Founder and CEO of Nene Glam Skin products and “Eyes in Dubai” a hospitality entity, Kingsley Kojo Aikins, has embarked on a medical tour in India to explore advanced healthcare solutions to help seekers of world-class medical treatments. According to him, this initiative aims to connect accessibility to top-notch medical...
Discussions have begun on transforming the existing COVID-19 levy on goods and services into a dedicated National Health Security/Emergency fund. The move will strategically allocate ring-fenced amounts, serving as a crucial supplement to National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) contributions and thereby mitigating, or potentially eliminating, the financial hurdles associated with...
EASE Ghana, a subsidiary of EASE Holdings BV, which specialises in quality equipment-as-a-service, has inaugurated the first MRI scanner in the Eastern Region at St. Dominic Catholic Hospital , Akwatia. The inauguration also marked the debut of Siemens Magnetom Free.Star Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scanner technology in Ghana. The MRI...
Without accelerated efforts and investments, the country will be unable to achieve health-related targets under the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030, says the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS). Government Statistician, Samuel Kobina Annim, made this observation at the 2022 Ghana Demographic and Health Survey (GDHS) release in Accra...
There is no doubt that Africa's healthcare system faces numerous challenges. These range from a lack of modern and well-equipped medical facilities to shortages of medical professionals including doctors and nurses - along with insufficient funding for healthcare services. Despite these obstacles, the healthcare sector in Africa presents various...
The Nurses and Midwifery Council (NMC) has joined forces with the Ghanaian Diaspora Nursing Alliance (G-DNA) to entice second-generation Ghanaian nurses living abroad to return home, in a collaboration aimed at revitalising the healthcare system. This initiative seeks to eliminate barriers and attract skilled nursing professionals to contribute actively in the country’s...
A high school student from Delaware Military Academy, Maame Adwoa Kyeremaah Manu has donated medical supplies to the Child Health Emergency Unit of the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra. The items presented were valued at a total of USD 1,500 including a cash donation. Speaking on the motivation for this...
A highly experienced United States of America (USA) Dental practitioner, Dr Martin Curry, has officially opened an ultra-modern dental clinic in Atomic-Accra, to provide quality world-class oral healthcare to all and sundry. Oral health refers to the health of the teeth, gums, and the entire oral-facial system, good oral and...
Euracare Hospital proudly announces a historic milestone as its Medical Director, Dr. Benjamin Dabo Sarkodie, has been conferred with the distinguished title of Associate Professor of Interventional Radiology by the University of Ghana Medical School. This groundbreaking achievement marks a significant moment in Ghana's medical history, highlighting Dr. Sarkodie's...
A team of bankers is ordinarily not a regular sight in any health facility in Ghana. Therefore, many patrons of the Madina Poly Clinic might have wondered “why”, when a sharply dressed team from the Universal Merchant Bank (UMB) drove into the clinic’s compound here in Kekele, Madina; a...