The Children’s Ward of the Tamale Central Hospital and some health facilities in the Northern Region are in dire need of renovation to ensure quality healthcare delivery. The hospital, since its inception, has not undergone any major rehabilitation as its structures deteriorate - creating a challenge in health care delivery,...
The World Health Organisation has asked six African countries to be alert for possible Ebola infections, as Guinea on Tuesday reported new cases and Democratic Republic of Congo said its new infections are the resurgence of a previous outbreak.
Guinea declared an outbreak of the virus on Sunday in the...
Warns of serious physical and undesirable medical consequences if used unguided
The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) is warning against the use of hydrogen peroxide as a preventive drug for COVID-19, saying there is not sufficient proof of its efficacy.
“There have been some published observational studies both within Ghana and...
A Senior Research Fellow at the Immunology Department of Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR), Dr. Kwadwo Asamoah, has made a passionate appeal to waste management and disinfection experts Zoomlion Ghana Limited (ZGL) for a monthly disinfection of the facility.
Such a move, he stressed, will help safeguard the...
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...
The Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association of Ghana (PMAG) has tabled a proposal before government, seeking support to equip some local companies to go into manufacturing COVID-19 vaccines as well as other vaccines as a means to ensure some level of security.
The Association is of the belief that even though in...
- Vodafone Healthline doctors
On the eighth episode of Vodafone Healthline series, health professionals have debunked the assertion that ladies cannot have sexual intercourse after childbirth until the baby is six-months old.
Senior Physician Specialist Dr. Aba Folson explained that the only time health professionals give advice that women should wait...
Ashanti Regional Police Commander
The Ashanti Regional Police Commander, Commissioner of Police (COP) Kwesi Mensah Duku, has indicated that the disinfection of their facilities will motivate police officers in the region to go about their duties.
"We are motivated, knowing that our facilities have been disinfected; and that gives us...
JarkWayne Missions, a US-based Non-Governmental Organsation, has conducted a free medical screening exercise for children at the Teshie Orphanage in Accra as part of its activities to combat the coronavirus disease as well as share love as the month of February is noted for.
The NGO also donated an undisclosed...
… urge gov’t to intensify communication to counter COVID-19 falsehoods Â
The Pharmaceutical Society of Ghana (PSGH) has expressed great worry at the publication of false COVID-19 medications on social media which has led to panic buying, resulting in shortage of some drugs needed to treat not only COVID-19 but...
