The Ear, Nose and Throat Nurses Society, Ghana (ENT) has called for the inclusion of its members in the government's free primary healthcare policy.
The UK says it will establish a national AI Biosecurity Lab (AIBL) to help strengthen its defences against emerging biological threats.
As part of Wednesday's Budget, the government will commit £100m to establishing the new, "world first" institute with the support of leading AI firms.
The Ablekuma West Municipal Assembly is to revive a stalled maternity block at the Dansoman Polyclinic and expand it into a specialised children’s hospital, with completion expected within 12 months after work resumes.
The Minister of Health, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, has called for a fundamental shift in global health governance towards country-led health systems supported by domestic financing and shared leadership.
The Ministry of Health, with its relevant agencies and partners, has announced enhanced surveillance and response measures following neigbouring Nigeria's confirmation of an Ebola case after earlier outbreaks in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya.
In a statement issued on October 22 and signed by Minister of Health, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, the Ministry said that on October 6, Kenyan authorities reported an imported case of Ebola caused by the Bundibugyo virus from the DRC.
A clinical trial has been launched in the UK which scientists hope could cut years from the search for new treatments for Alzheimer's disease.
It will test multiple drugs simultaneously, starting with two repurposed medicines already used to treat type 2 diabetes and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
Nigeria has recorded a case of Ebola in a female patient who travelled from Uganda in East Africa to Abuja, the capital of the West African state.
The Ghana Export and Import Bank (GEXIM) Ladies and Men Associations on Tuesday presented medical items costing about GH¢200,000 to the Paediatric Oncology Unit of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra.
Every October, breast cancer campaigners repeat the same message: the disease is treatable when caught early, but fear, stigma and misinformation keep many women away from hospitals until it is too late.
The Deputy Minister of Health, Dr Grace Ayensu-Danquah has said targeted interventions have helped the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Kumasi for instance to reduce maternal deaths by 30 per cent in recent months.
Over 200 residents of Techiman, including students, men and women, have benefited from a free health screening exercise organised by the KGL Foundation to promote early detection and preventive healthcare during Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
When vaping first took off at Gracey Mungulu's school, she was vocal about the fact she found it as repulsive as smoking.
"I literally used to tell people like, 'Er, why are you doing that?'" she says.
But Gracey says the habit became so common among her classmates that by the age of 16 she too had taken it up, even though the first time left her coughing rather than inhaling.
It identified Covid-19. Now this genetic technique is helping doctors to make life-or-death decisions.
In late December 2019, a team of virologists from three major Chinese cities began analysing swabs taken from patients hospitalised with mysterious cases of severe pneumonia.
All had been present at the Huanan Seafood Market, Wuhan, before rapidly falling unwell. But when the virologists ran the samples, they drew a blank: the genetic material did not match any previously discovered pathogen.
The Ghana Health Service has started a Yellow Fever Reactive Vaccination Campaign in the Wa West, Sissala East, and Sissala West districts of the Upper West Region.
The exercise which commenced on Wednesday, October 14, and expected to end on Sunday, October 18, 2026.
World Heart Day, marked on September 29, on the theme “Don’t Miss a Beat”, challenges Ghana to prevent heart failure before symptoms appear.
In the wake of the many stories of spousal violence and murder that we continue to hear, both nationally and globally, there is a lesson we cannot afford to ignore: marriages rarely collapse overnight.
Although rare, cancer is the leading cause of death from disease among children under 15 in the UK - yet just under a third of parents say they feel confident recognising the symptoms.
The United States is engaging Ghana to review the health compact agreement that was previously rejected by the Ghana government, President John Dramani Mahama has disclosed.
The current data from the Ghana Health Service (GHS) shows that 254,412 people across Ghana are blind.
The Minister of Health, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, has assured the public that the yellow fever situation in the country is under control, urging residents to remain calm and rely on official information as health authorities intensify surveillance and vaccination efforts.
