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The Ghana Health Service (GHS), is set to commence the first of two rounds of the national polio immunisation campaigns from Thursday, September 4 to Sunday, September 7, 2022, targeting all children under five years. Dr. Kwame Amponsah Achiano, the Programme Manager for the Expanded Programme on Immunization, GHS, said…

PATH, an international non-governmental organisation, has called on government to include cervical cancer HPV vaccination in the routine Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) to provide lifetime protection to girls against the disease. Dr K.O. Antwi-Agyei, Senior Technical Advisor at PATH, said rolling that out means girls who attained nine years…

Download logoTargeting universal immunization, the government of Nigeria through the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), with

Download logoThe North West Department of Health has noted with concern various reports in the media regarding the alleged unavailability of medication

"[T]he guiding principles for this NEAP are strong government ownership, the One Team model, staff empowerment, an urgency mindset, transparency and accountability, and approaches tailored to local contexts."

Dr Adwoa Agyei-Nkansah, Physician Consultant and Hepatologist at Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH), has called on Ghanaians, particularly pregnant women to screen for hepatitis B (hep B) to know their status. She said babies born to a mother with hepatitis B had a 90 per cent chance of developing chronic hepatitis…

When the COVID-19 vaccination roll-out begun globally, pregnant women were asked not to roll up their sleeves for a jab until further research was conducted to prove its safety for use. Months after several investigations, vaccine manufactures announced that they have a scientific prove that the COVID-19 vaccines could be…

On the banks of the Korle Lagoon resides a community of scrap dealers, many of whom have been living along the deserted area for decades. Wooden and other makeshift structures sprawl along the Lagoon, which has become home to more than 5,000 inhabitants - many of whom have migrated from…

Download logoNorth West Department of Health MEC Madoda Sambatha recently provided an update on the achievements of the Section 100 (1) (b) intervention

Fifty-four-year-old Asana Forson, whose son has been battling with mental health difficulties for the past three years, has been struggling to get a second dose of COVID-19 vaccine for her son for months. Fearing that her son was vulnerable to catching the virus due his condition, she did not hesitate…