COVID-19, a disease caused by the SARS coronavirus-2 was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) on March 11, 2020., Ghana recorded its first two cases on March 12, 2020. As at November 1 2020, Ghana h…
Read moreWHO has donated a Toyota Hilux Pickup to the West Akim Health Directorate of the Ghana Health Service. This is in support of case search and social science research; a component of the Yaws Eradication Programme cu…
Read moreDr Owen Laws Kaluwa, has bid farewell to the Government and the People of Ghana after four years of meritorious service as Country Representative for the World Health Organization in Ghana. He paid a courtesy call on the…
Read moreThe first World Patient Safety day was observed in Ghana on the 17th September 2019 with the opening of National Conference on Patient Safety and Healthcare Quality which took place from the 17-19 September 2019. The Gha…
Read moreFollowing confirmation of circulating vaccine derived polio virus type 2 (cVDPV2) in the environmental sample from Tamale Metropolis and also detection of Polio in a two (2) years, (9) nine months old child from Che…
Read moreThe Ghana Health Service (GHS) has launched series of vaccination campaigns against polio outbreak to prevent the spread of the virus in high risk areas among children under five. The first phase which is termed ‘round …
Read moreDr Owen Laws Kaluwa, the World Health Organisation (WHO) Country Representative, has called for improved funding for hepatitis testing and treatment services. He noted that despite available diagnostic tools and effecti…
Read moreOn 14 June 2019, Ghana joined the global community to celebrate World Blood Donor Day. The theme of this year’s campaign, "Blood Donation and Universal Access to Safe Blood Transfusion" seeks to ensure that people living…
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