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Mr. Labram Musah, the National Coordinator for the Ghana Non-Communicable Disease Alliance (GhNCDA), has said the passage of the Excise Duty and Tax Stamp (Amendment) Bills will contribute to fostering healthy living in the country. Hence, the main objective for the passage of the bills should be shifted from mainly…

The Ghanaian Society of Cardiologists, the Stroke Association Support Network-Ghana (SASNET GHANA), and the World Heart Federation, together with some medical experts have called on the government to provide the required level of resources to finance pharmacological treatment and prevent an epidemic of hypertension, heart disease and stroke from happening.…

Government To Absorb Cost Of Hypertension Treatment And Care

Government To Absorb Cost Of Hypertension Treatment And Care

Dr Albert Akpalu, Senior Neurologist and Consultant, Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, has appealed to government to equip all regional hospitals with a Computed Tomography (CT) scan for the early detection and treatment of stroke. He said the scarcity of the equipment in Ghana had caused an inconvenience, where patients had to…

Stakeholders in health have noted with concern the gaps in integrated healthcare and called for urgent action to integrate non-communicable disease services into Established Disease-Specific Programmes and the Universal Health Coverage (UHC). They said: “The COVID-19 pandemic has been catastrophic for people living with non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and it is…

Stakeholders in health have expressed concern about the gaps in integrated healthcare and called for urgent action to integrate non-communicable disease services into Established Disease-Specific Programmes and the Universal Health Coverage (UHC). They said: “The COVID-19 pandemic has been catastrophic for people living with non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and it is…