Leading corporate trustee Axis Pension Trust Ltd. and top life insurer Hollard Life Assurance have partnered to offer insurance-backed pensions featuring free life insurance cover to clients of the Trust. The add-on service is the first of its kind in Ghana, aimed at giving Ghanaians additional comfort while inspiring...
In the heart of Accra, Ama, a busy working mother, is balancing her career and family life. One day, her son falls ill. Normally, this would require her to take time off work, deal with traffic, and endure long waits at the clinic. But not anymore. Today, she turns...
Ghana HIV and AIDS Network (GHANET), in collaboration with the Network of Persons living with HIV (NAP+), and other stakeholders, are organizing a health walk to among others, create more awareness HIV Self-Testing (HIVST) tool kit that was launched recently and also mark World AIDS Day (WAD)which falls on...
The establishment of a regional digital surveillance system that harnesses the power of data to predict and prevent disease outbreaks is possible, Director General-West African Health Organisation, Dr. Melchior Aissi, has said. By building a responsive and resilient network of information, Dr. Aissi believes that it will be possible to...
MTN’s US$25 million donation to support the African Union’s (AU’s) COVID-19 vaccination programme is on track to administer 165,000 AstraZeneca doses to health workers. The vaccines arrived in the country two days ago and were received at the Kotoka International Airport by Dr. Mathew Kyeremeh, Chairman of the Health Commodities...
The Public Health Alliance International Ghana (PHAIG), an independent not-for-profit Health Think Tank that seeks to address the pertinent issues of health in Ghana and throughout the sub-Sahara African region, has launched a COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy & vaccine mandate research findings in Accra. The research, according to the organisation, showed...
Management of Asa Savings & Loans at the Bibiani Business Centre and Sunyani New Town Branches have organised a health screening exercise for some 300 persons within the two branches’ operational enclave. In all, the company invested GH¢12,500 at the two branches to check and screen participants with ailments including...
In a space of 42 days - May 24 to July 7, 2023 - the National Health Insurance Scheme has paid its credentialed healthcare providers over GH¢471million to cover claims submitted for periods up to January 2023. For the first time in several years, the NHIS is back into...
The newly-elected President of the Pharmaceutical Society of Ghana (PSGH), Samuel Donkor, has appealed to government for some more attention geared at the creation of a pharmaceutical hub for the sub-region and the continent. According to him, the sector’s potential is huge and a little more support from government would...
As part of efforts to commemorate this year’s International Health Month, Vodafone Ghana, Foundation through its monthly Birthday Stars initiative, has organised free health screening exercise, STEM training and instant school for Nyame Nsa and Haven of Hope foster homes in the Eastern Region. The programme was in partnership with...