HEALTH

According to the Liberal Institute for Policy Studies (LIPS), a center-right think tank, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has outperformed the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Ashanti Region when it comes to providing infrastructure projects for the health sector. The think tank claims that nine of the 13 …

Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, a Member of Parliament (MP) for Suame Constituency and former Majority Leader, has generously donated GH ¢150,000.00 to the #HealKomfoAnokye Project with his spouse. The project, led by Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, is one of his legacy initiatives that aims to renovate the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital …

Delivering life-saving supplies to over 2500 health institutions in Ghana, Zipline, an autonomous drone delivery service, has exceeded the half-million mark a tremendous accomplishment for healthcare logistics. According to Zipline’s most recent operational update, the collaboration with the Ghanaian government has reached a noteworthy milestone, enabling several health institutions to …

In protest of the huge spike in the license verification fee that is placed on nurses and midwives, the National Council of the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA) has announced that an industrial strike will be scheduled to take place. The license verification price for nurses and midwives …

After the number of deaths from meningitis increased from eight to ten, the Ghana Health Service said it is continuing monitoring to determine the true pathogen causing the epidemic in the Upper West Region. The goal, according to Dr. Franklyn Asiedu Bekoe, Director of Public Health of the Ghana Health …

The Nursing and Midwifery Council of Ghana (NMC) is under pressure to promptly halt the recently authorized verification charge, according to the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA). The GRNMA announced in a communiqué the startling 445.5% rise in the verification cost, which went from GHC550 to GHC3,000. The …

Vice-President Mahamudu Bawumia stated that the National Identification Authority (NIA) will shortly begin a nationwide registration drive for school-age children. The action is a component of the government’s endeavor to create an exhaustive national database on Ghanaians. At the official inauguration of the “Ghana Card number at birth” project on …

The Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) Doctors Association has canceled its industrial strike after speaking with the hospital’s administration. The choice was made after conversations about the problem of accommodations for the medical staff. The study detailed how members of the association, KATH administration, the Regional Coordinating Council, and the …

Citing issues with accommodations, medical staff at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) have declared preparations to go on strike on Wednesday, March 13, 2024. More than 20 physicians got eviction warnings for their existing residences, which prompted them to decide to go on strike. After an emergency conference, the …

The MTN Ghana Foundation has finished building a modern maternity and neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) block at the Keta Municipal Hospital, representing a substantial financial investment in women’s health. The project, which took 15 months to finish and cost more than GHS19 million, is the biggest the MTN Ghana …