Veep Charges Pharmaceutical Society To Extend Services To Rural Areas

The Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has made a clarion call on the Pharmaceutical Society of Ghana to extend access to quality pharmaceutical services to the rural communities. The Vice President was bemoaning the long distances persons in rural areas travel to get pharmaceutical services. “This development impedes the objective of making healthcare delivery easily … Read more

NHIA Meets Stakeholders To Review Prices of Listed Medicines For 2017

A two-day forum to review the prices of medicines on the NHIS Medicines List has ended in Accra. The annually convened stakeholder forum reviews and adjusts prices of medicines the NHIA pays to its service providers. The review is to ensure that prices the NHIA pays for medicines on the NHIS Medicines List reflect market … Read more

The Danger of Abusing Tramadol For Pain Management

A GNA feature by Godwill Arthur-Mensah, GNA Accra, Jan. 9, GNA – Tramadol hydrochloride is one of the group of medicines called centrally acting analgesics which are used for the relief of moderate or severe pain. Tramadol is one of the drugs that falls under Opioid Analgesics which are reserved for managing moderate to severe … Read more