Under a shade at the Dansoman-Glefe lorry station in the Ghanaian capital, Accra, a group of middle-aged men sit slothfully as they inch closer to settling on an available diversion to validate their week-day nothingness. It has gone past the morning rush hour and the yells from bus conductors for commuters to join the many destinations being advertised – to …

At least 669 persons have died from HIV/AIDS with 698 new infections recorded in the Upper East Region, the Ghana Health Service (GHS) has announced. A report compiled in 2015 and cited this month by the Upper East Regional Health Directorate has also revealed that 6,397 people are living with the disease with 3,886 persons- only about a half of …

  Chief Executive of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has commended President John Mahama for the decision to allocate a portion of the oil revenue to the Scheme, describing it as “forward looking” and a step in the right direction. Addressing a press conference in Accra last Friday, on the status of the NHIS, Mr Otoo said the President’s …

The National Health Insurance Authority has launched the ‘NHIS Multiyear Renewal’ system. The new product is to allow NHIS members the option to renew their cards after 2, 3 or 4 years, depending on their choice and eligibility, Chief Executive of the NHIA, Mr. Nathaniel Otoo said at a press conference on Friday. With this, NHIS card holders may not …

The parents of little Elaine are appealing to the general public and corporate institutions to come to their aid as they source for funds to fix a defect in her heart. The visibly hearty, but ailing seven-month-old girl has three holes in her heart and needs about $12, 000 to add to what they have already raised for the surgery …

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 the country. In 2003, the law establishing the Scheme, National Health Insurance Act, 2003 (Act 650) was passed to regulate the operation of the NHIS. The …

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 clinic serving over 40 communities. Maternal deaths and cases of stillborn babies are reaching an unacceptably high rate as scores of women are abandoning the facility. …

Nurses at the Accra Psychiatric nurses have called off their strike action effective Monday November 7, 2016. The nurses, who make up about 70% of the workforce at the mental health facility, had been on the action since Monday October 31 stating they were “resorting to safety as the law demands because they are allowed by law to take the …

The National Labour Commission (NLC) has directed striking nurses at the Accra Psychiatric Hospital to resume duties immediately. The order follows a meeting between the Commission, the Minister of Health, representatives of the nurses and authorities of the hospital on Wednesday. According to Charles Adongo Bawa Duah, the Executive Secretary of the NLC, nurses at the Accra Psychiatric Hospital breached …

Deputy Minister for Health, Dr. Victor Asare Bampoe has said that President Mahama’s comments on the situation at the Accra Psychiatric Hospital has been misrepresented and misconstrued. Nurses at the Psychiatric Hospital Monday began a strike action distancing themselves from what they call “dangerous zones” at the facility. The action, they said, was taken “following several fruitless attempts by the …