Government has cleared the greater part of GH¢1.2billion owed the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) - leaving an outstanding GH¢181million that will be cleared before end of the year, Deputy-Health Minister Kingsley Aboakye Gyedu has disclosed.
The debt inherited by the NPP government affected drugs supply and other logistics needed...
Ghana Centre for Disease Control to be established
88 district, 6 new regional hospitals
existing ones to see upgrades
local pharma industry to be boosted
The country’s health sector is set to see major infrastructure developments including the establishment of 88 districts and six new regional hospitals, the creation...
The Adansi North District Health Director, Mr. Isaac Awuku Odame, has revealed that there has been an uptick in malaria cases in the Adansi North District, recording 13,686 diseases in 2021.
According to him, in 2019 and 2020, the district recorded 12,000 and 11,354 malaria cases respectively; however, in 2021...
As part of its Corporate Social Responsibilities, the American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham)Ghana, and American pharmaceutical firm Johnson & Johnson have engaged stakeholders in the health sector to create awareness on Prostrate Cancer Management in Ghana.
The exercise, according to AmCham is aimed at alerting the public on the dangers...
Akosua Comfort a four-year-old girl who was born with one leg longer than the other, has finally received support from Vodafone Healthline, to correct the anomaly and afford her quality life.
According to Akosua’s family, residents of Ada Akrofenso in the Eastern Region, they noticed the anomaly after her birth...
Authorities of some Senior High Schools in the Volta Region were full of praise for the Ghana Education Service (GES) and Zoomlion as their facilities were fumigated on Tuesday.
According to them, the decision to undertake the exercise was timely as most of them had to battle with bedbugs’ infestation...
In recent times, Ghana is seen as the pharmaceutical hub in West Africa. This is by no coincidence as governments, especially in the Fourth Republic, have made this pathway a reality. The policies implemented, especially flexible tax regime, have resulted in massive influx of foreign direct investments. As Ghana...
GOIL has supported a blood donation exercise organised by the National Blood Service in collaboration with Nifa Senior High School, Adukrom in the Eastern Region.
About 150 students donated blood in support of the exercise, with a total of 182 pints of blood realised at the end of the programme.
As...
The producers of the Shortbody Super Handwashing Machine, in Tarkwa, have challenged the Ghanaian public to make handwashing part of their daily living practices even in the aftermath of the deadly coronavirus disease, to enhance personal hygiene and healthy living.
They noted that by strictly observing and adopting this personal...