GMA to strike over sale of SSNIT stake in four hotels

The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) has announced a roadmap for industrial action to back the demand for the termination of the sale of sixty per cent of the shares of Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SNIT) in four hotels.

Beginning Mond…

Tobacco-related diseases kill more than 6,700 Ghanaians yearly – UNDP

Tobacco-related illnesses kill more than 6,700 Ghanaians every year, according to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Investment Case for Tobacco Control Report.

This account for three per cent of all deaths in the country.

Mr Ebenezer A…

GOSANET Foundation sensitises basic schools in Adaklu district on malaria prevention

GOSANET Foundation, a Health NGO operating in the Adaklu district, has carried out Community-Level Social and Behavioral Change Communication (SBCC) activities on malaria prevention and control in four Basic Schools in the Adaklu district.

The school…

Low number of HIV cases in Adaklu due to Intensified Education, Sensitisation

Mr. Samuel Yao Atidzah, Executive Director of GOSANET Foundation, a Health NGO operating in the Adaklu district, has attributed the low number of People Living With HIV (PLHIV) in the Adaklu district to intensified education and sensitization of the p…

DPS Group donates medical equipment to Korle-Bu’s trauma and orthopedics Department

DPS Group has made a significant contribution to the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital’s Trauma and Orthopedics Department.

The donation, which consists of medical-grade power drills and saws, will greatly enhance the department’s capacity to treat patients…

HeFRA calls on media to route their request for information through PR office

The Health Facilities Regulatory Agency (HeFRA) has appealed to media houses seeking information to make their Public Relations Department the first point of call.

‘The Agency wants to assure the public that the nation’s health facilities regulator i…

VALD-Ghana recommends measures to protect youth from e-cigarettes ‘shisha’ use

The Vision for Alternative Development – Ghana (VALD-Ghana) has recommended some measures to be undertaken by the Government to protect the younger population from the use of e-cigarettes ‘shisha.’

Some research studies have suggested that the use of…

‘Antibiotics not toffees, don’t take them at will,’ Ghanaians told

Dr George Amofa, the Former President of Ghana Public Health Association (GPHA), has urged Ghanaians to stop taking antibiotics without a prescription.

‘Do not take these antibiotics at will, they are not toffees nor popcorn,’ he said.

Dr Amofa, als…