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17th November, 2010
Finatrade Foundation has presented a cheque for GH¢2,000 to the Physiotherapy Department of the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra, towards the surgical operation of a two-week old baby with ...
15th November, 2010
The shortage of condoms cannot be blamed on only sex related activities but also on drug couriers, an official of the Narcotics Control Board (NACOB) has said.
Mr. Solomon Stantey Eyo, head of ...
12th November, 2010
A 26-year old Chinese, Henry Cia, has been arrested for allegedly selling sanitary paqds which he claims can cure various diseases.
Cia, who is being questioned by officials of FDB is alleged to ...
9th November, 2010
The Minister of Health Dr. Benjamin Kumbuor, has urged health service administrators to exhibit high standard of leadership in their daily administrative work to ensure that quality healthcare ...
2nd November, 2010
The Ashanti Regional Directorate of Health says it estimates to vaccinate 807,622 children this year during the national mass measles campaign.
The nationwide exercise starts from Wednesday ...
29th October, 2010
This year’s annual conference of the Association of Health Service Administrators, Ghana (AHSAG) will take place at Takoradi from November 3 to 5.
It will be on the theme: “Sustaining the National ...
22nd October, 2010
THE Director-General of the Ghana Health Service, Dr. Elias Sory, has blamed politicians for interfering in the posting of doctors and other health personnel.
He cautioned that if the situation ...
11th October, 2010
A mass registration exercise under the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) started in Tamale on Friday.
The exercise, conducted at the Ambarriya and the Tamale Central Mosques, is to ensure ...
9th October, 2010
The La-Palm Royal Beach Hotel has donated essential items valued at GH¢ 2,500 to two hospitals in Accra, they are the Princess Marie Louis Children’s Hospital and the children’s ward of the La General ...
5th October, 2010
Over 47,000 people infected with HIV/AIDS are receiving life- saving Anti-Retroviral Therapy (ART) in health facilities across the country.
The figures represent about 30 per cent of people living ...
25th September, 2010
THE Central Regional Director of the Community Water and Sanitation Agency Stephen Opoku-Tuffuor has suggested that landlords whose houses do not have toilet facilities should be prosecuted instead of ...
21st September, 2010
A mystery shopping survey conducted on quality of service provided by the nation’s health facilities has revealed some level of malpractices which do not auger well for the image of the ...
20th September, 2010
The National Cancer Coalition (NCC) and Johnson and Johnson, both non–governmental organizations (NGOs) based in the United States of America, acting in concert with Breast Care International (BCI), ...
20th September, 2010
The Asafo Agyei Hospital in Kumasi and its Chief Executive Officer, The Very Rev. Prof. Dr. Asafo Agyei Anane Frempong, have received awards from the Global Centre for Transformational Leadership at a ...
16th September, 2010
The retirement of the last batch of Dispensing Assistants from the Ghana Health Service, and the delay in employing pharmacists and technicians, have affected pharmaceutical service delivery at health ...
15th September, 2010
Vital registration data on birth and deaths remain an indispensable tool for national development planning and policy formulation, Stephen Amoah, the Registrar of Births and Deaths, has said.
He, ...
11th September, 2010
THE infection rate of HIV/AIDS in the Upper West Region, increased from 1.6 per cent in 2008, to 3.1 per cent last year, a sentinel survey report has revealed.
“What is distressing about the ...
7th September, 2010
Professor Kofi Awoonor, Chairman of the Council of State, has called on Ghanaians and medical establishments to respect traditional medicine as part of health delivery in Ghana.
He made this call ...
6th September, 2010
The Central Regional Hospital is being upgraded to a Teaching Hospital status to train medical students from the University of Cape Coast School Of Medical Sciences (UCC-SMS).
President J. E. A. ...
1st September, 2010
Vice President John Mahama has made a call for support for the National Health Insurance Scheme as it continues to grow and deepen its social healthcare programme towards universal care for Ghanaians ...
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