Browsing Category
Health
Measles, Polio and other childhood vaccines dispatched to regions
The Ministry of Health (MoH) and the Ghana Health Service (GHS) have received the first consignment of Measles vaccines, Bacillus Calmette–Guérin (BCG) vaccines and Oral Polio Vaccines.…
Read More...
Read More...
No measles deaths in 20yrs, vaccines arriving soon
The Minister of Health, Kwaku Agyeman-Manu, has assured parents of children who are yet to receive their scheduled vaccines due to the vaccine shortage currently being experienced in…
Read More...
Read More...
Ghana: Zipline delivers 14.8m lifesaving medical products
Zipline, the world’s first and only national-scale drone delivery service has delivered some 14.8 million (14,809,463) units of lifesaving medical, vaccines and blood products to health…
Read More...
Read More...
Monkeypox: Ghana records 4 deaths and 116 cases
Ghana recorded four deaths and 116 confirmed cases of the Monkeypox disease in 2022, in 14 out of the 16 regions.
Two deaths were recorded in Upper East and one each in the Greater…
Read More...
Read More...
GH¢208.7m COVID-19 projects uncompleted exceeding deadlines
In the heat of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Ministry of Health embarked on the construction of isolation and treatment centres to be completed within six months.
Nine isolation and…
Read More...
Read More...
Over 1 million COVID-19 vaccines expired in Ghana
Over one million (1,022,348) doses of COVID-19 vaccines received at the National Cold Room and issued to user facilities had expired at the various Districts and Regions.
Quantities…
Read More...
Read More...
KIA: Passengers arriving from China to present PCR test result
The Ghana Airport Company Limited (GACL) says effective January 6, 2023, passengers originating their journey from China will be required to present a valid negative COVID-19 PCR test…
Read More...
Read More...
32% of HIV patients stop treatment as they can’t pay for services
As health facilities demand payment for NHIS services that should otherwise be free
Read More...
Read More...
Ghana: $323m spent on HIV/AIDS care in 3 years
An expenditure report detailing how funds received by the Ghana AIDS Commission (GAC) and spent over the last three years has shown that the GAC spent $323 million ($323,757,110)…
Read More...
Read More...
Research reveals that 50% of Ghanaians are obese or overweight
The first ever most comprehensive survey on obesity and other lifestyle behaviours in the country shows that majority of Ghanaians are overweight or obese.
Preliminary findings of…
Read More...
Read More...