The Ghana National Association of Community Mental Health Officers has called on the Mental Health Authority (MHA) to inaugurate all 261 District Mental Health Sub-committees, to foster mental health care.
Mr David Naboare, the National President of …
Ms Abena Adubea Amoah, the Executive Director of Planned Parenthood Association of Ghana (PPAG), has asked the Government to prioritise the provision of Family Planning (FP) commodities.
She said statistics from the Ghana Health Service (GHS) indicat…
The Dental Department of the Tema General Hospital, in collaboration with the Public Health Unit, has held a free dental screening and sensitisation exercise for the public in commemoration of World Oral Health Day.
The programme was to raise awarene…
Dr. Etienne Krug, Director of the World Health Organization’s Department for Social Determinants of Health, says Ghana should invest more on preventing Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD) rather than focusing solely on cures.
He stated that, while curati…
The Nursing and Midwives Council (N and MC) Governing Board has suspended the implementation of the newly approved fees and charges pending a review.
The decision follows discussions with the relevant stakeholders regarding concerns over the announce…
Dr Damien Punguyire, the Upper West Regional Director of Health Service, has said the region recorded 19 maternal deaths in 2023 as against 16 in 2022.
The proportion of deliveries supervised by qualified health workers also declined from 73 per cent…
The political instability in Burkina-Faso and Mali continues to exert undue stress on the health sector in the Upper West Region, Dr Damien Punguyire, the Upper West Regional Director of Health Services, said on Wednesday.
Available data on the immig…
The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has warned four health facilities in the Upper West Region for charging National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) active members for services covered by the scheme.
The facilities were: the Upper West Regi…
Numo Frederick Tawiah Tetteh Adeyena, a traditional ruler, has appeared before an Accra Circuit Court for allegedly defrauding a Chinese company of GHC360,000.
Numo Adenyena is alleged to have collected the money under the pretext of selling four acr…
Mr Mohammed Ibrahim Adokor, Director, Planning Investment, Community Water and Sanitation Agency (CWAS), has called on the government to enact regulations to ensure safe water consumption in rural areas.
He said a regulator institution would ensure m…