International Childhood Cancer Day (ICCD) is a global collaborative campaign celebrated every year on February 15.

health screening conducted on 1,000 women by the Holy Child Family Hospital in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis has revealed that 30 per cent of them have pre cancer symptoms.

The 2023 Cervical Cancer Awareness campaign to increase women’s understanding of the importance of regular cervical screening has been launched in Accra.

Ghana has recorded four deaths, with 116 confirmed cases of the monkeypox disease in 14 of the 16 regions as of the close of 2022.

Zipline has commissioned another facility in Nigeria to support the Cross River State government in delivering on its mandate to improve access to universal health coverage for all.

In places, where Tuberculosis (TB) is very prevalent, the chance is that many people have tuberculosis without actually knowing.

A centre to bridge the gap between the African health sector and health specialists around the world was on Thursday inaugurated in Accra.

It is veracious that priapism is not a common occurrence; yet when it occurs, it causes persistent erection of the penis leading to pain and worry. What then is priapism?

Fifteen out of 30 patients with kidney failure conditions at the Bolgatanga Regional Hospital passed away last year, a Physician Specialist at the hospital, Dr Emmanuel Akatibo, has disclosed.

This is the concluding part of the year in retrospect. The first part was published on Monday, January 16, 2023.

In 2022, the health sector saw a number of interventions and initiatives, both from the public and private sector, towards building a healthy population, one of the pillars of sustainable socio-economic development.

The Vice-President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has refurbished two health facilities in the West Mamprusi Municipality in the North East Region to improve healthcare services in the area.

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has charged 60 newly appointed District Directors of Health Service (DDHS) to strive to improve quality and access to healthcare services at the primary care level.

The Global Fund has allocated $234 million to Ghana to enhance the fight against HIV/ AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria from 2023 to 2025.

The timeline for the completion of the patients and relatives hostel facility for the Komfo Anokye Teaching (KATH) in Kumasi has been shifted from 2022 to the first quarter of this year.

According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), even though Malaria is a preventable and treatable disease, it continues to have a devastating impact on the health and livelihood of people around the world.

The Ministry of Health has hosted a roundtable discussion with global aerial logistics company, Zipline and other global health partners to discuss growth developments in the health sector and to advance aerial logistics integration in Ghana.

Some residents of Juapong in the North Tongu Constituency of the Volta Region received free medical screening for various health conditions during the Christmas festivities courtesy of the Cuban Embassy and their Member of Parliament, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa.

The Paramount Chief of the Effutu Traditional Area, Neenyi Ghartey VII has donated some items worth GHS11,300 to four institutions in the Effutu Municipality in the Central Region.

GIZ, a German development agency, together with its partners under its Comprehensive Pandemic Management for employees, families and communities, has organised an HIV/AIDS and COVID-19 screening for about 1,186 people at five different locations in three regions as part of this year’s World AIDS Day.

The Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Ghana have signed a $12million grant agreement for the implementation of a holistic primary healthcare delivery project in two regions.