HEALTH

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 …

The Ministry of Health has instituted a schedule for the usage of elevators at its head office in Accra. In a memo dated March 31, 2023, the administrators of the ministry indicated that the move was necessitated because of the current financial challenges the government is facing. The authorities, in …

The Ministry of Health has reacted to the red listing of Ghana in relation to the recruitment of health workers by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the United Kingdom (UK). According to the spokesperson of the Ministry, Isaac Baah Offei, the report is not a true reflection on the …

Bright Simons, the vice president of IMANI Africa, has given some clarification on reports that the government of the United Kingdom (UK) has barred the recruitment of health workers from Ghana and 53 other countries. According to him, Ghanaian health workers have not been barred from travelling to the UK …