HEALTH

Marburg virus is the causative agent of Marburg virus disease (MVD), a disease with a case fatality ratio of up to 88%, but can be much lower with good patient care. Marburg virus disease was initially detected in 1967 after simultaneous outbreaks in Marburg and Frankfurt in Germany; and in Belgrade, …

Due to financial difficulties, several nursing trainees continue to forego their clinical practice at hospitals, which hinders the effective training of nurses and midwives. For eleven months, the government has defaulted on the payment of allowances to continuing students. According to the Ghana Nursing and Midwives Trainees Association, over a …

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has announced the confirmation of Marburg Virus Disease (MVD) in some parts of the country. The confirmation follows further testing at the Institute Pasteur in Dakar (IP), Senegal, which corroborated the results from the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research in Ghana. On July 7, …

General Secretary of the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwifery Association, David Tenkorang-Twum, has disclosed that remuneration due workers who contributed immensely to the fight against Covid-19 were not paid. According to him, the additional 50% allowances on their basic salaries (per month for a four-month period starting from March 2020) …

The National Association of Registered Midwives, Ghana (NARM-GH) has joined calls by other public sector workers for a cost of living allowance.   In a press release dated July 10, the leadership of the association noted that like other republic sector workers, the current economic crisis is having some adverse …

The Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA) has cautioned against increasing figures of the nurse to patients ratio if government doesn’t revise service conditions of its members.   Although Ghana’s nurse to patient ratio stands at 1 nurse to 839 patients, exceeding the World Health Organization (WHO) recommended nurse …

The Mental Health Authority has disclosed that the leading causes of suicidal deaths in the country are; divorce, breakups, unemployment and financial distress. The Chief Executive of the Mental Health Authority, Prof. Akwasi Osei made this revelation while speaking at the launch of the WHO Director General’s Special Initiative for …

Members of the Union of Professional Nurses and Midwives, Ghana (UPNMG) have said they also deserve 20 per cent Cost of Living Allowance (COLA) in the wake of the harsh economic conditions just as teacher unions are demanding. The teacher unions have embarked on strike action following government’s failure to …

The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has announced a 30 per cent upward increase in the amount paid for medicines and services under the scheme. According to the Authority, the decision which is in line with the National Health Insurance Act 852, (Act 2012) comes after data collected showed that …

Collins Healthy Liver Foundation-Ghana (CHLiF-Gh) is a non-profit health organization committed to creating awareness of liver health and its related diseases. Its focus is on the early diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of Hepatitis B.   The foundation was established in honor of Elder Collins Yeboah, a father of three daughters …