The Minister for Health, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, has revealed that the government requires approximately GH₵140 million to fully operationalise the Bokoro Agenda 111 Hospital in the Ahanta West Municipality of the Western Region.
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Medical laboratory professionals play an indispensable role in health care, providing crucial diagnostic services that guide patient treatment and disease prevention.
Dr Frank Owusu Sekyere, the Acting Chief Executive Officer of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH), has issued a stern warning against the theft of critical medical equipment at the facility.
The inaugural Pan-African Cardiothoracic Surgery Summit has concluded with key recommendations aimed at making heart surgery more affordable and accessible in Africa.
The Ghana Programme of World Child Cancer, a not-for-profit organisation has organised an outreach at the Kaneshie Market in Accra to mark International Childhood Cancer Day.
The President of the Private Health Facilities Association of Ghana (PHFAOG), Dr Kwame Buabeng-Frimpong, has called for the development of a comprehensive national AI strategy to revolutionise medical diagnosis and treatment in the country.
The FDI World Dental Federation has announced Dr Louisa Ansong-Satekla, Ghana’s celebrated dental surgeon and public health advocate, as its Global Ambassador for an unprecedented fourth consecutive year, ahead of the 2025 World Oral Health Day (WOHD) campaign.
Former NDC Member of Parliament for Ho Central, Benjamin Komla Kpodo, has donated a consignment of medical equipment worth GH₵299,456 to the Ho Municipal Directorate of Health, for onward distribution to eight health facilities in the area.
A Pediatrician at the Bolgatanga Regional Hospital, Dr Bertha Volematome Gibil, has underscored the need for children to be given chocolate and other cocoa products to improve their health.
A Chinese team discovered a new bat coronavirus that poses a risk of animal-to-human transmission as it uses the same human receptor as the COVID-19 virus, a Hong Kong daily reported on Thursday, citing the latest study.
The study was led by Shi Zhengli – a leading virologist known as the “batwoman” due to her extensive research on bat coronaviruses – at the Guangzhou Laboratory along with researchers from the Guangzhou Academy of Sciences, Wuhan University and the Wuhan Institute of Virology.
An Indian pharmaceutical company is manufacturing unlicensed, highly addictive opioids and exporting them illegally to West Africa where they are driving a major public health crisis in countries including Ghana, Nigeria, and Cote D'Ivoire, a BBC Eye investigation has revealed.
Aveo Pharmaceuticals, based in Mumbai, makes a range of pills that go under different brand names and are packaged to look like legitimate medicines. But all contain the same harmful mix of ingredients: tapentadol, a powerful opioid, and carisoprodol, a muscle relaxant so addictive it's banned in Europe.
A team of researchers from the Research Group STOP NCD has issued a dire warning about the escalating threat of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) in Ghana, urging the government to dedicate special funding to tackle the menace.
Ghana is poised to host the inaugural Pan-African Cardiothoracic Surgery Summit, a groundbreaking event aimed at strengthening the continent’s medical expertise in tackling cardiovascular diseases.
Ghana joined the rest of the world to celebrate World Pulses Day last Monday with a forum on the theme “Bringing Diversity to Agrifood Systems”.
The Ghana Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists (GAMLS) has issued an urgent health risk warning following the confirmation of cholera outbreak in the Central Region and some parts of the country.
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The Minister of Health, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, and the Acting Director-General of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), Prof. Samuel Kaba Akoriyea, have visited Wa in the Upper West Region to assess the ongoing meningitis outbreak and offer support to local efforts.
Flour Mills of Ghana Limited (FMGL), producers of Sankofa flour and feeds, has donated medical equipment and supplies to the newly constructed Children’s Ward of the Tema Polyclinic to enhance healthcare delivery.
The prevention and controlling of Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD) are crucial to ending extreme poverty in the country in the next two decades, the Volta Regional Director of Health, Dr Chrysantus Kubio, has said.
