The Ghana Health Service (GHS) is set to launch a crucial polio vaccination campaign aimed at safeguarding young children from the debilitating disease.
The campaign...
The Ministry of Health and Informa Middle East Limited have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to accelerate investment and position Ghana as a...
The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has responded to a BBC Africa Eye investigation exposing the export of unapproved drugs containing tapentadol and carisoprodol...
Health Minister Kwabena Mintah Akandoh has raised concerns over the widespread availability of unauthorised high-dose drugs in Ghana, warning of their severe health and...
The Minister of Defence, Dr. Edward Omane Boamah, has announced that the oxygen plant at the 37 Military Hospital has been repaired.
According to the...
A three-day regional cross-border meeting on the Mpox epidemic is currently underway in Takoradi, Western Region, Ghana.
The meeting brings together stakeholders from Ghana and...
The Republic of Korea has reaffirmed its commitment to supporting Ghana’s healthcare sector as the Korean Ambassador to Ghana, His Excellency Park Kyongsig, paid...
The Nanumba North Municipality in the Northern Region is witnessing a rise in typhoid cases, primarily due to poor sanitation and unsafe water sources.
For...
Health Minister Kwabena Mintah Akandoh is set to appear before Parliament today, Tuesday, February 18, to provide an update on ongoing public health emergencies...
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) is intensifying vaccination and sensitisation as a cholera outbreak claims 40 lives and infects over 6,000 people nationwide.
The outbreak,...
Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin has donated GH₵300,000 worth of medical supplies to support efforts to curb the spread of cerebrospinal meningitis and provide...
The National Lottery Authority (NLA) has donated GH₵100,000 to support efforts in combating the outbreak of Cerebrospinal Meningitis (CSM) in the Upper West Region.
The...
The Minister of Health, Kwabena Mintah Akandor, has commended the management of the Queen of Peace Secondary School at Nadowli for their swift response,...
The Ministry of Health, in collaboration with the Ghana Health Service (GHS) has commenced a cholera vaccination campaign in Accra to combat the escalating...
Health Minister Kwabena Mintah Akandoh has assured that the Meningitis situation in the Upper West Region is under control, calling for concerted efforts from...
The Central Regional Environmental Health Office has cautioned families who lose their relatives to cholera to bury them immediately to protect the community.
The office...
The European Union (EU) has allocated GHC 1.6 million (€100,000) in humanitarian funding to aid communities affected by the ongoing cholera outbreak.
The outbreak, which...
The Minister of Health, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, has reassured residents of the Upper West Region that the government is actively working to contain the...
The Ghana Health Service has announced a cholera vaccination campaign targeting children across the Accra Metropolitan area.
This initiative is part of efforts to combat...
The female population of Persons Living with HIV and AIDS (PLwHAs) in the Bono Region outnumbers the male population, according to statistics from the...
A month after an Ebola outbreak struck Uganda in September 2022, Edward Kayiwa began feeling unwell: headaches, fever and muscle pain.
He knew something was...
The Effutu Municipal Hospital has confirmed 29 cases of cholera out of 356 recorded cases in the municipality.
According to the hospital, one person has...
The Paediatric Society of Ghana has honoured Adom TV/FM’s Afia Amankwah Tamakloe for her outstanding dedication and commitment to maternal and child health advocacy.
This...
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has announced that all health workers involved in the cholera vaccination exercise in the Central Region will receive vaccines...
Nearly 700,000 women are set to participate in an NHS artificial intelligence (AI) breast cancer screening trial in England.
Five different AI platforms will be...
The Health Minister-designate, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, has outlined plans to address unemployment among health professionals by creating opportunities for them to work in countries...
Minister-Designate for Health, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, has pledged to investigate the controversial ambulance maintenance contract if confirmed by Parliament.
Speaking during his vetting on Friday,...
A study by WHO-AFRO evaluating the five-year progress of the implementation of the regional cholera prevention and control framework adopted in 2018, has shown...
President John Dramani Mahama has appointed Prof. Samuel Kaba Akoriyea as the new Director-General of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), succeeding Dr. Patrick Kuma-Aboagye.
During...
Ghana, a vibrant country on the west coast of Africa, is known for its rich culture, warm-hearted people, and stunning landscapes.
If you find yourself...
Susana Twumwaa, the Midwife in Charge of the Antenatal and Postnatal Clinics at the Sunyani Teaching Hospital, has expressed concern about the growing trend...
At least 20 children living with cerebral palsy in the Ashanti region, together with their families, are anxious for respite after being evacuated from...
The Upper West Region has recorded 17 suspected cases of cerebrospinal meningitis (CSM), resulting in six confirmed deaths, according to Dr. Collins Boateng Danquah,...
