The US government has said it is committed to supporting the country to achieve a ‘malaria-free society’ while encouraging healthy living, including the use of mosquito-nets and early testing and treatment of malaria. The US Ambassador to Ghana, Stephanie S. Sullivan, said whereas the latest country data show some remarkable...
 COVID-19 has claimed more than 700,000 lives, infected over 19 million people, and decimated rich and poor economies alike. But, even as most of the world faces unprecedented recession, policy responses differ sharply. The contrast between Europe and Asia is a case in point. Both regions are undoubtedly facing serious...
September marks the global prostate cancer awareness month and brings the disease into the national limelight.  In my new 900-page book yet to be launched on 26th September 2020, page 1, I said that “every man has a prostate, but every prostate doesn’t have to make a man’s life...
Johnson & Johnson launches 'Mind-4-life' & Mental Health Training project and offers full scholarship to nurses in Ghana. Mental health education and demand for service have over the years been relegated to the background due to the stigma it comes with. Against this background, the world’s largest and most broadly-based healthcare...
Healthcare is not all about conventional or mainstream practice. I developed interest more into Naturopathy holistic medicine during my PhD and postdoctoral studies in Naturopathic and holistic Medicine. The challenge in pursing naturopathic holistic medicine is the cost. The fees are enormous in an accredited university whether campus based or...
...as GCB, UG Medical Centre, others benefit The Phase one of community disinfection campaign by Waste management giant, Zoomlion Ghana Limited (ZGL) has come to a climax with several public institutions benefiting. The nationwide exercise which forms part of Zoomlion’s corporate social responsibility dubbed: “ Free Community Disinfection Campaign” is to...
After about 13 weeks of amazing, touching and transformative stories demonstrating how Vodafone Healthline impacted lives, another season of the educative health programme has come to an end. Starting with COVID-19 sensitization measures, safety protocols and good healthy living practices to remain energized in such a dreadful time, in-house doctors...
Ghana is set to convene top executives, visionaries, thought-leaders and innovators who are leading the charge in healthcare transformation for a deep-thinking and critical conversation on the future of healthcare trends at the first annual ‘Future of Healthcare Summit’. Themed ‘Building a Sustainable Healthcare Systems: A Shared Vision for the...
Member of Parliament (MP) for Juaboso Constituency in the Western Region and Ranking Member on Parliament’s Health Committee, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, has bemoaned the heightened level of COVID-19 infections in the country over the past few weeks… criticising government for negligence. According to him, government has shifted all its attention...
… GRNMA intensify calls to scrap certificate nursing The Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA) is strongly advocating for the scrapping of certificate courses from nursing and midwifery colleges and private institutions across the country as the number of undertrained nurses and midwives has become a cause to worry. The Association...