Nyaho Medical Centre, has introduced a Healthy Family promotion, comprising of tailored preventive health packages to promote sustainable wellbeing in families. The campaign forms part of the hospital’s commitment to promote health and wellbeing for families through early diagnosis and early detection of various diseases, especially chronic diseases such as diabetes and hypertension. Over the past...
Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Atta, has disclosed that the Akufo-Addo administration's ambitious 111 hospital Agenda will commence in August 2021. It would be recalled that Health Minister, Mr. Kwaku Agyeman-Manu, stated earlier in February that the administration intended to construct 111 district hospitals across the country. Each of the hospitals was...
...FDA to the rescue with blood donation exercise The core activity of the National Blood Bank (NBB) has been severely affected over the course of the 24 months, owing particularly to the outbreak of COVID-19. This has worsened the plight of the bank, which had struggled with apathy to...
Set on the day on which the first In Vitro Fertilisation (IVF) conceived baby was born – July 25, 1978 – World IVF Day marks the importance of the IVF technique in infertility treatment. A subsidiary of Medifem Multi-Specialist Hospital, the Accra Fertility Centre (AFC), having championed infertility treatment for...
Government has assured development partners, UNICEF and the Japanese government of its commitment to Universal Health Coverage in the country. Health Minister Mr. Kwaku Agyeman Manu noted that UNICEF and the government of Japan provided resources for Ghana’s COVID-19 vaccination programme through the provision of equipment and training to the...
Global pharmaceutical firms should license production of COVID-19 vaccines in Africa rather than just do piecemeal contract deals, an African Union special envoy said on Thursday. AU coronavirus envoy Strive Masiyiwa was speaking a day after Pfizer and BioNTech announced a "fill and finish" deal with South Africa's Biovac Institute...
As nations look to transform their healthcare delivery services, particularly in the wake of COVID-19, an even distribution of medical commodities and vaccines to all citizens is crucial, health technology enthusiast and Country Manager for Zipline, Naa Adorkor Yawson, has said. In her estimation, technology, particularly unmanned ariel vehicles (UAVs),...
MEROKAG Pharmacy has been adjudged DKT International’s overall best distributor for 2020. They were presented with an all-expenses-paid trip to Dubai for two people. The award scheme was instituted to support the activities of the non-profit social enterprise whose core mission is to contribute to raising modern contraceptives prevalence rates...
New Crystal Health Services and its partners have cut the sod for construction of a US$2.5million ultra-modern hospital facility to serve the growing population of Ashaiman and its surrounding communities. The three-floor 100-bed capacity hospital will be running 24/7 and provide a one-stop-shop for all medical, diagnostic and pharmaceutical...
Government, through the Minister for Health (MoH), Mr. Kwaku Agyeman Manu has assured development partners, UNICEF and the Japanese government, of its commitment to Universal Health Coverage in the country. Mr. Agyeman Manu noted that UNICEF and the Government of Japan provided resources for Ghana’s Covid-19 vaccination programme through the...