HEALTH

A new survey from Afrobarometer has revealed that the majority of Ghanaians believe the government performed well in managing the response to the COVID-19 pandemic, but funds intended for the exercise were lost to corruption. In the April 2022 survey, a quarter of respondents reported that a member of their …

The Auditor-General has revealed that the government has paid over $120m to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and African Vaccine Acquisition Trust (AVAT) but only $38m worth was delivered. According to the A-G, $80m worth of vaccines paid for by government has not been delivered. The A-G says an …

The CEO of Rugail foundation, Opoku Abigail has donated a quantity of pampers to nursing mothers in St.Michael’s Hospita at Pramso to relieve them of the burden of the cost of purchasing same, especially during the hard times . Presenting the items, Opoku Abigail said she was motivated by the …

  The leadership of the Ghana Physician Assistants Association has directed all its members to suspend the renewal of licenses with the Medical and Dental Council for the ensuing year, 2023.   A directive from the Association further said all Physician Assistants should not renew their licenses from 2023 until …

Health Workers at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital say there is an increasing trend in the number of Childhood Cancers being recorded at the facility. Over 175 new cases were recorded this year which is more than one and a half the number recorded each year. Officials are attributing the …

The Joint Health Sector Unions and Professional Associations say all public health facilities will be completely shut down by January 9, 2023. This will arise if the government fails to exempt the pension funds of organized labour from the Debt Exchange Programme. It comes on the back of threats of …

The President of the Ghana Medical Association, Dr. Frank Serebour, says the government has not shown that the country is in crisis, thus organized labour should not be coerced to face the brunt of the economic crisis. He was speaking concerning the government’s debt exchange programme which has faced strong …

The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Tuesday, 6th December 2022, commissioned the Afienya Road Over Bridge, a key component of the of the new 97.7-kilometre standard gauge railway line from Tema to Mpakadan railway project.     Describing the project as “a brainchild of the first …

The Central Region had 18,127 persons living with HIV in the region as of December 2021. Out of the number, 12,119, representing 66 per cent, were women, with 4,365 being men. Children aged from zero to 14 with HIV were 1,443. The region also had 863 new infections in the …

The Health Minister, Kwaku Agyemang Manu, has revealed an imminent bilateral agreement between the Government of Ghana and the British Government to send Ghanaian trained Nurses to the United Kingdom (UK) in exchange for financial considerations. According to Mr Agyemang Manu, this will be similar to an already existing arrangement …