HEALTH

GHS pushes for more people to get vaccinated, booster shots

June 23, 2022

The Ghana Health Service is set to embark on a vaccination campaign, hoping to get more people to go for their jabs. The move is also to encourage people to go for their boosters to prevent an escalation of the spread of the coronavirus. Information Citi News gathered from the various health centres visited on Monday, June […]Continue Reading

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245 Covid-19 positive cases recorded in 13 schools – GHS

June 23, 2022

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has announced that 13 schools have so far recorded new cases of the coronavirus. This development has forced the shutdown of some schools and companies, according to the Director-General of the Service, Dr Patrick Kuma-Aboagye. Speaking at a press briefing in Accra on Wednesday, June 22, he said the number […]Continue Reading

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We will partner NHIA to advance advocacy on benefit packages – Okuapehene tells Okoe Boye

June 23, 2022

Paramount Chief and elders of Akuapem Traditional Area in the Eastern Region on Tuesday, June 21, 2022, wholeheartedly welcomed to the palace a high-powered delegation from the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA).  The delegation, led by the NHIA Chief Executive, Dr. Bernard Okoe Boye, paid a courtesy call on Oseadeeyo Kwasi Akuffo III, as part […]Continue Reading

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Pharmacies In Ashaiman Selling Dangerous Drugs To Addicts …As World Drugs Day on Sunday

June 23, 2022

As Ghana joins the world to mark World Drug Day on Sunday, June 26, 2022, The Anchor has established that some unscrupulous pharmaceutical shops in the capital, particularly in the Ashaiman municipality and Maamobi, have been selling dangerous drugs, especially pethidine, to vulnerable users with impunity. The International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking Continue Reading

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42yr-old man appeals for GH¢24K to undergo cervical spine surgery

June 21, 2022

The family of a 42-year-old man needs GH¢24,000 to help their relative undergo surgery to correct a fractured cervical spine. The patient, Seth Affayen, has been admitted at the 37 Military Hospital awaiting financial assistance to undergo the life-saving surgery. Mr. Affayen, a native of Ekumfi Ekumpoano, father of five and taxi driver, developed the […]Continue Reading

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Covid-19 : MPs, Judiciary constitute 0.2% of total population vaccinated – GHS

June 21, 2022

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has revealed that out of the total number of people vaccinated in Ghana, 0.1% are Members of Parliament, whereas 0.1 % are members of the Judiciary. Media practitioners constitute 0.3%, with traders constituting 23.6%. This was revealed by the Municipal Director of Health for Ga West and a member of […]Continue Reading

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Improvement in emergency preparedness is necessary – GMA reacts to death of passenger at KIA

June 20, 2022

General Secretary of the Ghana Medical Association (GMA), Dr Titus Beyuo has said he is not privy to the full facts of the matter regarding the passenger who died at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) after arriving from the United States therefore, he cannot make any pronouncement on the situation. However, he said, improvement in […]Continue Reading

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GMA, GRNMA, GHS and others join forces to push vaccination drive in Ghana

June 20, 2022

Although Ghana has made significant gains in the Covid-19 vaccination drive, administering over 16 million doses nationwide, vaccine hesitancy remains a challenge. It is on the back of this that the  Ghana Medical Association, the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association and the health promotion division of the Ghana Health Service are collaborating with other […]Continue Reading

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GHS records three Covid-19 deaths in two days

June 20, 2022

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has reported three covid-19 related deaths after the country began recording new cases over the past weeks. The three deaths were recorded between June 14 to June 16. GHS has also reported 243 new cases with 14 of the cases being severe and two people in critical condition. Health experts […]Continue Reading

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E/R: Work on €70m, 600 bed Reg’l hospital progressing steadily

June 16, 2022

Work on the 70 million Euro, 600 bed Eastern Regional hospital is progressing steadily. The first phase of 285 bed is 37 percent complete a year into the commencement of work, according to contractors of the project The 36 months first phase according to contractors is on schedule . the hospital set to cover a […]Continue Reading