HEALTH

With the opening of yet another new NHIS District office, Wednesday 26th April, residents of the municipalities of Ejisu and Juaben can finally sigh with relief. The Chief of Ejisu Nana Afrane Okese IV generously donated a plot of land for the construction of the office in response to the …

The CEO of the National Health Insurance Authority(NHIA) Dr. Okoe Boye together with some Executive Management team, has commissioned a new office for the NHIS at Abetifi in the Kwahu East District of the Eastern Region. Residents of Abetifi and its environs who previously had to trek several kilometers to …

Ghana’s Former President John Mahama has called for the resignation of the Health Minister after he openly admitted that the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) has failed. The Member of Parliament for Dormaa Central and also Minister of Health, Kwaku Agyemang Manu  says the Scheme is no longer working, admitting …

The Ashanti Regional Health Directorate of the Ghana Health Service with the funding support from JHPIEGO-USAID RISE has begun another round of COVID -19 vaccination exercise in all the Districts, Municipalities and it’s Metropolis in the region. The five days exercise which has started today 26th to 30th April 2023, …

It has emerged that seven members of a group of physician assistants have been arrested by the police. According to reports, the group was picketing at the Ministry of Health over their delayed postings after completing school. Preliminary investigations reveal that the group breached an earlier agreement over their mode …

Physician assistants who graduated three years ago are demanding postings to various health institutions by the government. According to the group, there have been delays in processes by the Ministry of Health to ensure that they are posted to health centres across the country. On Tuesday, April 25, a group …

The Africa vaccination week has been launched in Kumasi in Ashanti Region to commemorate the preservation of the health of children through vaccination. The launched took place at the Lancaster Hotel, Kumasi on Thursday, 20th April 2023. Joined by Hon. Kwaku Agyemang-Manu, Minister for Health, Dr. Patrick Kuma Aboagye, Director …

The Africa vaccination week has been launched in Kumasi in Ashanti Region to commemorate the preservation of the health of children through vaccination. The launched took place at the Lancaster Hotel, Kumasi on Thursday, 20th April 2023. Joined by Dr. Patrick Kuma Aboagye, Director General of the Ghana Health Service, …

The President of the Republic of Ghana, H.E Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has cut the sod for the commencement of work on the construction of DEKs Vaccines Ltd, a private sector-led consortium of Ghanaian pharmaceutical companies. According to President Akufo-Addo, the construction of the vaccine manufacturing plant “will help our …

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has confirmed the presence of a new mosquito vector called Anopheles stephensi in the country. The new vector was confirmed in March 2023 from samples taken in Tuba and Dansoman in the Greater Accra region. In a statement, GHS explained this was as part of …