The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has set aside GH₵25m to put up district offices across the country before end of the year.
NHIA district offices are for the purpose of decentralising operations to enable easy access to the services rendered by the Authority, and for that matter health care,...
In what can be described as a step in stimulating responsible waste management practices, the Plastic Waste Management Programme has created a fund to cater for the increasing problem of plastic waste management.
When fully disbursed, the fund will be able to cater for debts and logistics to make plastic...
The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) have cautioned manufacturers and importers of food, drug, and cosmetics that the distribution of products not labelled in English contravenes Section 4 Subsection 3 of the Ghana Standards Board (Food, Drugs and Other Goods) General Labelling Rules, 1992 L.I 1541.
In a statement issued...
The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has ordered the closure of some supermarkets in the country facilitate the removal of all products labelled in foreign languages.
The decision by the FDA came following a publication by the Daily Graphic, which drew attention of authorities to some supermarkets and mother care...
The Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) has announced that remedial measures are being pursued to tackle the re-emergence of the ‘dreadful’ fall armyworm (FAW), reported to have already affected some farms in about four regions of the country.
It observed that unlike other invasive pests which have acclimatised to...
Over 1,000 residents - from Inchaban, Aboadze, Abuesi, Dwomo and Shama in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis and Shama district respectively in the Western Region - have benefitted from a health outreach programme organised by the West African Gas Pipeline Company (WAPCo).
“These communities house our pipeline onshore, and in a conversation...
The Minister of Health, Kwaku Agyemang Manu has revealed that government needs $21 million to effectively implement a five-year national plan to address the phenomenon of Anti-Microbial Resistance in the country.
The minister made the pronouncement during the launch in Accra, saying: “The implementation of the policy will bring a...
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has emphasised the need to deal with the phenomenon of antimicrobial resistance in the country, saying the situation remains a threat to the attainment of the Sustainable Development Goal 3.
“As Co-Chair of the United Nations Advocates Group of Eminent Persons on the 2030 Sustainable...
Today, our feature takes a look at what one young lady is doing in the health sector. Asomaniwaa is a young pharmacist turned entrepreneur. Her entrepreneurial inclinations began when she started working in a cancer unit and realised that nurses, doctors, pharmacists and other medical caregivers can contract cancer...
The Trust Hospital has introduced a new operational technology, dubbed ‘Electronic Medical Record’ (EMR) that allows the hospital to operate electronically for easy access to patients’ records and updates, as well as to increase revenue.
The EMR also serves as a network system that connects all six clinics and three...