The Health Facilities Regulatory Agency (HeFRA) has accorded formal recognition to the SafeCare quality improvement standards and methodologies for assessing health facilities in Ghana. The recognition was announced in a letter signed by the Registrar of HeFRA, Dr. Philip A. Bannor, dated 20th June, 2022.
The letter stated: “HeFRA’s recognition...
as GhGenome project officially launches
The Director of Ghana’s Genome Project (GhGenome), Professor Fiifi Ofori-Acquah, has been awarded a US$3million grant by the National Institute of Health (NIH) of the United States of America to sequence the “whole genome DNA” of children with sickle-cell disease in Ghana.
Genome sequencing, according...
Maame Abena Agyeiwaa, a burns victim and the founder of AJ’s Smiling Heart Foundation, has donated GH¢2000 cash and items including groceries and toiletries to the National Reconstructive, Plastic Surgery and Burns Unit of the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital.
The donation, according to Josephine Asmah - a representative of the foundation,...
The Veterinary Services Directorate (VSD) at the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) is hoping to realise a significant improvement in its animal disease-control reporting and other related services with the launch of an electronic platform for the Directorate.
According to the Director of VSD, Dr. William Adu Kuma, the...
ASA Savings and Loans through it Akim Oda branch has donated medical equipment and other items to Akyem Aboabo Health Center in the Birim Central Municipality, to enable them deliver the best of healthcare services to the inhabitants.
The gesture was in response to a request made by the facility...
AstraZeneca, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, has supported the government of Ghana Covid-19 Management Team with 35,000 surgical masks.
The donation was made on Wednesday, June 24 through representatives of AstraZeneca, and will help protect frontline health workers in their tireless fight to contain the spread of COVID-19 in...
The price factor: A barrier to accessible dialysis
The cost of dialysis treatment is a significant barrier to its accessibility. In Ghana, a single dialysis session can cost between GH¢250 to GH¢400, translating to about GH¢3,000 to GH¢4,800 per month for the recommended thrice-weekly sessions. This is a hefty sum...
COVID-19 has produced the right opportunity for Ghana to produce its own medicines and medical equipment and stop relying on imports, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said.
In his 8th address on the measures taken on the COVID-19 pandemic, the President thus urged the pharmaceutical industry to intensify its...
An oil-funded project at Breman, in the Suame Municipality of the Ashanti Region, has become a ‘sticking point’ between authorities of Suame Municipal Assembly and the Breman West Seventh-Day Adventist (SDA) Hospital.
The unoccupied two-storey bedroom apartment completed almost a year ago and financed with an Annual Budget Funding Amount...