A total of 1,470,784 people had subscribed to the membership of the National Health Insurance Scheme in the Volta Region by 31 December 2011

Mrs. Caroline Otoo, Prestea Huni/Valley District Health Director, said in 2011 the area recorded 120 cases of HIV/AIDS. She said that out of the figure, 98 were women, 17 men and 5 children

Hypertensive disorders have overtaken haemorrhage(bleeding) as the leading cause of maternal mortality at Ridge Regional Hospital, with one out of every seven deliveries being complicated

The Kumasi Metropolitan branch of the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) has appealed to the government to review the insurance capitation being piloted in the Ashanti Region by National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA

Dr Akwasi Osei, Medical Director of the Accra Psychiatric Hospital, has requested Parliament to pass the Mental Health Bill into law before the law making body goes on recess at the end of March

The Ministries of Health and Finance and Economic Planning on Wednesday signed a $70 million agreement with the Danish Government (DANIDA) in aid of the fifth phase of the Health Sector Programme Support (HSPS) in the country

The Health Foundation of Ghana and FONTILLES Lucha contra la Lepra, a non-governmental organisation (NGO) based in Spain has donated medical equipment and medical items worth GHc24,000 to the Akuapem South Health Directorate

A US$200,000.00 water project being constructed at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) through the assistance of the Israeli Development Agency, Marshav, is nearing completion

Dr Teddy Avotri, Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Director of Health, on Wednesday called on communities to embrace the Community-Based Health Planning and Services (CHPS) to enable them have easy access to health care

The Paediatrics Unit of Ridge Regional Hospital in Accra, is expediting action to discharge children on admission to make way for more cases due to the closure of the Children’s Department of Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital

In an effort to combat the high rate of pregnancy related deaths, Intel Corporation and UNFPA have announced a joint venture to strengthen the skills of midwives and community health workers through technology and training materials

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in collaboration with 13 other pharmaceutical companies on Monday announced a new coordinated to accelerate progress toward eliminating 10 Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) by the end of the decade

Obogu, a sprawling community in the Asante-Akim South District is facing a looming threat of an epidemic outbreak as the environmental sanitation in the area worsens

Suspected Buruli Ulcer (BU) cases in Dormaa Municipality rose from 26 in 2010 to 49 in 2011.
Madam Florence Iddrisah, Municipal Health Director, who announced this during her outfit’s annual performance review meeting at Dormaa-Ahenkro, noted that stakeholders , including MAP Ghana, non -governmental organisation(NGO), were