-19 Health Recovery Levy, despite the end of the pandemic in the country. This may come as a disappointment to both consumers and the business community who have been pushing for the removal of the tax, which they say is …

The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has commissioned an ultra-modern office complex to serve as the strategic coordinating entity for vaccine research, development and manufacturing in Ghana.         It will be recalled that on 28th February, 2021, President Akufo-Addo inaugurated a Presidential Committee on …

The Internal Audit Authority (IAA) in collaboration with the Ghana Health Service (GHS) inaugurated the Audit Committees of the Health Sector Institutions under the GHS. According to the Ashanti Regional Health Directorate, the audit Committee will support the Service in their financial management for prudent use of funds and enable …

The Rotational Nurses and Midwives Association is urging the Nurses and Midwifery Council to take keen interest and ensure the payment of their 10 months outstanding allowance. The group has in recent times been engaging various stakeholders including the Health and Finance Ministries to give them clearance for payments to …

Gabby Otchere-Darko, a leading member of the governing New Patriotic Party has hailed a spare parts and lubricant dealer who has built an ultra-modern hospital resourced with advanced equipment. Michael Banahene, the Managing Director of Dap Motors & Trading Limited built the 9-storey health facility named St Michael’s Specialist Hospital …

Due to persistent droughts, residents of Bomase Dorse, a farming community close to Sekesua in the upper Manya Korobo district of the eastern region, are experiencing acute water shortages. According to the locals, their only water source, a stream, frequently runs dry, and they only have access to dirty water …