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Ministry of Health takes delivery of 500K measles vaccines
The Ministry for Health has taken delivery of 500,000 measles rubella immunisation vaccines.
The sector Minister, Kwaku Agyemang-Manu, led a...
Ketu South records 10 measles cases
Acting Volta Regional Director of Health, Dr Kwasi Senanu Djokoto, has said the Ketu South Municipality has recorded 10 cases of Measles.
Five suspected Measles related deaths recorded at Tamale Teaching Hospital
JoyNews/AdomNews · There are 5 suspected measles mortality - Head of Pediatrics and Child Health at TTH
The Head...
Over 100 measles cases recorded in northern Ghana as babies vaccines shortage bite
Over 100 children in the northern part of Ghana are suspected to have contracted measles.
This is according...
Measles outbreak: Tamale North MP fears it could lead to closure of schools
Member of Parliament for Tamale North, Alhassan Suhuyini, has expressed fear over the possible closure of schools in his constituency following the...
Measles vaccines to arrive in Ghana within 2 weeks
The Majority Chief Whip in Parliament, Frank Annoh-Dompreh, says the country will take stock of some measles vaccines from the United Nations...
Health alert: Measles cases surge in Ghana
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has announced a surge in suspected measles cases across the country.
According to...
Photos: Vaccination against measles and rubella receives low patronage
The nationwide vaccination against measles and rubella for children from nine months to five years has received low patronage as mothers feel reluctant to...
Measles cases hit record high in Europe
Cases of measles in Europe have hit a record high, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO).
More than 41,000 people have been infected in...
Don’t use elevator on Tuesdays and Thursdays – Health Ministry directs staff
The Ministry of Health has restricted its staff from the use of elevators in the facility from the 1st to the 3rd...
ECG disconnects power to Keta vaccine storage – Medicines risk going waste
Vaccines for routine immunisation, including new deliveries received last week, risk going waste at the Keta Municipal Health Directorate because the Electricity...
Safeguarding Ghana’s future against pandemics through public health emergency fund
Infectious diseases have had adverse effects on humans all around the globe through the years.
Diseases such as yellow...
Full text of NDC’s ‘True State of Nation address’
The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) on Monday afternoon delivered its true state of the nation address in Accra.
Child vaccines: Ministry of Health sends SoS message to Ghanaians [Listen]
JoyNews/AdomNews · Ministry Of Health On Child Vaccines
The Ministry of Health (MoH) has urged calm among Ghanaians over...
Ghana receives first consignment of child vaccines
The Ministry of Health and the Ghana Health Service has taken delivery of the first consignment of child immunisation vaccines.
Akandoh takes on govt over shortage of child vaccines
Ranking member on the Health Committee of Parliament has blamed the shortage of child immunisation vaccines in the country on the incompetence...
Childhood killer diseases: Vaccines coming in 3 weeks – Health Minister
The Minister of Health, Kwaku Agyeman Manu, has assured the nation that steps are being taken for the country to take delivery...
SONA 2023: Akufo-Addo reacts to shortage of baby vaccines
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has expressed concern over the shortage of childhood vaccines in the country.
The President,...
Full text: Akufo-Addo’s State of the Nation Address 2023
President Nana Akufo-Addo was in Parliament to present the 2023 state of the nation's address on March 8, 2023.
Govt moves to deliver vaccines
The government is deploying all efforts and resources to fast-track the delivery of the routine child immunisation vaccines that are in short...
Ghana@66: Let’s eschew greed and divisiveness – Mahama
Former President John Mahama has urged Ghanaians to eschew greed and divisiveness as the country marks its 66th anniversary since Independence.
Use Independence Day cash to buy vaccines for children – Mahama
Former President John Dramani Mahama has urged President Nana Akufo-Addo to sacrifice funds being used to organize this year’s Independence Day celebration...
Health Minister to appear before Parliamentary Committee over vaccines shortage
A Ranking Member of the Health Committee of Parliament, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, has expressed his displeasure over shortage of vaccines for infants....
All you need to know about Monkeypox
Ghana has officially recorded cases of the Monkeypox virus.
The Ghana Health Service says five cases have been confirmed...
FDA throws light on use and abuse of Naphthalene balls in Ghana
Naphthalene balls, sometimes referred to as mothballs are white, volatile, small balls that are used either as pesticides or insecticides.
Daasebre Prof. Oti Boateng lauds Zoomlion’s waste bin campaign
The Omanhene of the New Juaben Traditional Council, Daasebre Prof. (Emeritus) Oti Boateng, has commended waste management experts Zoomlion Ghana Limited for...
Mahama encourages Ghanaians to get vaccinated [Listen]
JoyNews/AdomNews · John Mahama encourages Ghanaians to take Covid-19 vaccine
Former President John Mahama has joined calls for Ghanaians...
Bill Gates: Bitcoin not for me, says ex-Microsoft chief
Microsoft founder Bill Gates has not invested in Bitcoin, he said in a live chat on the social network Clubhouse.
Edward Omane Boamah: The real Covid-19 vaccine
As promised on Thursday, these are my thoughts on the numerous questions about Covid vaccines you have posed to me via multimedia platforms including...
Invisible does not mean non-existence
Fume has found its way through the shadows into our homes, and it’s ruining lives. One or two love ones aren’t their...
WHO calls for equitable access to future COVID-19 vaccines in Africa
The World Health Organization (WHO) in Africa joined immunization experts in urging the international community and countries in Africa to take concrete...
India’s second COVID-19 vaccine cleared for human trials
In some positive development, Indian pharmaceutical company, Zydus Cadila received the green signal from The Drug Controller General of India (DGCI) to...
Coronavirus vaccine: The first vaccine may not prevent you from getting COVID
Desperation for a way to keep economies from collapsing under the weight of Covid-19 could mean settling for a vaccine that prevents...
Slowing the coronavirus is speeding the spread of other diseases
As poor countries around the world struggle to beat back the coronavirus, they are unintentionally contributing to fresh explosions of illness and death...
Coronavirus vaccine status: Stages of COVID-19 vaccine development in India
8COVID-19 vaccine status in India explained
The number of COVID-19 infection cases has breached...
What is ‘COVID toe’? A strange sign of coronavirus infection
Before the coronavirus outbreak, Dr Lindy Fox, a dermatologist in San Francisco, used to see four or five patients a year with chilblains —...
Horror tales of children with COVID-19-linked inflammatory disease
More 'petrified' parents have come forward after their children were struck down with tell-tale signs of a mysterious coronavirus-linked inflammatory syndrome that...
Malaria among top 10 OPD cases in Western, Western North regions
Malaria is still among the top 10 Out-Patients Department (OPD) cases recorded between 2016–2019 in Western and Western North regions, accounting for...
Possible sign of coronavirus to look out for – even if you don’t have...
As the coronavirus pandemic rages on, so far more the 1.9 million people have been confirmed to have the killer bug.
Coronavirus: Here is why some people are more infectious than others
As the coronavirus tears through the country, scientists are asking: Are some people more infectious than others?
Are there...