Distressed parents awaiting the arrival of childhood vaccines to innoculate their babies can give a sigh of relief after the Ghana Health Service and the Ministry of Health received the first consignment of vaccines. This
As part of government's effort to deal with the shortage of some childhood killer disease' vaccines, about $6.4 million has been paid to the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) for supplies. The amount
After the confirmation of two cases of Lassa Fever in Accra, the Ghana Health Service (GHS) has triggered Public Health Emergency Response at all levels to deal with the outbreak. The two cases were confirmed
A delegation from Wongpanit Pathong Company Limited, a leading Thailand and global waste management company, has called on the Minister of Sanitation and Water Resources, Mrs Cecilia Abena Dapaah, in Accra. The meeting, which
During a Press Conference organized by the Advocating for Health (A4H) Coalition, led by the University of Ghana in partnership with civil society organizations, the speakers explained that the taxation of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) is
The Advocating for Health (A4H) Coalition has said the true economic and health costs of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) as staggering. The group, comprising academics from five public universities in Ghana (led by the University of
The Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) has destroyed 50,000 Kilogrammes or 50 tonnes of marijuana at the Bundase Military Camp in the Greater Accra Region, worth Fifty Million Ghana Cedis (50,000,000). The two-day destruction exercise
Members of the Korle Bu Doctors Association (KOSA) have suspended their planned 13th-month salary areas strike action which was to commence today, February 6 to February 10. The decision was arrived at following an agreed
SEND Ghana, a subsidiary of SEND Foundation West Africa, has appealed to the government to remain committed to its word to establish a Public Health Emergency Fund (PHEF) as indicated in the 2022-2025 National Medium
Do not Relent, Get it Done to Promote, Protect and Guarantee the Health of Ghanaians, as Health Costs and Deaths Linked to Diet-Related Non-Communicable Diseases Mount. “In this world, nothing is certain but death and
