A number of healthcare professionals in the country say the sector’s fragile state may not withstand the crushing force of the pandemic, citing inadequate facilities, lack of research, among others as reasons.
Findings based on interviews some doctors granted this Paper indicate that the increasing number of coronavirus cases is...
The Bamboi Polyclinic has been awarded Level 4 on SafeCare Quality Standards, an international benchmark for quality healthcare delivery.
This is a significant stride for healthcare in Ghana; and the achievement places the facility – located in the Bole District of the Savannah Region – at the forefront of healthcare...
Two landfills—one in the Kpone Katamanso Municipality, Greater Accra Region, and the other in the Asokore Mampong Municipality, Ashanti Region, will soon be turned into multi-purpose recreational centres.
This came to light when the Minister of Sanitation and Water Resources, Mrs Cecilia Abena Dapaah, undertook an inspection tour of the...
… call for multi-stakeholder engagement to avert potential crises
An unintended, and often overlooked, consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic is its domino effect on healthcare delivery systems, particularly for persons living with Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs); and deliberate measures must be put in place to address/remedy the situation as it can...
Health Minister-designate and former Minister of Health, Kwaku Agyemang-Manu, has stated that to ensure sustenance of the health insurance scheme, there is need for extra funding by increasing existing levies and premiums under the scheme.
According to him, premiums to the scheme have remained stagnant for some years, which has...
Ghana may be positioning itself as a health and medical tourism destination if the planned construction of one hundred and eleven health and medical infrastructure facilities across the country is delivered. Tagged as ‘Agenda 111’, the ultra-modern health and medical infrastructure proposition is potentially the largest healthcare project in...
Happy 98.9FM and Donewell Insurance are set to give the perfect gift this August to help patients in need by donating blood. The donation exercise is being organised with the aim of collecting hundreds of voluntary pints of blood to stock the country's National Blood Bank and 37 Military...
A workshop to equip the media with information to support reportage on nutrition and nurturing care has been held in Accra by United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and Ghana Health Service (GHS).
The Journalists who were drawn from the print, radio, online and television networks were first taken on a...
Zipline, the global leader in instant logistics, and CorpsAfrica, a global NGO that recruits and trains educated African youth as volunteers to live and work in rural, under-resourced communities, have joined forces to tackle the critical need for safe and adequate blood supplies in health facilities across Ghana.
This partnership...
The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA), has cautioned the consumers of salted fish, popularly called ‘Kako’, to suspend its consumption for a while as it may be contaminated.
Abu Sumaila, Head of the FDA in the Western Region, explained to the B&FT in an interview that it is alleged an...