The Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR) at the University of Ghana, Legon, has organised a 2-day Annual Research Meeting (ARM) from November 17-18, 2022 under the theme ‘Epidemics, Pandemics and Diseases of Public Health Importance: Bridging the Research-Policy Divide’.
Speaking at the Institute's seventh Annual Research Meeting’s opening...
Most hospitals and health centres in Ghana have their own identity cards and folders for identifying and attending to their patients.
A patient who visits a health facility for the first time will first report at the Out Patients Department (OPD). The patient will be directed to the revenue section,...
…a call to awareness and action
On October 10, 2023, we celebrated World Mental Health Day, a Day dedicated to raising awareness about mental health issues and promoting the well-being of individuals worldwide. It's a Day for reflection, education and, most importantly, action. As we commemorate this Day, it's crucial...
ASA Savings and Loans Limited, Nyoheni-Shishegu Business Centre, has held a free health screening for over 200 clients and members of the community.
The screening is for them to know their health status and be in good health.
They were tested and screened on malaria, diabetes, blood pressure (BP), hepatitis B, eye, among...
The members of the Rotary Club of Accra Ridge; as part of their mission to provide service to others, embarked on a two-day medical outreach to provide essential primary health care to the indigenes of Kotoso and surrounding communities of Anyinasi, Bonjrasi, Nkwantanie and Bumpatah in the Kwahu East...
As part of activities commemorating Menstrual Hygiene Day, 2021, and as evidence of its wider commitment to the education of the girl-child, the Ghana Chamber of Mines, in partnership with the Ladies Lead Foundation has donated six months’ supply of sanitary products to some 500 girls in schools within...
SIC Life Insurance Company, the nation’s second-largest premium income earner has led seven other insurance company to donate blood to stock blood banks as the spate of road accidents are becoming very alarming.
Other insurers that took part in the exercise last week are; Enterprise Insurance Company, Enterprise Life, Glico...
Ghana has so far recorded 120 Coronavirus recoveries, with the number of deaths remaining 9, Head of Virology at Noguchi, Prof. William Ampofo has said.
The country's total number of positive cases also stands at 1,154.
He also noted that close to 30,000 samples have been tested since the President's 7th...
Another successful MarchMarch Campaign has been organized this year by the Brand Ambassador of the National Blood Service Ghana, Maame K Stephens in collaboration with the Kaysens Group, Kwaaba Foundation and the National Blood Service Ghana. The Kaysens Group has proudly supported the National Blood Service in numerous ways...
Development finance and non-governmental organisation, Rural Focus Africa (RUFA), has rolled out a new initiative to provide sustainable livelihood support to cured lepers and inmates of leprosaria across the country through its village savings and loans scheme project.
Under the project, the cured lepers and dependents form savings groups in...