Health

• ‘Society causing obesity hikes in Ghana’
• Govt pledges to commission 40-bed capacity health facility at Suame in September
• Enhance healthcare delivery in Ashanti region – Asantehene to Okoe Boye
• Fair Wages is not being fair to us – Striking lab workers claim
• Health Ministry’s actions appalling – Striking Laboratory Workers
• Call off strike – Health Ministry appeals to Medical laboratory workers
• KATH begins NHIA’s free dialysis policy
• NHIS risks collapse if Finance Ministry doesn’t release GH₵2.4bn owed scheme
• KATH CEO sues private legal practitioner for defamation
• AMMREN Executive Secretary calls for school nutrition clubs to combat malnutrition
• Men experiencing erectile dysfunction need psychological help
• The 4 worst foods to eat if you want to avoid high cholesterol
• U.S. government donates anthrax vaccines to protect Ghanaians and livestock
• National Media Vaccine Network launched to boost vaccine uptake in Ghana
• MPs back smoking ban for those born after 2009
• Tanzania, Rwanda, Zimbabwe join African recall of J&J cough syrup
• Women’s groups urged to join the fight against stigmatisation of people living with HIV and AIDS
• Tema Port-Global Fund saga: Government sets up intergovernmental committee to address future delays
• Government may not be able to clear pharmaceutical products at Tema Port – HIV/AIDS Network
• CCCFS opposes approval of 14 new genetically modified products, cites health and environmental risks
• Medicines stuck at Tema Port to be cleared by Friday – MoH
• Health crisis looms as Global Fund suspends shipments to Ghana
• Journalists to receive nutrition training led by Africa Catalyzing Action for Nutrition
• Fighting cannabis addiction not as difficult as other drugs – Clinical psychologist
• Mother, who alleges that her baby died due to ‘dumsor’ shares her story