HEALTH

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 …

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 …