Health

Accra, Ghana – The usage of Ghana’s National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) Mobile Renewal Service has been increasing on monthly basis since the lockdown was lifted. The latest summary report indicates an increase of 8.2 percent for the month of June 2020 which stood at 482,314 being the total number …

Tamale, Ghana – The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on children in Ghana could be catastrophic ifample care and attention are not paid to them. Mrs Florence Ayisi Quartey, NationalDirector of the Department of Children made the assertion at a two-day workshopon COVID-19 and Child Protection for traditional rulers and …

Tamale, Ghana – Markaz Al Bishara, a Tamale based charity organisation, has made donations of medical consumables to three health facilities in the Tamale Metropolis and Sagnarigu Municipality in the Northern Region. The first set of items worth Gh¢10,000.00 were presented to the Tamale Teaching Hospital on Monday. They include …

SELECTIVE JUSTICE; A THREAT TO FIGHTING COVID – 19 PANDEMIC IN GHANA When Ghana’s President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo issued a directive instructing everyone to observe protocols as recommended by the world health organization in the fight against the novel, deadly COVID-19 that continued ravaging even the advanced of nations, …

Nandom, Ghana – The Member of Parliament for Nandom Constituency and Minister for The Interior, Ambrose Dery, has donated medical equipment and consumables to the St. Theresa’s Hospital in Nandom in the Upper West Region of Ghana. The gesture according to Mr. Dery was meant to support the Hospital in …

I humbly request Ghanaians to ask the following questions on the President’s promise to build 88 hospitals in some districts across the country. What happens to La General Hospital in Accra which they (government) promised to build months ago. Health centers in district capitals are nothing to write home about. …

Lawra, Ghana – Upper West Regional Minister, Dr Hafiz Bin Salih, has lamented that apart from COVID-19 and meningitis that are currently threatening the lives of people, there is a third pandemic known as stigmatization. According to the Minister, there is severe stigmatization against suspected COVID-19 and those who had …

Wa, Ghana – First confirmed COVID-19 patient in the Upper West Region has recovered fully and ready to be integrated back to the society. This was revealed by the Upper West Regional Minister Dr Hafiz Bin Salih when he visited the Sissala West District and the Sissala East Municipal to …

Wa, Ghana – President of the National House of Chiefs and Paramount Chief of the Asogli State, Togbe Afede XIV has donated a cash amount of Ghc50,000 to the Upper West Regional Hospital to support the fight against Cerebrospinal Meningitis which has claimed the lives of some 40 people. His …

Vogu, Ghana – Board Chairman of the Ghana Integrated Iron and Steel Development (GIISDEC), Prince Imoro Andani has donated relief items to the Vogu Community Clinic in the Kumbungu District of the Northern Region. The Vogu Clinic was co-funded by Canada Fund and Prince Imoro Andani in memory of his …