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The Director General of Ghana Health Service (GHS) Dr Patrick Kuma Aboagye has urged the Members of Health Workers Union at the Kumasi South Hospital to report any grievance they have on the posting of former Chief Executive Officer for Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Dr oheneba Owusu Danso to the …

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has identified, the Ashanti Region as one of the epicenters of the rabies disease in Ghana. According to GHS the data available to them show that Ashanti Region recorded the most rabies cases followed by the Greater Accra Region. This was disclosed during sensitisation program …

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has called on the public to help prevent the breeding the newly discovered Anopheles Stephensi to avoid causing health problems in the country. GHS says one of the ways to stop the new strain of mosquitoes is to destroy the areas they are likely to …

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has cautioned the public against new mosquito specie known to be deadlier and spreads malaria faster. The new strain was confirmed in March this year after samples were gathered from Tuba and Dansoman in the Greater Accra Region, Daily Graphic reports. ‘Anopheles Stephensi,’ which was first detected …

The Health Director at the Ahafo Ano South West District of the Ashanti Region, Dr. Rubben Bedzra, has disclosed that, some teenagers in the district got pregnant for chasing over a Gh¢20.00 money for sanitary pad. According to him, most of the teenagers who reported to health facilities in the …

The Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA) has asked its members at the Manhyia District Hospital to resume full duties today, December 3, 2022; ending a strike that last one day. The strike was in relation to an incident where a nurse was abused by the father of a …

Mining pits are possible breeding grounds for bats, the carriers of the Marburg virus, the Ghana Health Service has said. According to the GHS, research has shown that such pits harbour bats. The Director-General of the Ghana Health Service, Dr. Patrick Kuma-Aboagye, said: “We know that it comes from the …

The Ghana Health Service has confirmed the presence of two cases of Marburg virus disease in Ghana. The cases were first identified in the Ashanti Region on July 7, 2022. A statement signed by the Director-General of the Ghana Health Service, Dr. Patrick Kuma-Aboagye said the cases were confirmed after …

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) says confirmed cases of Monkeypox has increased from five in the last update to 18 which represent 25.0 per cent. Dr Patrick Kuma-Aboagye, the Director General of the GHS, said the confirmed cases were among the 72 suspected cases of Monkeypox which was investigated as …

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has reported three covid-19 related deaths after the country began recording new cases over the past weeks. The three deaths were recorded between June 14 to June 16. GHS has also reported 243 new cases with 14 of the cases being severe and two people in critical …