GHANA – The President of the Republic of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has commissioned a three hundred (300)-bed capacity young soldiers’ block at the 37 Military Hospital. President Akufo-Addo…
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Ghana successfully eliminates Human African Trypanosomiasis
GHANA – Ghana has eliminated gambiense Human African Trypanosomiasis, commonly known as Sleeping Sickness, as a disease of public health concern. The World Health Organization’s (WHO) Director General, Dr Tedros…
Read MoreGhana develops strategy for sustainable health financing in the country
GHANA – The Ministry of Health has developed a National Health Financing Strategy with funding from the United Nations Multi-Partner Trust Fund Office (UNMPTF) through the technical leadership of the…
Read MoreGhana to receive US$234 million from Global Fund to build sustainable systems for health
GHANA – The Global Fund has allocated US$234 million for the containment and prevention of HIV, tuberculosis (TB) and malaria between 2024 and 2026. The allocation, which was made based…
Read MoreRockefeller Foundation, USAID support Ghana’s COVID-19 immunization campaign
GHANA – The Rockefeller Foundation and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) delivered 1,829 digital tablets to support the Ghana Health Service’s (GHS) five-day national COVID-19 immunization campaign.…
Read MoreGhana’s Ga Central Municipality receives ultrasound machine from SMEC
GHANA – SMEC, an international engineering consultancy firm, has donated an ultrasound scan machine worth GH₵ 103,600 (US$8561.98 ) to the Ga Central Municipal Clinic to advance maternal health delivery…
Read MoreGhana launches new online self-enrolment portal for its insurance scheme
GHANA – The Vice President of Ghana, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has launched a new comprehensive online self-enrolment portal designed to make registration onto, and renewal of existing membership of the…
Read MoreUSTDA partners Zipline Ghana to expand healthcare access in West Africa
GHANA – The U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) has announced it has awarded a grant to Fly Zipline Ghana, for a feasibility study to expand healthcare access in Ghana…
Read MoreGhana, WHO, the UK to conduct a socio-ecological study to the latest Marburg outbreak
GHANA – The World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Kingdom’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (UK-FCDO) are supporting the Government of Ghana to conduct a socio-ecological study on Marburg…
Read MoreGhana ends its second round of polio vaccinations: WHO
GHANA – The Government of Ghana, with support of the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) partners, has finalized the second round of a polio…
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