Malaria cash missing
Some stakeholders have called for a separate account to keep the malaria control component of the District Assembly Common Fund (DACF) to prevent diversion. This...
Category : Health
Nurses and midwives give gov’t ultimatum to address their concerns
The National Executives of the Ghana Registered Nurses’ and Midwives Association has given government and other stakeholders in the health sector an ultimatum to address...
OBUASI NHIS EXCEEDS TARGET
About 87,000 people as against 82,000 expected people were registered or enrolled unto Health Insurance Scheme in the Obuasi Municipality in 2015. The Regional Director...
Airtel Ghana’s Employees Raise Funds In Support Of Breast Cancer Awareness
Employees of Airtel – the Smartphone network – are championing a series of activities to raise funds in support of breast cancer awareness as the...
A.G.A. SAFETY BRIEF: SEAT BELTS SAVES LIVES
As a driver, especially when behind the wheel, your actions will affect you, others in the car, and anyone else who happens to be on...
More than 500 benefit from free eye screening
By Gifty Amofa/Rachel Osei Fosuah, GNA Kumasi, Oct 13, GNA – In excess of 500 people have benefitted from a free eye screening exercise organized...
Ghana commemorate World Sight Day
By Christabel Addo/ Racheal Dwamena, GNA Accra, Oct. 13, GNA – Ghana’s prevalence of blindness has been estimated at 0.74 per cent, which translates into...
Legislation Instrument on Tobacco Control laid in Parliament
By Ken Sackey/Benjamin Mensah, GNA Accra, Oct 13, GNA – The Government has laid before Parliament a Legislative Instrument (LI) aimed at regulating activities of...
Health policies must be underpinned by research – BIRD
The Bureau of Integrated Rural Development (BIRD), Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), has called for deliberate effort to make research a key...
Workshop on hygiene and sanitation for school coordinators ends
By Morkporkpor Anku, GNA Accra, Sept 30. GNA – A two-day workshop on Water the management of Sanitation and Hygiene facilities, operations and education programmes...
Let’s give more attention to reproductive health – NGO
By Stephen Asante, GNA Kumasi, Sept 30, GNA – Muslim Family Counselling Services, an NGO, has called for increased public education on reproductive health to...
Specialized care provider advocates law to promote well-being of aged
A Kumasi-based specialized care group is advocating a law to promote and safeguard the well-being of the aged in society. Guardians of Gray Masters Foundation...
Mental health: Ghana is sitting on a time bomb – Akwasi Osei
Chief Executive of the Mental Health Authority, Dr. Akwasi Osei says Ghana is sitting on a time bomb if the deplorable situation at the country’s...
Atuguba deplores working conditions for judges; wants salaries increased
Supreme Court judge, Justice William Atuguba has deplored what he said is the poor working conditions of members of the bench. The judge, famed for...
Accra Psychiatric Hospital Rejects New Patients
The Accra Psychiatric Hospital has suspended admissions for new cases, Starr News has learnt. The hospital has also stopped operations at its Outpatient department. This...
Patients In Danger – GHOSPA Warns Gov’t
Former President of the Government and Hospital Pharmacists Association (GHOSPA), Stephen Corquaye, has described as suicidal the directive by government to use hospital staff as...