HEALTH

Former 1st vice National Chairman and aspiring National Chairman for the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Stephen Ayesu Ntim, has called on Ghanaians to rally behind Agenda 111 with their unmodifiable support. Agenda 111 initiative is part of Government’s intervention to construct 111 hospitals as a result of the outbreak …

Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Monday sacked Health Minister Pavithra Wanniaarachchi and reshuffled his cabinet amidst growing opposition criticism that some of the ministries, including health, were under-performing as the Coronavirus pandemic worsened.   The changes were made in the foreign, education, transport, media, power and energy portfolios.   …

Government says it has set aside an amount of US$100 million as commencement funding for its ambitious Agenda 111 project, which is aimed at scaling up healthcare infrastructure in the country. The money has been made available for the first phase of the initiative, which will see to the construction …

Embattled Health Minister in his first press release after the brouhaha surrounding the botched procurement of Sputnik-V vaccines from Sheikh Al-Maktoum says he has been observing the national interest surrounding his role in the deal. Kwaku Agyeman-Manu said his actions since his assumption of office has been to “protect the …

The Ghana Health Service is expected to begin giving out jabs of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine against the COVID-19 virus in the Greater Accra Region today, Friday, August 13, 2021. Vaccine shots in other coronavirus hotspots such as the Ashanti Region will begin on Monday, August 16, 2021.   …

Children between 22 months and 11 years are contracting the coronavirus in Ghana’s third wave of infection, health officials have said. Speaking on Asaase Radio’s The Big Bulletin on Tuesday, Dr Frank Owusu-Sekyere, who is in charge of the Ghana Medical Association’s COVID -19 team for the Greater Accra Region, …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, says the Health Minister, Kwaku Agyeman-Manu, has endured a lot of suffering at the Ministry. Speaking amidst laughter, the President however acknowledged the Minister as one of the illustrious sons from the Bono Region who has served well in his administration. Although the President did …

Sheikh Al Maktoum, the agent in Ghana’s botched attempt to procure Sputnik V vaccines has agreed to refund a total of US$2.470 million to the government being the “remaining amount for the non-supplied doses” of the vaccines. Sheikh Al Maktoum was due to supply about 300, 000 Sputnik V vaccines …

The Minister of Health, Kwaku Agyeman-Manu has acted on the Parliamentary Ad hoc Committee’s recommendation that an amount of ¢16,331,640 be retrieved from Sheikh Al Maktoum. Mr Agyeman-Manu requested the refund per letter dated August 2. “By this letter, I also wish to formally request for the refund of the …

The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) has given the government up to September 30, 2021, to settle outstanding arrears to its members or face a strike. In a communiqué issued after a National Executive Council meeting, the Association said the strike would begin from October 1, 2021, with the suspension of …