HEALTH

As part of his campaign to support Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia’s presidential bid in the December 7 election, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, the Vice Presidential Candidate for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), visited the Pantang Psychiatric Hospital in the Greater Accra Region on Thursday. As the NPP running mate engaged with …

If the long-standing concerns of its members are not resolved, the Mortuary Workers Association of Ghana (MOWAG) has threatened to go on strike nationwide in November. The organization, which speaks for mortuary employees nationwide, is demanding immediate changes to their working circumstances, such as increased pay, a safer workplace, and …

According to Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) vice presidential candidate, if Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia is elected president of Ghana in 2025, nurses in the country would be permitted to import cars with engines less than 1.8 liters duty-free. On Wednesday, October 23, while speaking to students …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has praised the impact of current initiatives and praised his administration’s health sector accomplishments as exceptional. He reassured Ghanaians that the country’s healthcare system will be significantly improved with the conclusion of the Agenda 111 initiative, which intends to construct hospitals around the nation. The …

Dr Bertha Darteh a member of the Consulting team from TREND – ECOPSIS supporting the Ministry of Sanitation and Water Resources on the Environmental Sanitation Review 2010 has urged stakeholders in the Water and Sanitation Hygiene (WASH) Sector to contribute towards achieving the goals of Environmental Sanitation policy 2010 review. According …

The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) has declared that, although supporting Organized Labour in its battle against galamsey, or illicit small-scale mining, it would not take part in the October 10 scheduled statewide strike. In a press release released on October 8, following an internal meeting, GMA stressed that it has …

The general population has been urged by the Ghana Health Services (GHS) not to kiss or have intercourse with anyone who have monkeypox. This is to avoid getting the sickness, which the GHS states is communicated by intimate bodily contact. Following the GHS’s announcement of a suspected case of monkeypox …

Prof. Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, the vice presidential candidate for the NDC, has advised prospective nurses and midwives not to give in to what she refers to as transient government inducements. During her second visit of the Western Region, she spoke to trainee nurses in the Ellembele Constituency and urged them …

A statewide strike by Ghanaian mortuary workers over unsatisfactory working conditions and outstanding concerns is scheduled to begin on Thursday, September 26, 2024. Given the government’s willful disregard for their requests, the Mortuary Workers Association of Ghana (MOWAG) has given notice. MOWAG General Secretary Richard Kofi Jordan emphasized in a …

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 …