The Trust Hospital has extended its best-in-class dental services to its satellite clinics in Dansoman and Tema. This is in line with its aim of ensuring world-class, holistic medical services are easily accessible at the most competitive rates possible. Speaking on the rationale behind the choice of Dansoman and Tema...
It's basically a challenge for the average Ghanaian to seek medical check-up due to various reasons from financial difficulties to unavailability of time, inaccessible good health care facilities and many more. The Alajo Business Centre of ASA Savings and Loans Limited has held free health screening exercises for its clients...
Our world today is dealing with a crisis of monumental proportions. The vicious, novel coronavirus is wreaking havoc across the globe, destroying lives and ruining livelihoods.  The primary cost of the pandemic as seen in the loss of human lives is distressing, but the secondary effects on the global...
The Northern Regional Coordinating Director, Alhaji Alhassan Issahaku, has appealed to Ghanaians to refrain from stigmatizing  COVID-19 patients. He said stigmatising  COVID-19 patients, has the tendency of drawing back efforts towards the fight against the virus. According to him, stigmatisation has been identified by the Ghana Health Service (GHS) and the...
…marks World Earth Day Government has been asked to prioritise policies that help protect the environment and safety of people as the world marks Earth Day. Country Director for Pure Earth Ghana, a civil society group that works in the area of lead and mercury poisoning advocacy, made the call...
… largest contributor to multidimensional poverty The Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has revealed that about 14 million of the Ghanaian population do not have health insurance coverage. According to the Service’s 2022 Annual Household Income and Expenditure Survey, deprivation in health insurance coverage is the largest contributor to multidimensional poverty in...
MultiChoice Ghana has donated Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) worth over GH¢500,000 (US$100,000) to the Okomfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi and Ga East Municipal Hospital, Accra intended for frontline staff in support towards the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. Speaking during the handover ceremonies, MultiChoice Ghana Managing Director, Cecil Sunkwa Mills...
The Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, will, on Wednesday, December 22, launch the e-pharmacy digital platform in Accra. The digitization of pharmacies, which will have the nation's pharmacies converged on one digital platform, is aimed at addressing the difficulties of roaming around looking for medicines in pharmacies. It is also expected...
The University of Ghana Medical Centre (UGMC) has commemorated its fifth anniversary in a colourful ceremony, highlighting its special disposition as the centre of medical excellence in the West African sub-region. In January 2017, during the facility’s commissioning, then-President John Dramani Mahama said establishing the UGMC with ultra-modern equipment would...
Dr. Akis Afoko, a Consultant Urologist at the Tamale Teaching Hospital, is worried about the deteriorating state of male reproductive health in  Ghana, leading to several deaths in recent times. According to him, testicular sizes are reducing, many defects in the spermatozoa, and many are actually infertile. Dr. Afoko, who is...