1st September, 2010
Two institutions support cancer treatment
Accra, Sept 1, GNA - The National Cancer Coalition (NCC) of the US in conjunction with the Breast Care International (BCI) on Wednesday presented drugs worth about 23 million dollars to the Ministry of Health. The drugs are for cancer related diseases including prostate, ...
Two institutions support cancer treatment
Accra, Sept 1, GNA - The National Cancer Coalition (NCC) of the US in conjunction with the Breast Care International (BCI) on Wednesday presented drugs worth about 23 million dollars to the Ministry of Health. The drugs are for cancer related diseases including prostate, ...
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Lack of accommodation undermines quality health care in Sissala
Gwollu (U/W), Sept. 1, GNA - The Sissala West District Director of Health Services, Mrs. Grace Tanye, has said lack of residential accommodation for health workers in the district was affecting the quality of healthcare delivery in the area.
She said health professionals ...
1st September, 2010 »
NHIA tasked to apply ICT in eliminating fraud in NHIS
Accra, Sept 1, GNA- Vice President John Dramani Mahama on Wednesday challenged the National Health Insurance Authority to step up its technological installations to eliminate fraud and improve on services.
"With just five years left to reach the target date for the Millennium Devel...
1st September, 2010 »
U.E.R. Assemblies should sponsor students in health sector-Tia
Bolgatanga, Sept.01,GNA- Mr. John Tia Akologo, Minister of Information, has called on Municipal and District Assemblies in the Upper East Region to sponsor students in the Health Sector so that they would dutifully serve the Region after graduation.
Speaking at 'M...
31st August, 2010 »
Medical Assistants call for upward review of tariffs
Cape Coast, Aug. 31, GNA - The Ghana Medical Assistants' Association had called for the upward review of the tariffs given to them by the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) to save health centres from collapse.
The Association said even though they serve 70% of th...
31st August, 2010 »
Majority of hospital attendance in Northern Region have NHIS
Tamale, Aug. 31, GNA - Over 93 percent of hospital attendance in the Northern Region are card bearing members of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) and now enjoy better service due to prompt payment of claims in the region.
Registered members of the scheme in the...
31st August, 2010 »
The double agony of Dungu-poverty and polluted water
Tamale,August 31, GNA - The people of Dunga, a settlement in the Tamale Metropolitan Area, drink from a dam which is usually polluted with human excreta.
Due to the poor source of water, several members of the community have been afflicted with diseases which have drawn t...
31st August, 2010 »
Ghanaians urged to exercise their body regularly
Nkawkaw (E/R), Aug 31, GNA - A medical officer at the Kwahu Government Hospital, Dr Francis Addae, has urged the adult population to undertake regular exercise to reduce weight and other unwanted materials such as fats and cholesterol from the body to enhance their health.
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30th August, 2010 »
First Lady expresses concern about low awareness creation on cancers
Accra, Aug. 30, GNA - First Lady, Ernestina Naadu Mills, on Monday expressed concern about the little or no attention at all given to cancer as a disease compared to malaria, HIV and AIDS, and other communicable diseases.
She said a strong cancer prevention campaign...
30th August, 2010 »
Seventy Medicine Counter Assistants graduate
Tamale, Aug. 30, GNA - A total of seventy Medicine counter assistants (MCAs) on Friday graduated from the Chamalt Training Institute after having sat and passed the Ghana Pharmacy Council's (GPCs) MCAs examination.
The MCAs, formally referred to as pharmacy assistants, were dra...
