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14th February, 2013
The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has stated that the implementation of the pilot project on the capitation scheme in the Ashanti Region will not be suspended instead, it will be ...
12th February, 2013
The Ghana Health Service in collaboration with some partners has begun an immunization and public education program against cervical cancer for female pupils in 547 primary schools in six districts of ...
11th February, 2013
Due to excessive pressure on the emergency care unit of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Kumasi, the authorities of the hospital are envisaging a likely closure of the unit soon, Mr Kwame ...
7th February, 2013
Professor Edwin .K. Wiredu, Pro-Vice-Chancellor of University of Health and Allied Science in Ho, on Monday urged the public to discard the notion that cancer is a death sentence.
“Advances in ...
7th February, 2013
The National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) will soon introduce a biometric registration system that would enable the scheme to issue instant identification (ID) cards to subscribers.
The ...
4th February, 2013
Twenty patients at the Tamale Fistula Centre will have free surgery, sponsored by employees of Vodafone Ghana.
A fund-raiser by the Vodafone employees generated GHC 12,000 to treat the victims of ...
31st January, 2013
A research conducted by the Ghana Health Service (GHS) had shown that 3,038 women are annually diagnosed of cervical cancer, and 2,006 women die from the disease every year.
Globally, 500,000 new ...
29th January, 2013
Women living with HIV in the Brong-Ahafo Region have observed that neglect and lack of support from family members and the community as are major contributory factors to the high occurrence of ...
28th January, 2013
The Kumasi Metropolitan Health Directorate has called for the inclusion of herbal drugs into the National Health Insurance Scheme’s medicine list following increasing public demand for herbal ...
24th January, 2013
Basic Needs, a Non-governmental organization has pledged its unflinching support to ensure the management and treatment of epileptic and mentally challenged patients in the country.
The support ...
23rd January, 2013
Family Health International, an international non-governmental organisation, in collaboration with the Effia-Nkwanta Regional Hospital Voluntary HIV Counselling and Testing Centre, has trained owners ...
23rd January, 2013
The NHIS, as part of its efforts to extend coverage to various vulnerable groups across the country, has registered 401 inmates of the Pantang Psychiatric Hospital near Accra.
At a short ceremony ...
21st January, 2013
Following the success story of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) over the years, Ghana will soon become a home to a Health Insurance Knowledge Centre aimed at providing expertise and ...
17th January, 2013
Ghana AIDS Commission has celebrated the 2012 World AIDS day, in Accra yesterday on the theme ‘Zero new HIV infection, Zero AIDS related death and Zero Discrimination’.
The celebration was ...
14th January, 2013
Management of companies have been urged to adhere to safety regulations, a co-director of the Orthopaedic Training Centre at Nsawam in the Eastern Region Sister Elizabeth Newman, has ...
9th January, 2013
The Director General of the Ghana Health Service, Dr Ebenezer Appiah-Denkyira, has called for the use of bench marks to determine services delivered at health institutions to raise the standard of ...
5th January, 2013
“We have improved on healthcare”- President Mahama
Accra, Jan 4, GNA- President John Dramani Mahama on Friday said the country witnessed a massive health care improvement in the last four ...
29th December, 2012
Mr Godfried Adjei, Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Chamber of Pharmacy (GCP), has underscored the important role pharmacists play in the health delivery system of the country.
He said Ghana, ...
20th December, 2012
The Medical Superintendent of the Ashaiman Polyclinic, Dr. Jarvis Abilla says the hospital spends over GH¢5,000 monthly out of its internally generated funds to pay staff salaries, a situation which ...
18th December, 2012
Despite the ban on the importation and sale of turkey tails, popularly known as “Tsofi” into the country, because of its health hazards, the product is smuggled by traders into the ...
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