Health

Lightwave E-Healthcare Solutions Limited has issued a strong rebuttal to allegations made by Health Minister Kwabena Mintah Akandoh regarding the management of Ghana’s National E-Healthcare Programme and the Lightwave Health Information…
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The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has revoked the marketing authorisation of Omama Herbal Mixture after a comprehensive laboratory analysis confirmed the product had been dangerously adulterated with multiple prescription-only medicines.…
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Health professionals at the Greater Accra Regional Hospital (Ridge Hospital) are expressing strong approval of the newly introduced Ghana Healthcare Information Management System (GHIMS), describing it as a more efficient, flexible, and…
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Former Minister of Health, Dr Bernard Okoe-Boye, has strongly defended the integrity of the National e-Health Project, dismissing claims made by his successor and warning against what he described as “a dangerous attempt to discredit a…
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The Ministry of Health has rolled out a new nationwide digital platform—the Ghana Health Information Management System (GHIMS)—to replace the troubled Lightwave Health Information Management System (LHIMS), following what officials describe…
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Ghana is set to send qualified nurses to the Caribbean nation of Grenada to support government medical facilities facing a critical shortage of skilled carers. This initiative was one of the major highlights of a state visit by the Prime…
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Ghana could be faced with a staggering 180,000 unemployed trained health professionals by the end of 2028 if urgent measures are not implemented, Health Minister Kwabena Mintah Akandoh has cautioned. Speaking on The Point of View on…
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The Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) Clinic and nine other health facilities have been shut down by the Health Facilities Regulatory Agency (HeFRA) as part of a sweeping nationwide enforcement exercise targeting unlicensed medical…
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The Health Facilities Regulatory Agency (HeFRA) has intensified its nationwide enforcement campaign, leading to the closure of several unlicensed health facilities in the Ashanti Region as part of efforts to sanitise the healthcare sector.…
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The Director of Public Health at the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA), Florence Kuukyi, has issued a stark warning over the worsening sanitation situation in the capital, cautioning that the growing levels of filth are fuelling deadly…
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