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24th January, 2012
The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) has called for the immediate suspension of the National Health Insurance Scheme Capitation Project in the Ashanti Region, for a broader consultation with stakeholders.
A statement signed by Dr Frank Serebour, General Secretary of GMA, copied to the Ghana News Agency (GNA) in Accra, said health facilities and ...
31st January, 2012
The Dean of the University of Ghana Medical School, Professor Yao Tettey, has recommended to government to use a multi-pronged approach to address medical manpower development in the country.
“A ...
4th January, 2012
THE Ghana Red Cross Society has donated some items to the surviving victims of the Senya Beraku Water tanker accident victims at the Winneba Municipal Hospital last Friday.
The items included used ...
20th December, 2011
A team of super-specialist doctors Cardiology and Liver Transplant from the Apollo Hospitals Group in India has visited Ghana to the possibility of working closely with the Ministry of Health towards ...
12th December, 2011
The Eastern Regional Office of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has organised a sensitization training workshop for media personnel on the National Health Insurance Scheme, here.
The ...
12th December, 2011
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs), including diabetes, hypertension, stroke and cancers, have slipped into the top 10 causes of morbidity and mortality in Ghana.
According to the Minister of ...
5th December, 2011
The Health Minister, Mr Joseph Yieleh Chireh, has inaugurated a $250,000 new Research Centre at the University of Ghana to enable scientists conduct research into and share knowledge about infectious ...
25th November, 2011
Health insurance workers have been urged to eschew acts of indiscipline and work hard to attain the goals of the scheme.
Mr. Daniel Amekudzi, Human Resource Manager of the National Health Insurance ...
22nd November, 2011
The National Blood Transfusion Service of the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital yesterday undertook a blood screening exercise in some hospitals in Accra.
At the Maamobi Polyclinic, a massive turnout of ...
4th November, 2011
As part of efforts to reduce infant and maternal mortality in the country, the Government in collaboration with development partners, has provided a total of 231 emergency obstetric care equipment to ...
4th November, 2011
The Trustees of the children’s Heart Foundation a Non-Governmental Organisation in collaboration with Tic Tac (Nana Kweku Okyere) a musician will take care of 200 children with hole in ...
1st November, 2011
The First Lady, Dr Mrs. Ernestina Naadu Mills, has called for zero tolerance of maternal mortality in the country’s health delivery system.
Consequently, she urged districts assemblies to commit ...
20th October, 2011
Queens in the Manya Krobo District have taken steps to reduce maternal mortality and other pregnancy related complications in the area.
They have decided to offer their homes to pregnant women who ...
12th September, 2011
About 95 percent of suicide cases are due to mental disorders, says the Chief Psychiatrist, Dr Akwasi Osei of the Accra Psychiatric hospital.
He mentioned other causes of suicide as abuse of ...
5th September, 2011
An American Philanthropist, Ms. Christiana Adcock, and her sons have donated an ambulance and medical equipment for a hospital complex they built last year for the Church of Christ at Wassa Atieku in ...
2nd September, 2011
The Government has distributed 108 computers and their accessories to all the 17 National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) in the Eastern Region.
The computers worth over GH¢80,000 , were handed ...
2nd September, 2011
The nine-month long “Good Life Campaign” designed to inculcate in Ghanaians the need to practice healthy lifestyles in order to live longer has ended in Accra with a call on Ghanaians to adopt ...
1st September, 2011
A workshop to prepare people for a survey to assess the health situation of women and children in the country was opened here on Tuesday by the Deputy Government Statistician, Dr. Philomena ...
24th August, 2011
The Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital(KATH), in Kumasi has taken delivery of a Radio Frequency Generator donated by a Chinese company.
Shanghai Hengxin Medical Devices Company Limited, manufacturers ...
24th August, 2011
The Public Procurement Authority has conferred an award on the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in recognition of its commendable performances.
The hospital has moved from the “Matured ...
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