The new Covid variant, which goes by the name EG.5 and has also been called Eris, is now the fastest growing Covid-19 subvariant in the US and has been found in more than 50 countries as of 8 August 2023.
The National Department of Health has verified that the first instance of the EG.5 or Eris Covid-19 variant has officially been identified in South Africa.
Surgeons in the United States have announced that a pig kidney they transplanted into the body of a brain-dead human patient has functioned normally for more than a month, a promising sign in the effort to address widespread organ donation needs.
A Gastroenterologist at the Greater Accra Regional Hospital, Dr Sally Afua Bampoh, has called on policymakers to add Hepatitis B and C to the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS).
A team of researchers from the Global Health and Infectious Disease and the Kumasi Collaborative Centre for Research in Tropical Medicine (KCCR) have donated two ventilators worth $30,000 and 13 boxes of hospital consumables to the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Kumasi.
“As a mother with two of my three children living with autism, I can confidently say that when parents and caregivers are empowered with information and understanding, unique challenges associated with raising children with autism become surmountable,” Harriet told the Daily Graphic.
The Executive Director of the National Population Council, Dr Leticia Adelaide Appiah, has called for advocacy directed towards governments and political leaders if reproductive health needs and the challenges associated with it in sub-Saharan Africa are to be addressed.
The Africa HepatoPancreatoBiliary Cancer Consortium (AHPBCC) will hold its second annual scientific conference in Accra, Ghana, later this month.
A medical waste treatment facility has been commissioned at Akrofu-Agorve near Ho in the Volta Region.
The country is experiencing a growing burden of hepatitis infections and mortalities coupled with very low rates of diagnosis, treatment and awareness.
The Volta Region has the lowest number of people fully vaccinated against COVID-19 in Ghana.
The Ahafo Regional Director of Health Service, Dr Samuel Kwabena Boakye-Boateng, has called on the government to provide the necessary infrastructure and logistics for the Goaso Government Hospital to enable it to deliver quality health care to people in the region.
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), in collaboration with the Ghana Health Service (GHS) have initiated a move to re-invigorate the Obstetric Fistula (OF) programme in Ghana.
Some insects suspected to be black flies have invaded some communities in the North Dawhenya Electoral Area of the Greater Accra Region.
Ghana currently has over 5000 registered pharmacists practicing in different fields across the country and with an estimate of 60-70 percent classified as young pharmacists with less than 10 years of practice.
A modern medical waste and treatment plant has been commissioned in Adegya in the Ashanti Region.
Human beings have the right to good physical and mental health including the right to reproductive health.
A total of 4,738 Medicine Counter Assistants (MCA) across the country have written the Ghana Medicine Counter Assistants Certified Examination (GMCACE) instituted by the Pharmacy Council Ghana.
The Vice-Chancellor of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Prof. Rita Akosua Dickson, has allayed the fears of the management of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) that the university will not sever ties with the hospital in the training of health professionals.
18 million doses of first-ever malaria vaccine allocated to 12 African countries for 2023–2025: Gavi, WHO and UNICEF
