Health

The Korle-Bu Doctors Association (KODA) has issued a notice indicating it will embark on an industrial strike at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital beginning May 2, 2026, if its concerns regarding laboratory operations and proposed outpatient service reforms are not addressed by the close of Thursday, April 30. In a formal statement, the Association warned that its members will withdraw services …

Story by Mariam Naadei Hammond The Ministry of Health Ghana says it has paid two months of salary arrears to newly recruited nurses and outlined plans to recruit 16,000 health workers this year, with half already granted financial clearance. In a press release dated April 28, 2026, the Ministry’s spokesperson, Tony Goodman, stated that the next round of payments will …

By Mariam Naadei Hammond Neurologist Dr. Vida Obese says Parkinson’s disease is frequently confused with stroke because it often starts on one side of the body; however, the two conditions differ significantly in onset and progression. Speaking at a recent health forum, Dr. Obese explained that, unlike a stroke—which occurs suddenly and affects parts of the body depending on the …

President John Dramani Mahama has toured ongoing construction of a cardiology centre at the Tamale Teaching Hospital as part of his Resetting Ghana Tour of the Northern Region. The facility, being developed under the MahamaCares (Ghana Medical Trust Fund), is expected to strengthen specialised healthcare delivery, particularly in the treatment of cardiovascular diseases. Once completed, the centre will focus on …

The Deputy Minister for Finance, Thomas Nyarko Ampem, has disclosed that 35 contractors under the Agenda 111 received US$7.9 million in mobilisation funds but failed to mobilise to site or deliver work that matches the payments made to them. Presenting the Report of the Auditor-General on Arrears and Payables as at the end of 2024 in the chamber of the …

Data from the Ghana AIDS Control Commission show that more than 1,000 new Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infections were recorded in the Western Region in 2024, the Western Regional HIV Coordinator, Dr Felicia Amihere, has revealed. According to her, about 80 per cent of the new infections were transmitted through sexual contact, 15 per cent through mother-to-child transmission, while five …

President John Dramani Mahama has announced an ambitious initiative to retool and modernise health facilities across Ghana, aiming to position the country at the forefront of Africa’s health transformation agenda. Speaking at the WHX Leaders Africa Summit in Accra on Tuesday, December 9, the president explained that the initiative aligns with continental priorities under Agenda 2063, Africa’s New Public Health …

The Bono Region has recorded 19,979 people living with HIV and AIDS, the Bono, Bono East and Ahafo Regional Technical Coordinator of the Ghana AIDS Commission (GAC), Ahmed Ibrahim Bambila, has disclosed. Speaking at the inauguration of the Bono Regional Committee of the Ghana AIDS Commission (RECCOM) in Sunyani on Thursday, November 20, 2025, Mr. Bambila described the figures as …

Health Minister Hon. Kwabena Mintah Akandoh has commissioned Ghana’s first Public Health Operations Response Centre at Pantang, a major coordination hub established by the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) to bolster the country’s emergency preparedness and response capabilities. The facility, handed over to the Ghana Health Service through the Ministry of Health, is expected to significantly …

Lightwave E-Healthcare Solutions Limited has refuted what it describes as “false and misleading” allegations made by Minister of Health, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, concerning the management of Ghana’s National E-Healthcare Programme and the Lightwave Health Information Management System (LHIMS). In a statement issued in Accra, the fully Ghanaian-owned technology company said the Minister’s recent assertions—made in Parliament on October 28 and …