World Health Organization (WHO) has issued new guideline to improve treatment of Multidrug Resistant TB (MDR-TB). The guideline recommended a shift to fully oral regimens to treat people with MDR-TB.
1,073 Undertake Maiden Midwifery Online Exams
The nursing students taking their exams at the ICT lab Over one thousand students have undertaken the post NAC/NAP Midwifery online exams organized by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (N&MC)
Three Million Ghanaian Children Miss School Due to Oral Pain
Dr. Paapa Puplampu, Vice President, Ghana Dental Association (second right) and school children demonstrating how to properly brush the teeth with Pepsodent Almost a third of children in Ghana missed
Scabies Takes Over Sunyani Prison
A photograph of a prisoner suffering from scabies INMATES of the Sunyani Medium Prison are suffering from an outbreak of scabies —  a skin infestation that causes itching and rashes—
Psychiatric Hospital Gets Serenity Facility
Dignitaries on tour at the Serenity Place The Accra Psychiatric Hospital has inaugurated a new facility, the Serenity Place, aimed at offering rehabilitation services for patients suffering from addiction. The
Ghana Moves Towards Nutrition Gains
From left: Professor Baffour Agyeman-Duah,Mr Ivan Kent Deputy Director Global Panel on Agriculture and Food Systems for Nutrition, Professor Gyan Baffour,Prof. Matilda Steiner-Aseidu, Professor of Nutrition, University of Ghana and
NHIS Can Get Better With More Contributions And Prompt Payment – NHIS P.R.O
In the wake of complaints about the inefficiency of the National Health Insurance Scheme, (NHIS) the scheme Office in the Bolgatanga Municipal has begun sensitizing its clients on the new
Maternal Deaths Drop In Tamale Hospital
Front view of TTH Maternal mortality rate at the Tamale Teaching Hospital (TTH), which has been high previously at the facility, has witnessed a decline in 2018. The facility recorded
GHS, GES Scale Up GIFTSProgramme
GThe Ghana Health Service (GHS) and the Ghana Education Service (GES) will be scaling up the ‘Girls’ Iron-Folate Tablet Supplementation’ (GIFTS) project to the Greater Accra, Ashanti, Eastern and Central
Rebecca Inspects Korle-Bu Children’s Emergency Unit
First Lady Rebecca Akufo-Addo (middle) on tour of the facility with the Chairman of the KBTH Board, Dr. Okoe Boye (right), and officials of theconstruction company First Lady Rebecca Akufo-Addo
NHIA Makes GH¢100m Annual Savings Estimates
Dr. Lydia Dsane-Selby The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has estimated that it could make a GH¢100 million annually by migrating from manual to electronic-based operations. The NHIA has also
No Neonatal Intensive Care Unit At Cape Coast Teaching Hospital
Front view of the Cape Coast Teaching Hospital The management of maternal and neonatal related complications is increasingly becoming a challenge for authorities at the Cape Coast Teaching Hospital (CCTH)
Keta Gov’t Hospital Needs Urgent Help
Kwaku Agyeman Manu The Keta Government Hospital in the Keta Municipality of the Volta Region is in urgent need of assistance to improve the quality of healthcare service to its