Health

Benjamin Akyena Brantuo calls for National Cancer Authority and dedicated Cancer Fund

Author of “Dying Many Times” proposes coordinated national framework to transform cancer prevention, treatment and care in GhanaAccra, Ghana — 13 August 2026 Author and...

NHIA launches ‘80 Campaign’, financial reforms to achieve Universal Health Coverage

The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has launched the ‘80 Campaign’ alongside a series of financial and digital reforms aimed at expanding National Health...

Upper West records 45% drop in maternal deaths ahead of free primary healthcare rollout

The Upper West Region has recorded a nearly 45% reduction in maternal deaths and is now counting down to the rollout of Free Primary...

HIV prevalence among drug users in Ashanti Region hits 6.6% – NACOC

The Director-General of the Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC), Major General Maxwell Obuba Mantey, has raised concern over the high HIV prevalence among people who...

Health Minister gives newly recruited health professionals August 20 reporting deadline

The Minister of Health, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, has directed newly recruited health professionals posted to health facilities across the country to report to their...

10% of drug users in Ghana started before age 15 – NACOC

The Director-General of the Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC), Major General Maxwell Obuba, has raised concerns over the increasingly young age at which some people...

RAN-Africa seeks details of Agenda 111 private partnerships through RTI

The Right Accountability Network Africa (RAN-Africa) has filed a Right to Information (RTI) request with the Ministry of Health seeking comprehensive details on proposed...

Coalition of Unpaid Nurses and Midwives commend Health Minister for clearing salary arrears

The Coalition of Unpaid Nurses and Midwives of Ghana has commended the Minister for Health, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, for his intervention in resolving the...

Health Ministry denies ARV shortage, assures persons living with HIV of continued access

The Ministry of Health has dismissed reports of a shortage of antiretroviral medicines (ARVs) in Ghana, assuring persons living with HIV that the essential...

Traditional faith practitioners appeal for inclusion in national activities

Traditional faith-based practitioners have appealed to the government to formally include their practice in national activities. They argue that years of exclusion from state programmes...

GAUA strike: KNUST administration offices open but essential IT services hampered

Administrative offices at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) remain open, while some essential services, including IT, have been disrupted as...

Were you breastfed as an infant?

As we mark World Breastfeeding Week (1st -7th August), here is a question that takes many of us back to the very beginning of...

‘We are chasing the virus’ – WHO warns of worsening Ebola outbreak in DR Congo

The latest Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo began at least three months before it was officially declared - meaning the health...

KNUST marks 75th anniversary with medical outreach at Anwomaso

The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has reaffirmed its commitment to community service and public health by organising a Medical and...

NACP Programme Manager urges Ghanaians at high risk of HIV to consider Lenacapavir for prevention

The Programme Manager of Ghana's National AIDS/STI Control Programme (NACP), Dr. Emmanuel A. A. Teviu, has encouraged Ghanaians who are HIV-negative but at substantial...

Delayed construction projects creating air pollution and health risks for people across the country

Life for residents and workers along the Adentan–Dodowa Road was upended in 2024. A routine upgrade scheduled to take three long years has left...

Deputy Health Minister reveals 986 pregnant women died in 2024

Deputy Minister for Health, Dr Grace Ayensu-Danquah, has disclosed that 986 pregnant women died in Ghana in 2024, with the country's maternal mortality ratio...

GMTF partners MDS-Lancet, Quest Medical Imaging to expand access to quality diagnostics

The Ghana Medical Trust Fund (GMTF) has signed a partnership agreement with MDS-Lancet Laboratories Ghana Limited and Quest Medical Imaging to improve access to...

Korle Bu emergency cases surge from 70 to over 100 daily

The Accident and Emergency Department of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital is recording a sharp increase in daily patient attendance, with cases rising from...

UGMC responds to Michael Blackson’s claims over mother’s death

The University of Ghana Medical Centre Ltd. (UGMC) has responded to allegations made by comedian and actor Michael Blackson regarding the treatment of his...

Speaker Bagbin commissions GH¢4m expanded dialysis unit in Wa

Speaker of Parliament, Rt. Hon. Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, has commissioned an expanded dialysis unit at the Upper West Regional Hospital in Wa, estimated...

Health Ministry declares zero tolerance for nursing admission extortion

The Head of the Health Training Institutions Unit at the Ministry of Health, Tony Goodman, has announced a zero-tolerance policy against extortion in nursing...

Michael Blackson blasts UG Medical Centre over mother’s death

American-Ghanaian comedian Michael Blackson has criticised the University of Ghana Medical Centre (UGMC) following the death of his mother at the facility, alleging misdiagnosis,...

HEPA Plus funds KNUST’s herbal medicine research

The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has received US$3,000 to support research into herbal medicine. The investment will serve as seed funding...

Health Ministry sets up committee to probe unrest at Techiman Nursing Training College

The Ministry of Health has constituted a seven-member committee to investigate the circumstances surrounding the recent unrest at the Nursing Training College, Techiman-Krobo. The committee,...

TMA dismisses claims of sewer spillage contaminating Tema water supply

The Tema Metropolitan Assembly (TMA) has dismissed reports circulating on social media alleging that a sewerage spillage at Community 6, near Smart Hotel, contaminated...

BOSTenergies donates GH₵1m to Ghana Medical Trust Fund to support life-saving healthcare

BOSTenergies has donated GH₵1 million to the Ghana Medical Trust Fund (GMTF) to support efforts aimed at providing life-saving treatment for Ghanaians battling chronic...

SOGOG unveils ‘Kumasi Declaration’ to end maternal deaths by 2030

The Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Ghana (SOGOG) has reaffirmed its commitment to ending preventable maternal deaths by 2030, unveiling the “Kumasi Declaration”...

Ghana Medical Trust Fund boosts prison healthcare with major equipment donation

The Ghana Medical Trust Fund (GMTF), led by its Administrator, Adjoa Obuobia Darko-Opoku, has presented a full container load of life-saving medical equipment, consumables...

Ho Teaching Hospital warns public against fake nursing recruitment scam

The Management of Ho Teaching Hospital has issued a public warning over a fake recruitment exercise targeting job seekers, stressing that the facility is...

Korle Bu, KATH and others receive 100 wheelchairs from Premier Insurance

Premier Insurance Company has donated 100 wheelchairs to five major public hospitals across Ghana as part of efforts to strengthen emergency healthcare delivery and...

Why Ghana should consider mandatory DNA testing at birth: A public health and societal imperative

I strongly advocate for the introduction of a national policy in Ghana to make DNA testing mandatory at birth for all newborns, subject to...

Government rolls out phased recruitment of nurses and health professionals – Health Minister

The Minister for Health, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, has assured Parliament that the government is implementing a phased recruitment programme for nurses, midwives and other...

Ministry of Health temporarily closes Techiman Krobo Nursing Training College over unrest

The Ministry of Health has announced the temporary closure of the Nursing Training College at Techiman Krobo in the Bono East Region following unrest...

Western North Regional Health Directorate raises alarm over rising hepatitis cases

The Western North Regional Health Directorate has raised an alarm about the increasing number of hepatitis cases in the region, urging Ghanaians to visit...

Gov’t urged to extend NHIS coverage to herbal clinics to improve access to healthcare

A renowned herbal medicine practitioner, Apostle Dr. Amagashie, has called on the government and the Ministry of Health to extend the National Health Insurance...

FDA confiscates fish after viral video exposes unhygienic handling practices

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has confiscated smoked and salted (dried) fish exposed to unhygienic conditions after a viral video raised concerns about...

Gov’t underspending on healthcare despite GH¢34.1bn allocation – Dr. Agyemang

The Ranking Member on Parliament’s Health Committee, Dr. Kingsley Agyemang, has criticised the government for what he describes as poor spending in the health...

Health Ministry awaiting financial clearance to recruit 8,000 nurses — Akandoh tells Otumfuo

The Minister for Health, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, has disclosed that the government is awaiting financial clearance from the Ministry of Finance to recruit an...

Sewua Hospital to be commissioned during Mahama’s next visit to Kumasi — Health Minister tells Otumfuo

The Minister of Health, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, has assured the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, that the Sewua Regional Hospital in the Ashanti region...