Health

U.S. Ambassador Stephanie Sullivan handed over one million Johnson and Johnson COVID-19 vaccine doses to Ghana today.  Since September, the United States has donated 5.3 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to the Ghanaian people.  Ambassador Sullivan joined representatives of UNICEF, the Government of Denmark, and Ghana’s Ministry of Health at Accra Kotoka International Airport this morning for the donation.  The Government ...

Ghana announced on Wednesday that its scientists have detected cases of the omicron variant in passengers who arrived in the country ten days ago. Speaking at a launch event for “COVID-19 vaccination month,” Patrick Kuma-Aboagye, the Director-General for Ghana’s Health Service, said the cases had come mainly from Nigeria and South Africa. They were picked up through testing of passengers ...

Agreement by countries to launch a process to develop a new global accord on pandemic prevention and response is cause for hope, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday in Geneva.  Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus welcomed the consensus decision, reached during a special session of the World Health Assembly (WHA), the UN agency’s top decision-making body, attended by representatives from its 194 Member States. Historic session  The ...

In the Democratic Republic of Congo, the prevalence of HIV is low compared to other countries on the continent but the pandemic has had an effect on the provision of care. One HIV patient speaks about his experience. ” Before, we used to have food rations, that doesn’t exist anymore, that’s all in the past. The medical care, the financing ...

Health officials in the Ashanti Region are worried there could be a surge in the region’s Covid-19 cases with the festive season approaching, as many residents have failed to get vaccinated. Vaccination centers that used to have over 700 people coming for their shots in a day now struggle to get less than a hundred residents to take their jabs. ...

The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) Deputy Chief Executive, Administration and Human Resources, Mrs. Yaa Pokuaa Baiden says out-of-pocket payments (copayments) for services covered by the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) is a clear violation of the rights of the Scheme’s active members. In a live televised discussion on Accra-based United Television (UTV), Mrs. Yaa Pokuaa Baiden hinted that the ...

Mental Health experts and campaigners have reignited calls on the government and other relevant stakeholders to prioritize issues relative to mental health by increasing investment in the area. They bemoan that mental health is mostly considered an afterthought when it comes to the allocation of resources. This, they say, is as a result of the burden of infectious and non-communicable ...

The Greater Accra Regional Health Directorate will commence the administration of the Moderna Vaccines within the region from the 5th of November to the 10th of November 2021. The vaccines will be deployed to all 29 districts within the Greater Accra Region and will be available in all public health facilities within the period. The vaccine is available for persons ...

A community durbar on Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights (SRHR) of Persons with mental health disorders has been held for residents of Ga West Municipal Assembly in the Greater Accra Region.   The durbar was purposed to equip the public with the requisite knowledge on issues regarding access to information on SRHR  for people with mental health conditions, family planning ...

MindFreedom Ghana, a  mental health advocacy organization, has unveiled a two-year project to help fight the underlining challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic facing persons with mental health conditions and promote their fundamental rights to live decent lives as every citizen. The ongoing project, which commenced in 2020 and is expected to end in 2022, highlights the “Institutional strengthening and awareness-raising ...