The Central Regional Red Cross Society in collaboration with the Regional Health Directorate and other stakeholders have intensified efforts to prevent a possible cholera outbreak in the Region this year. As part of the efforts, the Society has distributed 100 hand washing buckets, soap and detergents to communities, schools, public toilets and other public places … Read more
The government has been asked to make access to quality healthcare a major priority on its development agenda. Mr. Archibald Adams, Coordinator, Universal Access Healthcare Campaign (UAHCC), a local NGO, said the government must remove all bottlenecks and ensure efficiency in the operations of the national health insurance scheme (NHIS). He was speaking at the … Read more
The government has been asked to make access to quality healthcare a major priority on its development agenda. Mr. Archibald Adams, Coordinator, Universal Access Healthcare Campaign (UAHCC), a local NGO, said the government mustvremove all bottlenecks and ensure efficiency in the operations of the national health insurance scheme (NHIS). He was speaking at the opening … Read more
The Ministry of Health has directed all districts and regional hospitals across the country to be on high alert and set up isolation centres following the outbreak of cholera in Cape Coast in the Central Region. A total of 157 cases have been reported in the region as of November 1 but no death has … Read more
The Ministry of Health has confirmed that 157 cholera cases have been reported in the Central regional capital, Cape Coast. Addressing the media in Accra on Wednesday, the Director of Public Health, Dr. Badu Sarkodie stated that despite the huge number of people infected, no death has been recorded since the outbreak on October 21. … Read more
It has emerged that as the Ebola epidemic spreads quickly across the sub-region, only four of Ghana’s 42 legitimate entry points are equipped to handle the deadly disease. Worst still, there are lots of other unapproved routes into the country, Director of Public Affairs at the Ghana Immigration Service, Francis Palmdeti has said. Only Aflao, … Read more
One of the doctors who treated the Liberian Ebola patient who later died in Lagos has tested positive for Ebola Among those who had contact with the late Liberian on his way to Nigeria, 70 of them are currently under surveillance. Minister of Health, Professor Onyebuchi Chukwu, while briefing the press in Abuja, on Monday, … Read more