NGO provides medical equipment to Obuasi health facilities
NGO provides medical equipment to Obuasi health facilities

Fifty 50 Club donates medical equipment to Obuasi health facilities

The Obuasi Municipal Health Director, Madam Yaa Manu, has commended the Fifty 50 Club, a Non-Governmental Organisation, for its continuous support towards quality healthcare delivery in Obuasi and neighbouring districts.

Zipline seals deal with Rwanda to provide instant logistics
Zipline seals deal with Rwanda to provide instant logistics

Rwanda: Zipline announces new deal to provide entire country with instant logistics

Zipline, the global leader in instant logistics and deliveries, has announced a new partnership with the government of Rwanda that aims to complete nearly two million instant deliveries and fly more than 200 million autonomous kilometres in Rwanda by 2029.

8th GoG/UNFPA Country Programme starts January 2023 - Partners hold planning meeting
Dr, Doris Mawuse Aglobitse. gender team Lead at UNFPA speaking at the opening of the review and planning meeting

8th GoG/UNFPA Country Programme starts January 2023 - Partners hold planning meeting

Implementing partners of the Government of Ghana (GOG) and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Country Programme (CP) have been urged to develop innovative interventions which prioritise the needs of the vulnerable.

The writer
The writer

Why is yawning contagious?

Have you ever yawned at the sight of or upon hearing another person yawn, even over the phone?

Pharmacy Council rolls out National Electronic Pharmacy Electronic Platform
Pharmacy Council rolls out National Electronic Pharmacy Electronic Platform

Pharmacy Council rolls out National Electronic Pharmacy Electronic Platform

The Ghana Pharmacy Council has held a stakeholder engagement session with members of the Private Health Insurance Association of Ghana as part of the rollout plans of the National Electronic Pharmacy Platform (NePP).

Child marriage harmful to girls - Adolescent forum participants
Child marriage harmful to girls - Adolescent forum participants

Child marriage harmful to girls - Adolescent forum participants

Abby (not her real name) counts herself lucky that she was saved from child marriage. A victim of a harmful tradition in her community that allows men to abduct any woman of their choice and marry them, Abby is now an ambassador against child marriage.

Sakumono Village fishermen get free eyecare on Farmers’ Day
Sakumono Village fishermen get free eyecare on Farmers’ Day

Sakumono Village fishermen get free eyecare on Farmers’ Day

VisionSpring, a not-for-profit organisation that provides free provides primary eye-care services has organized a free screening exercise in collaboration with the 2022 MBA Marketing graduating class of the University of Ghana Business School and Lotus Optical Centre for the fishermen of the Sakumono village.

 Adolescents demand at an end to child marriage
Adolescents demand at an end to child marriage

Adolescents demand at an end to child marriage

Taiba Yahaya got married soon after completing her Senior High School (SHS) in Walewale, in the Upper East Region.

Ghana Health Awards and Honors launched
Ghana Health Awards and Honors launched

Ghana Health Awards and Honors launched

Akoma Productions on Wednesday, November 30, 2022, launched the maiden edition of the Ghana Health Awards and Honors.

An early yaws case
A late yaws lesion

Galamsey activities increasing buruli ulcer, yaws cases

Intense illegal mining activities, otherwise known as galamsey, going on in various parts of the country are increasing cases of buruli ulcer and yaws, the National Buruli Ulcer Control and Yaws Eradication (NBUCYEP) Programme Manager, Dr Nana Konama Kotey, has disclosed.

Dr Bernard Okoe-Boye — CEO of the NHIA
Dr Bernard Okoe-Boye — CEO of the NHIA

Accreditation of health facilities engaged in co-payments to be revoked - Dr Okoe-Boye

Health facilities engaged in co-payment, that is, charging active members of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) for services rendered, will lose their accreditation, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), Dr Bernard Okoe-Boye, has said.

Zipline services positively impacting health delivery in the Volta Region
Zipline services positively impacting health delivery in the Volta Region

Zipline services positively impacting health delivery in the Volta Region

Healthcare professionals in the Volta Region, specifically the Central Tongu district, have recounted the positive impact the services of Zipline has had on healthcare delivery.

Prof Agyeman Badu Akosa— Former Director-General, GHS
Prof Agyeman Badu Akosa— Former Director-General, GHS

Collaborate with farmers : Prof. Akosa urges doctors

A former Director-General of the Ghana Health Service (GHS) — Prof. Agyeman Badu Akosa, has called on physicians to collaborate with farmer groups to educate farmers on the harmful effects of the pesticides and herbicides they apply in the food production chain.

Justin Quarshie (left), Data Specialist, delivering his presentation at the technical session
Justin Quarshie (left), Data Specialist, delivering his presentation at the technical session

GHS to undertake survey on COVID-19 vaccination

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) is to undertake a coverage survey in 43 districts in Greater Accra, Greater Kumasi and two constituencies in the Central Region to know the actual number of people who have been vaccinated against COVID-19.

We must address the inequalities holding back Ghana’s AIDS response - HFFG
We must address the inequalities holding back Ghana’s AIDS response - HFFG

We must address the inequalities holding back Ghana’s AIDS response - HFFG

World AIDS Day (WAD) is commemorated every year on December 1, to rally support for people living with and affected by HIV and to remember those who have lost their lives to AIDS. It is also used to educate and raise awareness on the need to prevent HIV infection, and end HIV-related stigma and discrimination.

A waiver of tax on sanitary pads will help address the needs of girls, especially those in deprived communities
A waiver of tax on sanitary pads will help address the needs of girls, especially those in deprived communities

Making sanitary pad accessible, affordable: Tax waiver crucial

I was heading home after work and decided to pass by one of the shops in my neighbourhood to purchase a sanitary pad as the month was closing in soon.

TikTok star Hagar Brobbey donates sanitary pads to students
TikTok star Hagar Brobbey donates sanitary pads to students

TikTok star Hagar Brobbey donates sanitary pads to students

TikTok star Hagar Brobbey has donated sanitary pads to female students of 'Odumase MA Primary School' at Amasaman; a suburb of the Greater Accra Region.

File photo
File photo

African experts discuss continent's capacity to manufacture medicines

Experts from the pharmaceutical manufacturing sector on the continent have gathered in Accra to discuss ways by which Africa can strengthen its capacity to produce its own medicines.

 A staff member of UNFPA  sensitising some market women to the benefits of using condoms
A staff member of UNFPA sensitising some market women to the benefits of using condoms

NGO creates awareness of AIDS : Distributes condoms to public

The Executive Director of Hope for Future Generations (HFFG), a non-governmental organisation, Cecilia Senoo, has stated that consistent education and sensitisation is the only way to achieve a generation free from HIV infections.

Oti Region: Zipline’s intervention improves access to critical medicines
Oti Region: Zipline’s intervention improves access to critical medicines

Oti Region: Zipline’s intervention improves access to critical medicines

The Krachi West Municipal Director of Health Service, Mr. Victor Ahiaba, has noted that access to medical commodities within the Oti region, particularly the riverine communities of the Krachi West municipality has tremendously improved since the start of Zipline's operations.

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