Health

Tamale, Ghana – Founder and Presidential candidate of the opposition All People’s Congress (APC) has stated that, all Ghanaian farmers under his government would enjoy free healthcare services for their contributions. In a statement to congratulate all gallant farmers on the occasion of the 35th National Farmers Day celebration today, …

At a time when Ghana is almost winning the battle against Tramadol abuse nationwide, there seem to be another equally dangerous and silent killer taking over our streets especially among teenagers. Snuff; a product made from tobacco is the newest gig in town. Although a national issue, this writeup takes …

Tamale, Ghana – A newly qualified Ghanaian nurse, Tahidu Sukuratu, has reiterated the general concerns and plight of rotation nurses and midwives in the country who have been working without pay for eight months. She said though they were sacrificing to care for the sick at their various places of …

Tamale, Ghana – Ahead of the Annual General Meeting of the Ghana Coalition of NGOs in Health at Bolgatanga in the Upper East Region, the Northern Regional Chairman of the Coalition is urging leadership and all members who are attending the event to grant autonomy to newly created regions across …

Tamale, Ghana – Zeinab Kadir, a Ghanaian midwife working in the Upper East Region of Ghana, has through a social media post given horrid accounts of challenges facing pregnant women in rural areas. According to her, despite government making medical care for pregnant women free of charge, same could not …

Ghana’s medical emergency care need a lot of input to meet WHO standards. There is serious lack of the needed skill-mix of personnel, consumable, medications at the in-hospital level, while at the pre-hospital level there is lack of knowledge and skill by the public on Basic Life Support (BLS), inadequate …

Accra, Ghana – Fifty (50) Sierra Leonean nurses and midwives who arrived in Ghana in 2018 to undergo a 2-year training and education in Registered Nursing and Registered Midwifery programmes have successfully completed and sat for the online licensing examination conducted by the Nursing and Midwifery Council. The examination took …

Accra, Ghana – The Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori Atta in the 2020 Budget Statement presentation described the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) Mobile Renewal as a “phenomenal innovation.” The Finance Minister without mincing words remarked, “Mr. Speaker, Renewal of NHIS registration via mobile phone has been introduced. It is …

Kumasi, Ghana – The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) is on a regional tour to clamp down unauthorized Private Health Insurance Schemes’ Operators. Director of the Private Health Insurance Schemes’ Directorate at the NHIS Head Office, Mr. Hudu Issah’s team activated the operation in the Ashanti Regional capital, Kumasi. Ahead …

Tamale, Ghana – The Ghana Veterinary Medical Association (GVMA) has recommended to the government to workout strategies to roll out the cultivation of forage on commercial basis to support the livestock industry and also for export. The GVMA said observed that, government’s “Rearing for Food and Jobs” is one of …