Health
One-Time Payment For NHIS Feasible If ... — ISODEC
Monday March 08, 2010
The Integrated Social Development Centre
(ISODEC) says the one-time-off premium payment for the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) is possible and achievable “if the government is willing to chart this path.”
“The people of Ghana clearly demonstrated where they wanted to invest their taxes in the 2008 election when they voted for the...read more
About 600,000 Ghanaians Have Glaucoma
Thursday March 04, 2010
About 600,000 Ghanaians have glaucoma. Out of this 30,000 have gone blind says Dr Oscar Debrah, Head of the Eye Care Unit of the Ghana Health Service. Glaucoma is a disease of the eye which affects the optic nerve leading to blindness with people above 40 years mostly at risk. Eye experts say the cause of most or all glaucoma cases due to...read more
Don\'t Use Official Vehicles For Funerals - Kumbuor
Monday March 01, 2010
The Minister of Health, Dr. Benjamin Kunbuor has warned Principals of Health institutions to desist from using buses allocated them to enhance academic and extra-curricular activities for funerals and thus deprive their respective institutions of their use. “Don’t turn school buses into funeral buses and use them for your...read more
Rapid Response Medical Team Rushes To Upper West
Monday March 01, 2010
FOLLOWING the outbreak of Cerebrol Spinal Meningitis (CSM) in the Upper West Region, an eight-member Rapid Response Team (RRT) is in the region to help in case detection, management and control. The team, made up of clinical doctors, laboratory technicians and other specialists drawn from the Disease Control Unit, Policy Planning Monitory and...read more
Obstetricians And Gynecologists Of Ghana Hold AGM
Saturday February 27, 2010
The society of obstetricians and gynecologists of Ghana on Friday held its annual general meeting on the theme: “Achieving the Millennium Development Goals 5” The theme implied reducing maternal mortality by seventy five by the year 2015. Addressing members of the society, the First Lady, Mrs. Ernestina Naadu Mills stated that...read more
NR Minister Assures Doctors
Monday February 22, 2010
Mr. Moses Bukari Mabengba, the Northern Regional Minister designate, has assured health personnel who accept postings to the region that their security would not be compromised. He said some doctors decline postings to the region simply on account of perceived insecurity in the area but added with some humour that other categories of workers...read more
Red Cross Presents To Psychiatric Hospitals
Friday February 19, 2010
The Ghana Red Cross Society has presented drugs worth GH¢2,000 to the Accra and the Pantang Psychiatric Hospitals. The presentation which took place on Wednesday in Accra was in line with the society’s commitment to protecting human life and dignity by alleviating suffering. Items presented to the selected hospitals included...read more
Increase Support Towards Maternal/Child Mortality - VC
Thursday February 18, 2010
The acting Vice Chancellor of the University for Development, Studies (UDS) Prof. Kaku Sagary Nokoe has advocated an increase in government support towards reducing maternal and child mortality in the country. He said it was time for government and other developmental partners to commit more resources to fight against factors that inhibit the...read more
Porter Girls Investigations Not Conclusive - WR Health Directorate
Friday February 12, 2010
THE Western Regional Directorate of Health Service has indicated that clinical and laboratory investigations into the food incident at Archbishop Porter’s Girls have not been conclusive to establish the cause of the ailments.
It said that until the investigations were concluded, the school could not be closed down.
The Regional...read more
Complete KATH\'s Maternity, Children\'s Block - CEO
Thursday February 11, 2010
THE Chief Executive of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) Prof. Ohene Adjei has appealed o the government to make money available to complete a maternity and children’s block, started 35 years ago (1975). “Its completion will immensely reduce the unacceptably high mortality rate of the hospital,” he said. Prof....read more
