Health
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Doctors at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital issue threat to withdraw services over 13th Month Salary arrears
Doctors at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital have threatened to withdraw their services by February 13, 2023, if certain conditions outlined to the management of the facility are not addressed. In a pro…
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Ghana ought to parley making Covid vaccines obligatory– Okoe Boye
The Chief Executive Officer of the National Health Insurance Authority, Dr Bernard Okoe Boye, has called for a national conversation on making COVID-19 vaccines mandatory. Dr. Okoe Boye believes havi…
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Nurses tell gov’t to cut down spending, end National Cathedral and leave their money for them
Members of the Registered Nurses and Midwives Association are asking government to halt construction of the National Cathedral and focus on cutting down on government expenditure to save the country …
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Food and Drugs Authority begins findings into purported waakye poisoning at Oyibi
The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has begun investigating the death of five persons at Oyibi in the Greater Accra Region after they reportedly consumed a popular delicacy, ‘waakye’, last Friday. Aut…
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Cholera death toll passes 1,000 in Malawi as outbreak spreads
The death toll from a cholera outbreak in Malawi has passed 1,000 while cases have risen to 30,621, the highest on record in the country, Health Minister Khumbize Chiponda said on Wednesday. Most of …
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Health Ministry moves to renegotiate COVID-19 vaccine contract
The Ministry of Health has given an assurance that efforts are being made to renegotiate the vaccine acquisition contract with the African Vaccine Acquisition Trust (AVAT) as recommended by the Audit…
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Food and Drugs Authority issues alert on ‘laughing gas’
The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has warned the public against the abuse of Nitrous Oxide, a party drug popularly known as laughing gas. In a public notice, the FDA said its attention had been draw…
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We’ll not relent on our efforts to ensure all Ghanaians take COVID-19 vaccines -GHS
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) says it will not relent in its efforts to ensure that all Ghanaians take the COVID-19 jab, despite the low turnout during its 6th National COVID-19 Vaccination Days Cam…
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Increase money paid for drugs & non-drugs under NHIS – Group to govt
The Private Health Facilities Association of Ghana is appealing to the government to increase the amount it pays for drugs and non-drugs provided under the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). Ac…
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Senegal wins $50m in vaccine investment boost
The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness (CEPI) will invest up to $50 million over 10 years to help Senegal’s Institut Pasteur expand Africa’s ability to produce vaccines at scale, it said on Thursday…