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Gideon Boako: All Regional Hospitals Have Been Automated

Spokesperson of the Vice-President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has disclosed that in the quest to transform the economy into a digital one, the incumbent government has ensured that all hospitals are placed on an automated system. Dr. Gideon Boako said all regional hospitals across the country have gone digital. He said …

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Private Health Facilities Threaten To Boycott NHIS Services Over Non-Payment

The Private Health Facilities Association of Ghana is demanding that the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) pays claims owed to its members. The Association says the last time its members received reimbursement of funds under the NHIS was in February 2021, a situation members say is affecting their finances. According …

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Upper West: 5,700 People Are Living With HIV – Ghana AIDS Commission

There are more than 5,700 people estimated to be living with HIV in the Upper West Region, Steve Kyeremeh Atuahene, Director-General of the Ghana AIDS Commission (GAC) has revealed. He said this is out of the national estimated figure of 346,000 Persons Living With HIV (PLWHIV) in Ghana as at …

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Ghana: Over 2,000 Women Die From Breast Cancer In 2020 – Dr Beatrice Wiafe Says

The Chief Executive Officer for  Peace And Love Hospital Breast care International and former chair of the Ghana Cancer Board, Dr Beatrice Wiafe Addai, has revealed that over 2000 women died from breast cancer in 2020.   Speaking to the Asaase radio , Dr Addai said the deaths were partly …

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Video: Sugar Mummy-Sugar Daddy, Friends-With-Benefit Cause Of High HIV Infections – AIDS C’ssion

The Ghana AIDS Commission has discovered “new behaviours” among young people which the commission says are the cause of the high rise of HIV infections. Figures from the commission show that 12,000 people died from HIV related causes in 2020 while 5,000 young people contracted the virus. The data revealed …

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Majority Of Young Women Are Into Transactional Sex – AIDS C’ssion Boss

The Director-General of the Ghana AIDS Commission, Steve Gyeremeh Atuahene, has disclosed that certain behaviours among young people are partly to blame for the rise in the number of HIV infections in 2020.     Per the records of the Commission, over 12,000 people perished from HIV related causes in …

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Rotational Nurses And Midwives To Strike On October 1 Over Unpaid Allowances

The Members of the Coalition of Rotational Nurses and Midwives have served notice to begin an industrial action on October 1.     This, according to the coalition, has become necessary following the failure to pay their allowances since February this year.     A letter written to the National …

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Check Out Where To Receive 1st And 2nd Dose Of Covid-19 Vaccine From Sept. 24 To 29

The Ghana Health Service will today, Friday, innoculate Ghanaians above the age of 17years who have not yet been vaccinated against the Covid-19 pandemic in the Greater Accra Regional Health Directorate.   Aside from that section of the general public, individuals who have received just the first jab of the …

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‘We Have To Start Planning For A New Capital City’ -Dr. Zanetor

The ever increasing population in the capital, Accra, coupled with other daunting challenges like the perennial flooding in most areas of the capital continues to form basis for Ghana to get a new capital city. That’s the perspective of the Member of Parliament for Klottey-Korle Constituency.   According to her, …

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