The Mental Health Authority (MHA) has asked educational institutions to include mental health education in their curriculum.That, it said would help provide support systems to prevent discrimination against individuals who may experience any form of mental health disorders.Dr Caroline...
The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), for the Ga East Municipal Assembly (GEMA), Mrs Elizabeth Kaakie Mann, has appealed to leaders and residents of Akporman and Boi to coexist peacefully to facilitate the development of both communities.She said it was...
About 500 people in Funsi and surrounding communities in the Wa East District have benefited from free eye screening from Bliss Eye Care, a private eye clinic in Wa.The people who attended the screening were either given medications or...
Fourteen new babies were born at the Sunyani Regional Hospital between December 24 and 25, Madam Ernestina Kuubeyangadaa, the Midwife in-charge at the Maternity ward has said.She said though six of the babies were born through Cesarean Section (CS),...
The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) in collaboration with the National Service Secretariat is embarking on an exercise to educate food vendors on hygiene and best practices ahead of the festive season, Mr Rodrick Daddey-Agyei, Deputy Chief Executive Officer...
Dr John Tampuori, Chief Executive Officer of the Ho Teaching Hospital has said that the hospital would continue to improve on services and expected to render sterling delivery going into the next year.
He said there would be provision of...
The Rare Disease Ghana Initiative (RDGI), a Non-Governmental Organisation, has launched the Ghana Rare Disease Family Network with a call on policymakers to prioritise healthcare support for people living with those diseases.
Rare diseases include genetic and metabolic disorders, with...
AngloGold Ashanti Health Foundation (AGAHF) has commissioned the first and well-equipped Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) in the Obuasi area, at the cost of GH660,000. Dr Kojo Anim, the Executive Director of AGAHF announced plans to establish the unit...
Transformation 108 Foundation, an international non-government organisation, has presented medical devices and equipment to the Dumasua Health Centre in the Sunyani West Municipality.They include delivery beds, vaccine storage refrigerator, chest table, several mackintosh aprons and elbow utility gloves, Davon...
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has declared Wednesday 14 to Sunday 18 December 2022 as National COVID-19 Vaccination Days (NVD) to increase the uptake of the vaccine during the yuletide.
The upcoming NVD campaign, the fifth of its kind, is...