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GHS sets up 225 HIV/AIDS counselling and testing sites in Western Region
Add a CommentTo increase access to HIV testing, the Ghana Health Service’s Western Regional Health Directorate has established 225 Testing and Counselling Sites around the area in partnership with stakeholders and health partners. Furthermore, 364 healthcare facilities are actively offering counselling and … Read more →
GHS warns of possible new variant of COVID-19 during Christmas
Add a CommentThe Ghana Health Service (GHS) ahead of the Christmas festivities is warning the country could record a new variant of COVID-19 if the necessary protocols are not adhered to. The Service indicates that, the country is likely to experience a … Read more →
Residents in ‘Galamsey’ areas are at high risk of contracting Marburg virus disease – GHS
Add a CommentThe Ghana Health Service (GHS) has warned that residents of communities near illegal small-scale mining (‘galamsey’) sites have a high risk of contracting Marburg virus disease. According to the GHS, residents of these areas should be extra vigilant because the Marburg virus … Read more →
‘Resume wearing of face masks’ – GHS
Add a CommentTHE GHANA Health Service (GHS) has urged the public to go back to the wearing of face masks in the light of the reported emergence of new strains of the COVID-19 Omicron variant currently in circulation across the country. The … Read more →
Go for jabs, boosters to avert another wave – GHS to public
Add a CommentThe Ghana Health Service (GHS) has appealed to all eligible persons to go for their COVID-19 booster doses in the wake of rising active cases to help avert a fifth wave. The service also called on all eligible persons who … Read more →
No cholera in Accra – GHS
Add a CommentThe Greater Accra Region, the hotbed of cholera outbreaks in Ghana, has not recorded any case of the disease since the outset of the rains, the Regional Health Directorate has revealed. The Regional Director of Health, Dr Charity Sarpong, said … Read more →
No confirmed case of Monkeypox in Western Region – GHS
Add a CommentThe Ghana Health Service (GHS) has denied reports suggesting the detection of monkeypox in the Western Region. A social media post had alleged that the country had recorded its first case of monkeypox in the region. The GHS has thus … Read more →
Bolgatanga is HIV hotspot in Upper East Region – GHS
Add a CommentThe Bolgatanga Municipality in the Upper East Region remains a hotshot for HIV infection in the Region, health experts have said. Mr Sulemana Majeed, Regional HIV Coordinator, who disclosed this at a media briefing, said, “Bolgatanga has always been above … Read more →
GHS to begin Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine administration
Add a CommentThe Ghana Health Service (GHS) is expected to begin the administration of Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine in the country’s infection hotspot, the Greater Accra Region, on Friday, August 13, 2021.The service will also administer doses of the vaccine in … Read more →
COVID-19: Ghana’s ICUs not full – GHS insists
Add a CommentThe Ghana Health Service, GHS, has debunked reports that there are no available Intensive Care Unit (ICU) beds in the country to handle the recent surge in critical COVID-19 cases. The Director-General of the GHS, Dr. Patrick Kuma-Aboagye, insisted that … Read more →
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