HEALTH

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 …

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 …

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. …

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 …

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 …