Media engagement on vaccines uptake in Ghana held in Accra
By: Michael Kofi Kenetey and Gloria Edinam Atiase. Statistics from the Ghana Health Service, GHS, indicate that a little over 27 point nine million doses of COVID-19 vaccines were administered in the country as at November 2023. Out of the number, Astra Zeneca was the most administered vaccine with the figure of a little over […]
Minority demands immediate exemption of health facilities from unscheduled load shedding
Source: GNA The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Parliamentary Minority has demanded the immediate exemption of health facilities from the current unannounced electricity load shedding exercises. Mr Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, the Ranking Member on the Parliamentary Select Committee on Health, and NDC Member of Parliament for Juaboso, in a statement copied to the Ghana News Agency […]
Brain Drain: 3,688 health personnel have left Ghana to seek greener pastures- Ghana Health Service
By: Jeremiah Nutsugah. The Ghana Health Service has revealed that a total of 3,688 health personnel have left the country to seek greener pastures within the last three years.The Ghana Health Service says the figure comprises professional and critical caregivers. Some health professionals leaving the country have cited poor working conditions in Ghana as the […]
More than 70,000 people in Ashanti Region estimated to be living with HIV
About 72,000 people in the Ashanti Region are estimated to be living with HIV. Out of the number, only about 26,000 are currently on Anti-Retroviral, ARV medication at health facilities, leaving a gap of 46,421 who cannot be accounted for in terms of anti-retroviral uptake. These are people who either do not know their status […]
Ghana Health Service begins 7th National Covid-19 vaccination
The Ghana Health Service (GHS), is beginning its 7th National COVID-19 Vaccination Days (NaCVAD-7) from Wednesday, July 19, to Sunday, July 23, 2023, aiming to immunise about one million persons. According to the Service, 10 million people out of the more than 30 million persons in the country have fully received the vaccines, with the […]
Ghana lifts COVID-19 restrictions, testing at all entry points
By Seli Baisie Ghana has announced the lifting of all COVID-19 restrictions at entry points across the country, starting today, May 20, 2023. The decision was made following the World Health Organisation’s declaration on May 5, 2023, that COVID-19 is no longer a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. As a result, pre-departure testing and […]
Accra: GHS inaugurates audit committees
By Hummu-Kulssum Abdulai Captured in the 2021 Auditor General’s report are over one billion financial irregularities. Majority of these were said to be from institutions in the health sector. The Director General of the Internal Audit Agency, Dr. Eric Oduro Osae says most of these were avoidable. To support managers of the various health centres […]
Ghana Health Service pushes agenda to strengthen Primary Healthcare
The Council Chairman of the Ghana Health Service, GHS, Dr. Sefah Sarpong Bediakoh has called for the strengthening of primary healthcare coverage throughout the country. According to him, it will be difficult for Ghana to achieve Universal Health Coverage if priority is not given to primary healthcare, particularly in the rural communities. Dr. Sefah Sarpong […]
MOH bemoans increasing cases of diabetes
By: Elliot Awuku Director of External Health Operations at the Ministry of Health, Dr. Hafez Adam Tahen has bemoaned the increasing cases of diabetes as a result of Cardiovascular disease (CVD) thereby risking the country’s workforce. He said that the most threatening is the effect of the changing demographic; from the older generation to the […]
No Lassa Fever in Ghana- Ghana Health Service
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) last month declared Ghana free of the Lassa fever outbreak recorded in the country. The Director of Public Health at the GHS, Dr Franklin Asiedu-Bekoe told the GNA that the disease had been contained as no new cases had been reported over the past 28 days. The GHS data has […]
