Tag Archives: Health workers

The Ministry of Health has reacted to the red listing of Ghana in relation to the recruitment of health workers by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the United Kingdom (UK). According to the spokesperson of the Ministry, Isaac Baah Offei, the report is not a true reflection on the …

Bright Simons, the vice president of IMANI Africa, has given some clarification on reports that the government of the United Kingdom (UK) has barred the recruitment of health workers from Ghana and 53 other countries. According to him, Ghanaian health workers have not been barred from travelling to the UK …

Ghana is now among the list of 54 countries that should not be actively targeted for recruitment by health and social care employers in the United Kingdom. The announcement was made by the UK government in its revised code of practice for the international recruitment of health and social care …

The Joint Health Sector Unions and Professional Associations say all public health facilities will be completely shut down by January 9, 2023. This will arise if the government fails to exempt the pension funds of organized labour from the Debt Exchange Programme. It comes on the back of threats of …

Ghana has received the first batch of the AstraZeneca vaccines as announced by COVAX, making it the first West African country to receive them to combat the virus. The vaccines are expected to inoculate some 20 million Ghanaians but the first batch of 600,000 doses will be limited to arms …

Some 60 health workers at the Savelugu Hospital in the Northern Region have tested positive for Covid-19. This follows mass testing of staff of the hospital after an upsurge of cases in the Savelugu Municipality. Sources say there are still some samples at the laboratory yet to be tested. The …