HEALTH

A member of the Health Promotion team of Prestea Health Directorate taking the participants through how they can check for the disease Available statistics indicate that about 16,000 new breast cancer cases are reported annually in Ghana. Prestea Huni Valley Municipal Health Director, Dr. Joseph Kwame Sampson, who revealed this …

Developing Women for Skills and Opportunities Initiative (DWoSO), a non-governmental organization with the vision of ensuring a just world for women and girls has called on the government to expedite the removal of the 20% tax on menstrual products. The call was made this day, 11 October 2022, in commemoration …

The HIV population among children aged one to four years was 7,699 in 2020, while new infections in children of the same age group in 2021 were 443. “This is not good because most of these children got it from their mothers. They were mainly mother-to-child transmissions and that is …

The Nursing and Midwifery Council of Ghana has announced the release of the results for the licensing Examination held in August 2022. The results released include: ‘Registered Nurse Assistant Clinical/ Registered Nurse Assistant Preventive, Registered Mental Nursing, Registered Midwifery.   The others are: “Registered Community Mental, Nursing and Post NAC/NAP …

A total of 23,495 people tested positive for HIV in the first half of this year, according to statistics from the National STIs and HIV/AIDS Control Programme. As result, a network of institutions leading the HIV and AIDS response in the country has begun national stakeholder engagements as part of …

The Finance Ministry has given the go ahead for the payment of allowances to nurses on one-year mandatory rotation at various health facilities nationwide to be paid. About 5,239 nurses and midwives and allied health professionals will be paid.   Each of them will receive ¢871 per month with effect …

Aggrieved Medical Doctors at the Saint Anne’s Hospital (formerly known as West Gonja Hospital) in Damongo in the Savannah Region have served strong notice to doctors who have intentions of accepting posting or transfer to the facility. According to them, the general working conditions especially payment of allowances among others …

The final year Midwifery student of Nalerigu Nursing and Midwifery Training College, Mohammed Lubabatu who threatened to kill patients in a recent TikTok video says she is seriously facing stigma among her colleagues and other tutors making it difficult for her to cope with academic activities.   The student who …

The Chief Executive Officer for the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), Dr. Bernard Okoe-Boye has said critical issues that clients complained about with the Scheme are currently being resolved. Speaking on GHOne TV health show, Dr. Okoe-Boye said a valid NHIS card now covers complex diseases and surgeries in hospitals …

Some 2021 Doctor of Pharmacy house officers say they are mentally unstable to be able to provide proper medical services to patients. According to them, their current state of mind is due to the government’s failure to pay their allowances for the past seven months. The officers who are yet …