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Strike The Medical Laboratory Professional Workers’ Union (MELPWU) has issued a seven-day strike ultimatum over what it describes as the…
OpenHarmony-enabled health care systems are used in a hospital. (Photos provided by Huawei) A member of Parliament’s Health Committee has…
Korle Bu Teaching Hospital Doctors at Ghana’s largest teaching hospital have ended a brief industrial action after management moved swiftly…
Korle Bu Teaching Hospital Doctors at Ghana’s premier referral hospital have withdrawn all outpatient services, leaving patients stranded and significantly…
noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) Ghana is scaling up two evidence-based interventions to tackle the growing burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), with…
Mr Samuel Alagkora Akolgo In Fugu The Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA) in the Builsa North Municipality has…
Doctor Doctors at Ghana’s premier referral hospital have begun withdrawing services following the failure of management to meet a negotiation…
The Director-General of the Ghana Health Service, Samuel Kaba Akoriyea, has pledged a transparent investigation into the death of a…
NIHR Symposium 2026: Researchers meet in Ghana for sustainable solutions as NCDs surge worldwide
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The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) has convened a cross-section of global health leaders, policymakers and scientists…
Ghana Health Service targets girls aged 9 to 14 years for HPV vaccination during 2026 African Vaccination Week 3News
The Special Advisor to the President of Réseau des Médias Africains pour la Promotion de la Santé et de l’Environnement…
Serwaa Amihere To Serve as Ambassador for Ghana’s Mental Health Authority Purple Month Campaign
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Serwaa Amihere announced on April 30, 2026, that the Mental Health Authority has chosen her as ambassador for its Purple…
Wilhemina Tiwaa Duah The Tarkwa-Nsuaem Municipality of the Western Region recorded an alarming rate of malaria cases, from the…
Ghana Card The National Identification Authority (NIA), working alongside the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), will on Tuesday, May 5,…
Ghanaian Nurses The Ministry of Health has confirmed that two months of outstanding allowances owed to newly recruited nurses have…
Thumbnail X Who Report Aspera The World Health Organization (WHO) has named Ghana and nine other countries as responsible for…
Global health experts converge to tackle rising non-communicable diseases in sub-Saharan Africa
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Health experts, policymakers, and researchers from across the world have converged on Accra for a major engagement under the Collaborative…
Godwin Kudzo Tameklo and Edward Bawa (middle), with Management members of GOIL and industry partners, displaying the HSSEQ Handbook after…
Ghana And Usa Ghana has declined a proposed five-year health assistance agreement with the United States worth approximately $109 million,…
By Rachel Kakraba The global community is commemorating World Vaccination Week, observed annually during the last week of April. The…
By Rachel Kakraba The National Malaria Elimination Programme (NMEP) has renewed calls for stronger collaboration among key stakeholders to enable…
Dr. Franklin Asiedu-Bekoe speaking at the event The Ministry of Health (MOH) has commemorated World Malaria Day in Accra…
Adwoa Wiafe, the Chief Corporate Services and Sustainability Officer at MTN Ghana The MTN Ghana Foundation has officially opened applications…
Group of african paramedic crew doctors. A study conducted by researchers from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology,…
Deputy Minister of Health, Dr Grace Ayensu-Danquah, has been appointed as a Secretariat Member of the African High Level Ministerial…
Ghana has renewed its commitment to building a resilient, research-driven healthcare system, using the 2026 Annual Conference on Pharmacoepidemiology in…
Ghana’s newly introduced Free Primary Healthcare Policy could significantly expand access to basic health services, but questions remain about how…
Government’s new free primary healthcare policy marks a turning point in saving lives in Ghana
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ALTHOUGH the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) remains operational and has over the years supported access to healthcare, it has…
Desmond Yaani Eye health is a fundamental pillar of universal health coverage and national productivity. In Ghana, vision loss and…
Global Financing Facility Major donors committed more than USD 806 million on Wednesday to the Global Financing Facility for Women,…
waste The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has pledged to embed wastewater and environmental surveillance into its national disease control framework,…
John Mahama Northern Region Tour President John Dramani Mahama has reinforced his government’s development agenda in the Northern Region with…
President Mahama President John Dramani Mahama has assured Ghanaians that recent electricity interruptions are temporary and form part of a…
The Member of Parliament for Abuakwa South, Dr Kingsley Agyemang, says the New Patriotic Party is not opposed to the…
The Ghana Health Service (Ghana Health Service) has confirmed four new cases of Mpox, bringing the national tally to 1,062…
The inability of teaching hospitals to address the equipment gap has led to overdependency and thus affecting the continuous functioning…
Kwabena Mintah akandoh Health Minister Kwabena Mintah Akandoh has called for a fundamental change in how Ghanaians relate to healthcare, arguing…
Health experts, policymakers and regulators have called for a shift toward consumer-led healthcare reforms at Ghana’s inaugural Consumer Health Week…
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has confirmed four new cases of Mpox, bringing the national tally to 1,062 as of April…
President John Dramani Mahama Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama on Wednesday launched the Free Primary Health Care (PHC) program, an…
Jpeg Researchers, government officials, and nutrition practitioners launched a national coordination platform on Wednesday aimed at closing the gap between…
President John Dramani Mahama has said Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) have become the heaviest health burden in Ghana, warning that conditions…
File photo of a patient with Mpox Ghana Health Service (GHS) has confirmed four new cases of Mpox, bringing the…
The Minister of Health, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, has disclosed that Ghana will require at least GH¢1.2 billion each year to…
By: Franklin ASARE-DONKOH The Minister for Health, Mr Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, has clarified that the government’s flagship Free Primary Healthcare…
The Minister for Health, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, says the government’s free primary healthcare policy is aimed at shifting Ghana’s health…
The Minister of Health, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, has indicated that the government will need a minimum of GH₵1.2 billion each…
BACKGROUND On the 26th day of January 2026, a calm Monday morning as I prepared for court, at approximately 7:30…
Sam George Ghana’s Communications Minister has overhauled the government’s approach to enforcing telecoms quality standards, replacing the traditional fines model…
Ghana Meteorological Agency (GMeT) The Ghana Meteorological Agency (GMet) says its newly launched Climate Atlas gives the country the scientific…