Coffee vs. Tea: Is One Better for Your Health?
A hot cup of coffee can perk you up in the morning. A soothing cup of tea can help you relax after a stressful day. And the latest research about the health benefits of...
37 Military Hospital runs out of blood
The recent gas explosion near the Trade Fair Centre at La in Accra, which resulted in the death of 11 people and injury to more than 40 others, has caused shortage of blood at...
GHS’s report on leprosy challenged
The Lepers Aid Committee is challenging the Ghana Health Service’s assertion that leprosy has been eradicated from Ghana.
The Service’s report indicates that infections have reduced drastically but the survey conducted by the Lepers Aid...
Nduom starts ambulance service in Ghana
GN Health Insurance Company Ltd, one of the 75 companies of Groupe Nduom has begun operating Ambulance Services in Ghana.
It is expected to among other tasks offer emergency medical service and administer emergency care...
Two ‘medical doctors’ die in Upper East
Two of the four babies born in a day to a poverty-stricken couple and named after four celebrated doctors at the Upper East Regional Hospital have been reported dead.
The quadruplets- three boys and a...
CARTOON OF THE DAY: The ‘allawa’ is in
Government has started paying trainee nurses some form of allowances with barely three weeks to the December 7 elections.
The Ministry of Health in July 2016, announced it was going to pay trainees nurses a...
Status of the NHIS: The bare facts [Infographic]
The National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) is a social intervention program which provides financial risk protection against out-of-pocket healthcare expenditure for all residents in Ghana. The scheme is currently operational in all parts of...
Airtel Ghana joins fight against breast cancer
Employees of Airtel Ghana have donated proceeds from their month-long employee-led breast cancer awareness campaign to Breast Care International – a leading breast healthcare organization in Africa providing enabling environment to control the incidence...
Gov’t begins payment of allowances to trainee nurses
Government has begun the payment of 'abated' allowances to trainee nurses across the country.
A statement from the Health ministry announcing the payment said "The untaxed amount is One Hundred and Fifty Ghana Cedis (GHC150.00)...
N/R: Women die over lack of Midwife
More women are dying and others suffering complications in the Mamprugu-Moagduri District of the Northern region following the absence of a trained midwife and a significant shortfall of healthcare providers in the lone impoverished...