Health

Auto World Hands Over 345 Vehicles To MOH To Assist In Health Delivery
11th May, 2010
The Ministry of Health (MOH), has taken delivery of 345 vehicles, valued at 7.3 million dollars, to assist in the health delivery of people in deprived communities. The vehicles, which were ...
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Medical Institutions Urged To Be Innovative
10th May, 2010
THE Minister of Health, Dr Benjamin Kunbuor, has challenged medical training institutions such as the University for Development Studies (UDS) to develop innovative ways to deal with health ...
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GHC481,000 To Aid Cured Lepers In Ghana
3rd May, 2010
CURED Lepers in Leprosaria in the country will soon heave a sigh of relief as government has allocated GH¢481,000 in this year’s District Assemblies Common Fund (DACF) for their ...
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Sensitize The People To Register With NHIS - DCE
2nd May, 2010
The Asikuma-Odoben-Brakwa (AOB) District Chief Executive, Mrs. Georgina Nkrumah Aboah, has called on chiefs in the area to sensitized their people to register with the National Health Insurance Scheme ...
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Peer Educators Workshop On HIV/AIDS Ends In Accra
30th April, 2010
A three-day Peer Educators workshop on HIV/AIDS, organized by the Ghana Employers Association (GEA), in collaboration with the Ghana Health Service, ended in Accra at the weekend. It was meant to ...
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40,000 Ghanaians Died Of Malaria In 2000 - Doctor
28th April, 2010
Dr Constance Bart-Plange, the Programme Manager of the National Malaria Control Programme has said that a survey conducted in the country in 2000 showed that 40,000 people died of the disease. She ...
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Intensify H1N1 Flu Education - Presiding Member
20th April, 2010
Mr. Emmanuel Kandoh, Presiding Member of the Chereponi District Assembly on Friday appealed to the Ministry of Health and the Ghana Health Service (GHS) to intensify education on the H1N1 influenza to ...
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Govt Studies Options For One-Time NHIS - Veep
19th April, 2010
Vice President John Dramani Mahama has announced that the actuarial studies on how to implement the one-time payment of premium for the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) is ready. Government ...
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Ashaiman Municipal Assembly Takes Steps To Combat Drug Peddling
16th April, 2010
The Ashaiman Municipal Assembly (ASHMA) is to collaborate with the Food and Drugs Board to address the problem of drug peddling on commercial vehicles and markets in the Ashaiman municipality. Numo ...
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Accra Psychiatric Hospital To Be Decongested
15th April, 2010
The Accra Psychiatric Hospital is to be decongested with the relocation of some of the inmates to Pantang and Ankaful Psychiatric Hospitals in the Greater Accra and Central Region respectively. The ...
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ECOBANK Helps Equip Ridge Hospital
15th April, 2010
The Management if Ecobank Limited on Monday, presented hospital equipment (patients monitor) to the Ridge Hospital in Accra. The monitor is used to assess or monitor patient’s saturation blood ...
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No Maternal Death At KNUST Hospital In 3 Years
13th April, 2010
Kwadwo B. Donkor, Kumasi.   The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) Hospital in Kumasi, has for the past three years recorded no case of maternal death.   That feat, ...
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Only 4 Cases Of H1n1 In Ashanti So Far
13th April, 2010
The Ashanti Regional Health directorate says it has so far recorded four (4) cases of the pandemic influenza H1N12009, popularly known as the swine flu, since its outbreak last year. It said the ...
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VR GRNA To Construct Training School Through Fund Raising
10th April, 2010
The Volta Regional Branch of the Ghana Registered Nurses Association (GRNA) is to raise funds to construct a Nursing Training School to reduce the burden on facilities at the community nursing and ...
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Hepatitis B, Major Challenge To Health In Upper West
9th April, 2010
A Clinical Study conducted by the Cuban Medical Brigade showed that Hepatitis B is a major challenge to health care delivery services in the Upper West Region. The study conducted at the Jirapa and ...
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Kumbuor Commends Nandom Youth Forum
9th April, 2010
THE Minister of Health, Dr Benjamin Kumbour, has commended members of the Nandom Youth Forum, a local NGO, for mobilizing resources to cater for the health needs of the people of Nandom and its ...
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Waving Of Handkerchief In Church Could Spread The H1N1 Flu - Doctor
9th April, 2010
Waving of handkerchiefs at church could spread H1N1 Flu Dr. Joseph Nuertey, Cape Coast Metropolitan Director of Health Services has appealed to the public to take practical steps to curtail the ...
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Ghana Celebrates World Health Day
8th April, 2010
Ghana yesterday joined the rest of the world to mark World Health Day which was instituted by the World Health Organisation in 1948. The day is set aside annually to draw attention to global health ...
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Methodist Church Organises Free Medical Screening
7th April, 2010
A free Medical Screening has been organised by the Methodist Church Ghana lay movement Council at Krokoshwe a district in Ga South as part of their Social responsibilities. The Superintendent ...
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NADMO Alerts Of Swine Flu Pandemic
7th April, 2010
The National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) and the Ghana Health Service, in conjunction with the Ministry of Health have warned of a threat of possible outbreak of Influenza H1N1 (Swine ...
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