The Ministry of Health and the Ghana Health Service (GHS) have launched a vaccination campaign in Accra. The exercise, which begins on Friday, February 14, 2025, seeks to immunise over 300,000 ...

Chennai: Water-borne diseases, mostly caused by contaminated water and food, peaked in the city in Dec, indicating poor sanitary conditions and water contamination. Experts say cases surged ...

With overcrowded shelters and unsanitary conditions worsening by the day, the risk of a cholera outbreak and other waterborne diseases is escalating, further endangering an already vulnerable ...

Mahama outlined plans to launch the Ghana Medical Care Trust Fund, popularly known as Mahama Cares, to support individuals battling chronic illnesses, such as kidney and liver disease, high blood ...

Back to U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa ACCRA, Ghana – The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) and U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF), strengthened their partnership ...

Despite years of preventive interventions, Mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of HIV remains high in low- and middle-income countries. This study aimed to identify risk factors associated with MTCT ...

The European Union (EU) has provided GHC 1.6 million (€100,000) in humanitarian funding to support communities affected by the ongoing cholera outbreak.The outbreak, which began in October 2024, has ...

ACCRA, Jan 21 (Reuters) - Ghana President John Dramani Mahama on Tuesday appointed a former national security chief as envoy to a new alliance formed by Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso, signaling his ...

The Ministry of Health in collaboration with the Ghana Health Service (GHS) has launched a cholera vaccination in the Accra Meteo to curb the further spread of the disease.The vaccination begun today, ...

Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) has called for patience from residents affected by ongoing water shortages, assuring them that swift measures are being taken to address the crisis. The company ...

When activist Oliver Barker Vormawor saw reports in September that Ghana’s water agency would not be able to supply some parts of the country with water due to extreme contamination of main ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made clear in testimony before the Senate this week that if confirmed as Health and Human Services secretary, his focus would be on chronic diseases over infectious ones.