Policy changes needed to fight snakebites
Improved housing and environmental management, safer occupational practices, targeted behavioural change, and strengthened access to timely care, will help prevent...
Health
Health Ministry denies ARV shortage
The Ministry of Health has rejected claims that Ghana has run out of antiretroviral medicines (ARVs), assuring persons living with...
GHS orders oxygen, pulse oximeters nationwide
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) will require all health facilities to maintain functional medical oxygen and a working pulse oximeter...
GHS, ISCC sign 5-year pact to strengthen sickle cell response
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) and the International Sickle Cell Centre (ISCC) have signed a five-year Memorandum of Understanding to...
Hepatitis B causes 75% of liver cancer cases in Ghana – Experts
Hepatitis B infection accounts for about 75% of liver cancer cases in Ghana, making it the leading cause of the...
NHIA pays GH¢219.8m to service providers
The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has disbursed GH¢219,838,955.41 to credentialed healthcare providers nationwide in fulfilment of its commitment to...
4m Ghanaians living with Hepatitis as deaths continue to rise
About four million Ghanaians are living with hepatitis B and C, with more than 17,000 deaths recorded annually from complications...
GH¢20bn needed to complete agenda 111 – Health Minister
Mr Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, Minister of Health, has announced that the government requires more than GH¢20 billion to complete the...
Ghana faces US$248m immunisation financing gap
Ghana is facing a US$248 million financing deficit for its Expanded Programme on Immunisation, raising concerns over the sustainability of...
GHS to reach 8m people with Neglected Tropical Diseases drugs
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) will embark on a nationwide Mass Drug Administration (MDA) campaign from June 20 to July...
