HEALTH

The National Service Scheme (NSS) has released the 2022 nurses and midwives postings of 10,975 health professionals to commence their one-year mandatory national service at various approved health facilities.   The 2022/2023 service year postings come after the management of the Ghana National Scheme last month released 11,272 PIN codes …

Acting Chief Executive Officer of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), Dr. Bernard Okoe Boye, has admonished the public to maintain proper hygiene in the wake of Ghana recording cases of the new zoonotic disease, monkeypox. Contributing to a discussion on the subject matter on Metro TV’s ‘Good Morning Ghana’ …

The Director-General of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), Dr Patrick Kuma-Aboagye, has revealed that five cases of monkeypox have been reported in the Eastern, Western and Greater Accra regions.   Dr Patrick Kuma-Aboagye made this revelation at a press briefing today, Wednesday, June 8 2022. This announcement comes after the …

The Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has pledged the organization’s continued support to help Ghana achieve substantial growth in the health sector. He made the pledge when the Minister of Health, Kwaku Agyeman Manu, visited him in Geneva, Switzerland. The WHO Director-General commended Ghana …

The Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA) has alleged corrupt practices in the recent postings of nurses. The Ashanti Regional Chairman, Jones Afriyie-Anto, said some unscrupulous staff at the Ministry of Health have manipulated the posting system to benefit illegally. Speaking at the Regional Nurses and Midwives Week celebration, …

The Ashanti Regional Health directorate has launched maternal mortality and unsafe abortion campaign to tackle the soaring maternal deaths in the Ashanti Region. The region has recorded 174 maternal death including 11 unsafe abortion in 2021. The situation has become a source of worry to health authorities and they are …

The Western Region Health Directorate of the Ghana Health Service (GHS) has dismissed reports of a case of monkeypox in the Region. There were reports that the re-emerging disease has been recorded in the Ahanta West District.   “An individual reported to a facility in the Ahanta West Municipality in …

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has issued an alert for the public to be on guard following an outbreak of the Hanz virus in the country. A statement from the Service said Hanz Virus also known as H3N2v is a strain of influenza usually found in pigs, birds and humans. …

Monkeypox is not serious as Covid-19 but Ghana’s health authorities must scale up surveillance mechanisms against the outbreak in other countries, a Public Health Expert at Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, Dr Banda Khalifa, has said. Monkeypox is a rare disease caused by infection with monkeypox virus. Speaking on …

The Ghana Registered Nurses’ and Midwives’ Association (GRNMA) says it will also be pushing for what it termed as “Emotional Allowance” due to the nature of their jobs. The Association said nurses and midwives go through various stress and emotional challenges in their line of duties so if some workers …