Dr Anthony Nsiah-Asare has been appointed Director General of the Ghana Health Service by the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. His appointment took effect from March 1, 2017. He takes over from Dr. Ebenezer Appiah-Denkyira who has retired from active service Dr. Nsiah-Asare prior to his current appointment, worked in the health sector spanning over … Read more
The government is working in collaboration with the Global Fund to build a $1 million modern infectious disease hospital at Nsawam in the Eastern Region. The objective is to contain the threat of a multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (TB) and other emerging infectious diseases in the country. It is expected that the facility will be completed … Read more
Mrs Samira Bawumia, wife of the Vice President, has expressed concern about the rate of pregnancy among adolescent girls in Ghana. Though adolescent pregnancies declined from 12.1 percent in 2015 to 11.8 percent in 2016, Mrs Bawumia said the rate needs further reduction if Ghana is to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 5 which targets gender … Read more
DIRECTOR General of the Ghana Health Service (GES), Dr Anthony Nsiah Asare says the completion of the abandoned maternity block at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital featured in the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) 2016 manifesto. According to him, the reduction of Child and Mother Mortality rate in Ghana had been paramount to the NPP hence … Read more