HEALTH

On this 66th anniversary of Ghana’s independence, the majority leader and leader of government business, Hon. Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, joined the EKK Charity Foundation chairman Mr Kwafo for a 10km health walk from Suame Roundabout to the Baba Yara Sports Stadium in Kuma with Omanhene Yaw Adu Boakye of Sompa Fm, …

Two verified instances of Lassa fever were reported by the Ghana Health Service (GHS) on February 24, 2023, following tests by the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research. Both instances, according to the GHS, are from Accra. Public health emergency management groups at all levels (National, Regions, and Districts) have …

MTN, a leading telecom company, donated blood on Valentine’s Day to the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital. In response to concerns of a severe shortage at the National Blood Bank at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital and other hospitals, there was a countrywide effort to replenish blood banks. For instance, health officials …

Elizabeth Arthur, a 58-year-old lady who was detained by the police in Koforidua, in the Eastern Region, for making pepper sauce, shito, using decaying vegetables, has been sentenced to one month in jail. Elizabeth received a GHC4,800 fine in addition to the one-month term, per a news report by UTV. …

The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) has warned the Ministry of Finance and the whole government against trying to reclassify the GMA’s Pension Fund as something other than a Pension Fund and place it under the Domestic Debt Exchange Programme (DDEP), as such a move will be vehemently opposed. The 2nd …

President Akufo-Addo opens a 300-bed facility for young soldiers at the 37 Military Hospital. Young soldiers who serve at the hospital and other military health institutions in the Greater Accra Region will be housed in the majestic structure. At the building’s dedication, President Akufo-Addo said that his administration is dedicated …

The government’s agenda 111 projects in certain areas of the Ashanti Region have been delayed, which has alarmed the minority in parliament. The contractor hired to build the Kwabenakwa district hospital in the Obuasi East municipality was paid roughly $1 million, according to the Minority, but not even a foundation …

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 …