HEALTH

The Ashanti Regional Health Directorate with support from UNICEF continues to educate and sensitize the public on LEAD poisoning preventive measures. Lead is a naturally occurring element found in the earth’s crust. While it can be beneficial to use, it is also toxic and can cause long-term health effects.   …

Management of Eastern Regional Hospital has expressed worry over the increasing cases of cancer and kidney and other diseases of lifestyle in the region. Breast cancer was the topmost cancer case recorded at the facility last year A total of 265 breast cancer cases representing 44% were recorded during the …

The Director-General of the Ghana Health Service, Dr. Patrick Kuma Aboagye, says the excessive use of herbal medication is increasing the prevalence of chronic kidney disease in Ghana.   The prevalence rate of chronic kidney diseases in Ghana is estimated at 13.3 percent. Speaking at the commissioning of a Renal …

The Majority in Parliament is accusing the Minority of bad faith with its motion for a vote of censure on the Minister of Health, Kwaku Agyeman Manu. The house after months of delay finally adopted the report of the Ad-hoc committee set up to probe the botched Sputnik-V deal. But …

The Minority in Parliament is pushing for the removal of the Minister for Health, Kwaku Agyemang-Manu, over his ‘dishonest’ role in the  Sputnik-V vaccines procurement scandal. In a memo to the Speaker of Parliament calling for a vote of censure, the Minority said his actions were a “direct breach of …

The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) is worried over the spate of health professionals exiting the country to seek greener pastures abroad. According to the Vice President of the Association, Justice Yankson, many competent, well-trained health care professionals relocate from Ghana on daily basis due to poor economic conditions. “We keep …

Members of the Komfo Anokye Doctors’ Association (KADA) are returning to work barely 24 hours after activating their intended strike action.   The Association had proceeded on strike after citing failure on the part of management and government to provide a “clear concise payment schedule” on their financial demands.   …

Doctors at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) have laid down their tools with immediate effect over non-payment of their car maintenance allowance and 13th month allowance. The strike action follows the failure of the hospital’s management and the Ministry of Health to settle the allowances which was part of …

The Ashanti Regional Health Directorate on Tuesday, 1st February 2022 has embarked on an Immunization Day Campaign with the aim of assembling the majority of the people in the region for Covid-19 Vaccination.     In this Sub-National Campaign, the Health Directorate partnered with the Information Services Department in the …

The Presidency has maintained that it deems the rollout of an extensive vaccination programme as one of the effective means of reducing the transmission of COVID-19.   In a letter written by the Presidential Advisor on Health, Dr. Anthony Nsiah-Asare in response to some Ghanaian Doctors opposed to the programme, …