HEALTH

The National Health Insurance Authority in Sunyani East Municipal of the Bono Region has announced a significant achievement in its performance review, organized by the Municipal Directorate in Sunyani on Thursday. According to NHIA’s Sunyani East Municipal manager, Alhaji Abu Appiah, the municipality achieved an impressive score of 105%, placing …

World Kidney Day is commemorated globally on March 13th each year. The “theme” for this year is “Are your Kidneys ok? Detect early, protect Kidney health”. Speaking in an interview, Dr Robert Yeboah, Program Director for Healthy Heart Africa program -PATH Ghana said, this theme focuses on combatting low awareness …

The Tain District Hospital in the Bono Region has been adjudged as a best-performing district-level hospital in the region for the facility’s impressive healthcare delivery. The hospital received significant acknowledgement at the 2024 Bono Regional Health Services Excellence Awards during the 2024 Annual Performance Review Meeting organized by the Regional …

In an attempt to improve healthcare service delivery throughout the nation, the Ghana Health Service (GHS) has announced a major reorganization of Regional Health Directors. The reassignments, which go into effect on April 14, 2025, are intended to support the goals of the GHS and improve the healthcare system. Previously …

The civil works for three Agenda 111 health projects that former President Akufo-Addo commissioned are still unfinished, according to Health Minister Kwabena Mintah Akandoh. Despite being put into service two days prior to the 2024 elections, the facilities in Trede, Oforikrom, and Ahanta West Districts were not intended to be …

The status of the Agenda 111 hospital projects has been criticized by President John Dramani Mahama, who claims that despite large financial investments, not a single one of the “knee-jerk” responses to the Covid-19 outbreak is operating. On Thursday, February 27, he gave his first State of the Nation Address …

To finish all of the unfinished Agenda 111 projects, President John Dramani Mahama estimates that his government will require a total of $1.7 billion. He disclosed that about 90 of the hospitals built under Agenda 111 by the previous administration are still unfinished. “The previous government started Agenda 111 but …

Renowned Herbal Production Firm, NAYAT Herbal Center, has been nominated for the 8th edition of the West African Traditional and Alternative Medical Awards. The center’s potent brain medicine, Brain Toner, has been shortlisted as the Best Emerging Brain Disease Treatment of the Year. The prestigious awards ceremony, scheduled to take …

Alban Kingsford Sumana Bagbin, the Speaker of Parliament, has given the Upper West Regional Health Directorate more than GH¢300,000 in vital medical supplies to help combat meningitis in the region. The donation is to improve the region’s ability to monitor and treat meningitis cases. It contains essential supplies including Ceftrioxone …

With the goal of collecting 6,110 units of blood to support the National Blood Service and regional hospitals, the MTN Ghana Foundation hosted its annual “Save a Life” blood donation campaign on Friday, February 14. More than 29,000 units have been donated by the campaign since it began in 2011 …