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Accra, July 2 GNA-Mr Charles Adu Boahen, Deputy Minister of Finance has told Parliament that government has set aside GH₵8 million to be paid as the COVID-19 Special Allowance designated for frontline health workers. He said the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Finance are together compiling data and doing the necessary reconciliation to […]
A South Korea-based religious group named the Shincheonji Church of Jesus said that over 4,000 members of the church recovered from COVID-19 are willing to donate plasma for developing a new treatment. The amount of blood will be about $83 billion worth if the 4,000 patients donate 500ml individually, according to the current transaction in […]
Cape Coast, Oct. 04, GNA – The Mental Health Authority (MHA), has expressed worry about the addictive betting practices among sections of the youth, describing it as a mental health disorder that must be given serious attention. It said a person who had an ardent desire to betting was not different from the one addicted […]
Accra, Sept 30, GNA-Members of the National Steering Committee for Aflatoxin Control, has met to review the draft National Policy for Aflatoxin Control in Food and Feed.It is being spearheaded by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research-Science and Technology Policy Research Institute (CSIR-STEPRI) and is expected to guide the country on how to address […]
Pigbengben, (UWR), Sept 28, GNA – The people of Pigbengben in Wa West District are concerned about inability of their pregnant women and children to access timely healthcare services due to lack of a treatment centre.Both patients and other travellers had to trek more than seven kilometres on a bumpy road, either to access healthcare […]
Accra, Sept 26, GNA – Mr Alexander K Abban, a Deputy Minister of Health (MoH) has hinted the Ministry’s intention to set up Health Intelligence Unit to regulate the sale of fake pharmaceutical products. He said the Unit would be a collaboration of the National Security Ministry, Ministry of Finance and the MoH and would […]
Accra, Sept. 26, GNA – Ghana will on September 28, join the global community to commemorate the 13th edition of the World Rabies Day, 2019 under the theme: “Rabies: Vaccinate to Eliminate”.This year’s theme is to highlight the essential role of mass vaccination in rabies elimination.Mr Robert Patrick Ankobiah, Acting Chief Director of the Ministry […]
Accra, Sept. 16, GNA- Registered Midwifery (RM) Candidates from the various training institutions across the country ended their 2019 Online Licensing Examination set by the Nurses and Midwifery Council (NMC) on Monday, September 16. The exams which started on Thursday September 12, 2019, involved 3,502 RM and was held in 44 centres across […]
Bolgatanga, Sept. 5, GNA – The Upper East Regional Director of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), Dr Winfred Ofosu has attributed the high maternal mortality ratio in the Region to lack of ambulances to readily transport expectant mothers to major referral health facilities for management. He said a total of 19 maternal deaths were […]
Bolgatanga, Sept. 5, GNA – The Korean International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) has said strengthened Primary Healthcare depends not only on generating new data but better analysis and use of existing data to identify areas of weakness to develop innovative solutions. “By collecting more and better data on primary health care and using it to […]