Accra: Ghana under the Girls Iron-Folate Table Supplementation (GIFTS) Programme has reached more than 2.5 million girls with regular iron and folic acid supplements, the Ghana Health Service (GHS) has said.
Dr Marion Okoh-Owusu, the Director, Family…
Abesim: International researchers, health professionals, and experts have called on Africa governments to tackle socio-cultural barriers impeding the fight against breast and other cancers on the continent.
Those barriers, including cultural and trad…
Ms. Jennifer Nelson, a Preventive and Occupational Health Management Consultant has called on the government to make the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination free to save the lives of women.
She explained that HPV, which was a common sexually tran…
Evidence-Based Social and Behavioural Change (SBC) interventions are pivotal in driving sustainable health outcomes under the Universal Health Coverage (UHC) framework, Dr Patrick Kuma-Aboagye, Director General, Ghana Health Service (GHD) has said.
H…
Mrs Wilhemina Tiwaa Duah Morttey, Municipal Director of Health Services in Tarkwa Nsuaem, says the Network of Practice (NoP) introduced by the Ghana Health Service (GHS) has yielded significant improvement in health care delivery.
Through this initia…
Mr. Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, the Member of Parliament (MP) of North Tongu Constituency, has marked his forty-fourth birthday by donating a truckload of medical equipment worth $1.2 million to the Mepe Health Centre.
The donation includes incubators, …
Mr Albert Boakye Okyere, the Ashaiman Municipal Chief Executive, says efforts of the assembly in improving sanitation have led to a zero record of cholera cases in the municipality.
Mr. Okyere further said that open defecation, which was prevalent in…
Good Neighbours Ghana, an NGO, on Friday donated 69 cartoons of condom to the Ghana Health Service (GHS) to compliment effort to reduce Sexually Transmitted Infections and HIV among the public.
The gesture also aims to encourage family planning among…
GOSANET Foundation, a Health not-for-profit operating in the Adaklu district through strategic collaboration and community initiative continues to advance their mission of improving public health and social well-being in the Adaklu district.
Mr Samue…
Management of the Swedru Asafo Community Clinic has organised a two-day free medical screening for more than 300 persons in its catchment area to know their health status for early detection of diseases and treatment.
Some of the diseases and conditi…