HEALTH

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 …

The public is being reassured by Health Minister Dr. Bernard Okoe-Boye that the government would guarantee funding for the prompt completion of the La General Hospital Project. After a demolition, the project, which had been on hold for years, caused community people to become concerned. While on a site visit …

The government has given the Ministry of Health GHC7.4 million to clear commodities from the Global Fund that were held up at the Tema port. On Thursday, June 13, 2024, the Ministry’s Public Relations Officer issued a statement that included this information. The announcement was made just a day after …

Ernest Amoabeng Oteng, the Acting Chairman of the Global Fund in Ghana, has urged the Ministry of Health to provide more information about the contents of more than 100 containers that are locked up at the Tema Port. The Ministry asserts that the containers are solely filled with mosquito nets. …

The Ghana’s healthcare facilities will receive GHS 300 million in claims payments, according to the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA). The NHIA said in a statement on Tuesday, June 11, 2024, that the sum “covers the claims vetted for higher tier facilities.” According to the NHIA, the payments are within …

The Medical Laboratory Professional Workers’ Union (MELPWU) has declared that on Monday, June 17, 2024, a nationwide strike will begin. As per the union, the nationwide strike is expected to impact the services rendered by their members in medical laboratories, blood banks, pathology laboratories, and specific funeral facilities. This decision …

Nurses and other medical personnel went on a sit-down strike, leaving patients at the Assin Fosu Polyclinic in the Assin Fosu Municipality in the Central Region stranded. A doctor shortage at the polyclinic is the cause of the strike. Over the last seven years, the polyclinic has only had one …

Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, the Juaboso Constituency Member of Parliament and Ranking Member of the Parliamentary Health Committee, has tasked the government with developing a definitive plan outlining how it will continue to pay for patients’ dialysis treatments. This follows the announcement made by the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) that …