Starting the National Electronic Pharmacy Platform (NEPP) makes Ghana a part of the booming new global pharmaceutical digital economy, which had a market size valued at US$52billion in 2021 and is expected to grow at a compound annual rate of 19.5 percent from 2022 to 2030.
NEPP, according to the...
Following a proposal by Member of Parliament (MP) for Bawku Central, Mahama Ayariga, requesting the President, Nana Akufo Addo to absorb the fees of new entrants and continuing students of public tertiary institutions for the 2020/2021 academic year, MPs on both side have held diverse views on the matter.
According...
Islamic Nursing Training School inaugurated
Government has said it will continue to invest in the area of health, especially the training of healthcare workers as well as provision of infrastructure, as part of its commitment to transform the health sector.
To this end, Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia also...
“Priorities Maxwell!!! There are increased fuel prices, higher cost of living, rising inflation, not to mention COVID, Monkeypox and other health issues and you choose to write about “noise”?? Well……yes. It’s been on my mind ever since moving to the countryside and there is plenty of literary material around...
Member of Parliament (MP) for Juaboso Constituency in the Western Region and Ranking Member on Parliament’s Health Committee, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, has bemoaned the heightened level of COVID-19 infections in the country over the past few weeks… criticising government for negligence.
According to him, government has shifted all its attention...
ASA Savings and Loans Limited, Koforidua Zongo Business Centre and Somanya Business Centre have organised their annual health screening exercise for their clients.
Over 300 hundred clients were screened and tested in Hepatitis B, malaria, blood sugar level, blood pressure, Body Mass Index (BMI), and other vitals such as temperature,...
Though the global pandemic caused many disruptions to all sectors, including the healthcare system, there is a positive development in the pharmaceutical industry as telepharmacy, which previously was not patronised much, has seen a soaring of demand with patients preferring the service to going to a hospital.
Telepharmacy is a...
The Japan Embassy in Ghana has handed over a CHPS compound health facility worth GH¢496,000 (US$87,000) to the chief and people of Bolni community in the Nanumba Municipality of the Northern Region.
Other facilities under the project are; nurses and staff quarters, power connection, provision of furniture and health equipment...
…encourages regular medical check-ups to prevent late detection
Physician Specialist at the Department of Medicine-Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Dr. Mensah Amoah, has disclosed that among the causes of chronic kidney diseases (CKD) in the country are diabetes and high blood pressure.
According to him, diabetes constitutes about 40 percent of the causes...