No Lassa Fever in Ghana- Ghana Health Service
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) last month declared Ghana free of the Lassa fever outbreak recorded in the country. The Director of Public Health at the GHS, Dr Franklin Asiedu-Bekoe told the GNA that the disease had been contained as no new cases had been reported over the past 28 days. The GHS data has […]
Ghana records 12 additional cases of Lassa fever
By Seli Baisie The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has confirmed that 12 more cases of Lassa Fever have been recorded in the country. This discovery came after the Ghana Health Service tracked down 56 people who had been in contact with the initial two cases that were confirmed on February 26, 2023. Ghana’s Lassa Fever cases […]
GHS demands surveillance on cholera in Bono Region following detection in Dormaa
By Naomi Komeh The Ghana Health Service, GHS, has asked all District Health Directorates and facilities in the Bono Region to strengthen surveillance of Cholera and other diseases of epidemic potential. This follows the recording of a case involving a 10-year-old girl in the Dormaa Municipality. According to the alert issued by Bono Regional Director […]
Stay safe this flu, Harmattan season- Dr. Kuma-Aboagye
By Clifford Okyere The Director General of the Ghana Health Service has cautioned Ghanaians to stay safe and protect themselves from COVID-19 this Harmattan season. He stated that some countries in the west and China have seen a seasonal increase in COVID-19 cases because they are also in the season when the virus spreads easily: […]
Embassy of Denmark, Ghana partners to improve care for diabetics
By: Oforiwa Darko Dealing with diabetes in the midst of inadequate health infrastructure, continue to impede the progress of treatment for persons living with diabetes. Statistics from the Ghana Health Service, show that over 200,000 diabetes cases are detected at out-patient departments of public hospitals annually. Health experts have described the situation as frightening. As […]
GHS calls for urgent recruitment of supply chain professionals
By Razak Baba The Ghana Health Service Administration says the perennial issue of inadequate supply chain professionals across all levels needs to be addressed as soon as possible to ensure the sustainability of reforms in the health sector. It has therefore more likely to affect the smooth implementation of the Ghana Electronic Procurement System popularly […]
Ghana Health Service, PATH Ghana partner to improve Cardio Health in Kumasi
By: Razak Baba The Ashanti Regional Health Directorate in partnership with PATH Ghana has conducted health screening at Sofoline in the Kwadaso Municipality of the Ashanti Region to commemorate World Heart Day. World Heart Day is celebrated globally on September 29 to create awareness on the risk factors that cause heart diseases and stroke, which […]
Ghana Health Service issues rabies alert
SOURCE: GRAPHICONLINE The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has issued a health alert following a confirmed rabies outbreak in the Ashanti Region. As of Monday, September 12, 2022, the region had recorded a total of four confirmed cases and one probable case. The cases were reported from Asante Akim South, Bosomtwe and Kwabre East with a […]
