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Medical & Health
CHAG calls for adoption of SafeCare’s quality improvement programme in Ghana
Accra: The Christian Health Association of Ghana (CHAG) has called on the Government to scale up and institutionalise the SafeCare’s quality improvement programme in Ghana’s health delivery system to ensure effective standards for measuring quality he…
Tema Metro records 783 new HIV infections in 2023
Accra: The Tema Metropolitan Health Directorate (TMHD) recorded 783 new Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infections in 2023, an increase over the 603 recorded in 2022.
Ms Joana Anorkor Lartey, the Tuberculosis and HIV Coordinator of the Directorate…
Environmental health officer pushes for accelerated open defecation-free status
Accra: Mr Prince Osei Kissi, the Eastern Regional Director, Environmental Health and Sanitation Department, has highlighted the importance of working together to promote the Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) approach to creating accelerated open d…
Asante-Akim Central: 312 teenage pregnancies recorded in 2023
Accra: Health facilities in Asante-Akim Central Municipality recorded a total of 312 teenage pregnancies, data at the Municipal Health Directorate, has revealed.
Out of 2,777 pregnant women who visited the facilities for antenatal care, 306 of were b…
Ho Teaching Hospital gets 3rd incubator from Kokrokoo Charities Foundation
The Kokrokoo Charities Foundation, an NGO, under its ‘Project 100’ initiative, has donated a third incubator to the Paediatrics and Child Health Department of the Ho Teaching Hospital in the Volta Region.
This adds to two previous incubators given to…
Kpone-Katamanso Health Directorate holds 2023 Annual Performance Review
The Kpone-Katamanso Municipal Health Directorate has reviewed its 2023 performance scorecards to assess its improvement or otherwise in service delivery in the year under review.
Dr Esther Priscilla Biamah-Danquah, the Municipal Health Director, in a…
Chief of Sefwi-Bodi registers 1000 children onto NHIS
Nana Akwasi Ofori Ababio, the Chief of Sefwi-Bodi, has registered 1000 children (17 years and below) onto the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) to facilitate their access to quality healthcare.
This is to help give some relief to parents who co…
Hohoe Unique Lions Club organises blood donation campaign
The Hohoe Unique Lions Club has held a blood donation exercise at Hohoe in the Volta Region to collect 200 pints of blood to restock the Regional Hospital’s blood bank.
It was held in partnership with the Tema Supreme Lions Club, Tema Supreme Leo Clu…
West Africa Institute for Special Surgery opens at Pantang
The West Africa Institute for Special Surgery (WAISS) has officially opened a facility at Pantang.
The commissioning of the facility was done with the unveiling of a logo that will inspire the delivery of excellent healthcare services to the populace…
Vaccine Uptake: Media practitioners urged to support advocacy
Dr Charity Binka, Executive Director, African Media and Malaria Research Network (AMMREN), has called on media practitioners to support efforts in advocating patronage of vaccine in the country.
She urged them to encourage the citizenry to take the r…