HEALTH

According to the Auditor General, the Information Ministry paid itself Ghc151,000 as a Covid-19 payment for working under a lockdown. Johnson Akuamoah Asiedu, the Auditor-General, has ordered the Information Ministry to repay around 151,500 to its own management and personnel without permission. In Mr. Asiedu’s examination of Covid-19 transactions for …

The third quarter’s HIV testing and surveillance results show an increase in HIV-positive infections among young people, according to Dr. Stephen Ayisi Addo, the NACP’s programme manager. The country found 33,870 positive cases in the nine months that ended in September 2022, and the 2021 ANC prevalence rate for people …

According to Kwaku Agyeman-Manu, the Minister of Health, the NHIS has just four months to pay off its debt to healthcare providers nationwide. When he spoke before the Public Accounts Committee, he said this. His response prompted Kofi Adams, the Buem Member of Parliament, to inquire about the rules and …

Mr. Alex Opoku-Mensah, the Ashanti Regional Director of the National Service Scheme, has received a two-month suspension without pay. This comes after a probe into a verbal assault complaint involving him at Kumasi’s Manhyia Government Hospital was completed. On December 1, 2022, Mr. Alex Opoku-Mensah was placed on administrative leave …

The Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL) has revised its Covid-19 policies at the Kotoka International Airport in response to the increase in Covid-19 cases (KIA). The new regulations will go into force on Friday, January 6. All travelers from China must provide a reliable negative Covid-19 PCR test result 48 …

Mr. Fosu Owusu-Ansah Benjamin, a multiple award-winning rural nurse, bemoaned that not enough has been done to ensure that medical professionals sent to underprivileged regions carry out their tasks in improved working conditions. According to Fosu Owusu-Ansah Benjamin, the government must implement suitable incentive programs, both monetary and non-monetary ones, …

The Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has unveiled a brand-new, comprehensive online self-enrolment site to enable enrollment in and renewal of current membership in the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). The new program, dubbed “MyNHIS app,” has a variety of user-friendly features, such as allowing those who want to enroll …

According to Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia, Ghana is on the verge of operating one of the most digitalized healthcare systems in Africa, with numerous digital treatments slated to be completely implemented countrywide by the end of 2024. Dr. Bawumia claims that this is now achievable as a result of the …

The United Kingdom (UK) is interested in hiring skilled Ghanaian nurses, according to the health minister, Kwaku Agyemang Manu. He claims that there is an ongoing business relationship with the British government in exchange for payment. The Dormaa Central lawmaker said the deal will be similar to a current one …

The Health Services Workers’ Union (HSWU) has promised to oppose any effort by the government to interfere with its members’ pensions. At a press conference on Sunday, HSWU General Secretary Franklin Owusu Ansah stated, “If the government feels it so vital to execute the debt restructuring, we will encourage them …