HEALTH

Results from testing on about four residents of the Kadjebi District in the Oti Region have verified two cases of dengue fever. According to a circular issued by Dr. David Sarpong Opong, the acting regional director of the Ghana Health Service, the confirmed cases at the Noguchi Memorial Institute for …

The National Health Insurance Authority’s management is recommending changes to the NHIA’s founding statute in order to reallocate levies within the authority’s budget. As of right now, the Finance Ministry’s certification is required before the authority may access the consolidated accounts containing the profits of the National Health Insurance Levy. …

The Ashanti Region’s Fomena and Kumawu Hospitals were officially opened by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Wednesday. The public and traditional leaders were present at two distinct, colorful celebrations. Modern amenities like maternity and pediatric wards, therapy and consultation rooms, theaters and recovery rooms, public health department, accident and …

A five-day mass distribution of long-lasting insecticide-treated mosquito nets under the slogan “For a Good Life, Get Your Treated Mosquito Net” will be launched by the Ashanti Regional Health Directorate. The region will get 2,282,696 nets at no cost to residents in the region as part of this program, which …

All 443 of the vital medication containers that had been stuck in the Tema Port since May 2023 have now been cleared by the government. This was revealed by Mr. Ernest Ortsin, Acting Chair of the Global Fund’s Country Coordinating Mechanism. This comes after the Minority in Parliament gave the …

The Movement for Change’s leader, Alan Kwadwo Kyeremanten, says that the Covid-19 health levy must be eliminated. Speaking on June 24, he said that he would do away with the Ghana Health Service’s decontamination fee as part of his Great Transformation Agenda. In 2024, he questioned the continued relevance of …

The Medical Laboratory Professional Workers’ Union (MELPWU) has been instructed by the National Labour Commission (NLC) to call off their strike and go back to the negotiating table with the government. This decision comes after an urgent conference to resolve the current dispute was held on Thursday, June 20 and …

Ghana’s efforts to combat HIV are beset with serious obstacles as troubling patterns have been identified in the latest national and sub-national HIV and AIDS estimations and predictions for 2023. 17,774 individuals, comprising 6,457 men and 11,317 women, contracted HIV for the first time last year. In terms of the …

A lawsuit attempting to declare the Food and Drugs Authority’s (FDA) regulations, which forbid celebrities from endorsing alcoholic beverages, unlawful was dismissed by the Supreme Court. The FDA established regulations in 2016 regarding food and beverage advertising, which prohibited the use of celebrities or professionals in ads for alcoholic beverages. …

The Medical Laboratory Professional Workers Union (MELPWU) leadership has been urged by the Ministry of Health to reevaluate their decision to go on strike, which started on Monday, June 17, 2024, and to come back to the government negotiation tables to discuss their terms of service. The goal of the …