The government has launched investigations into an alleged 3.303 million pound sterling contract fraud at the Sunyani Regional Hospital.
The amount was meant to build a 221-housing unit complex for staff of the hospital.
The previous government paid 1.75 million pounds out of the total amount to Messrs International Hospitals Group in 2003 for the project which [...]

A review of a trial of a HIV vaccine in Thailand has concluded that it does show real signs of a protective effect.
Scientists announced last month that a combination of vaccines gave a 31% level of protection in trials among 16,000 heterosexuals aged 18-30.
Doubts had been raised about whether the finding was significant.
But new data [...]

Bekwai (Ash), June 22, GNA – The Asante-Bekwai Government Hospital, one of the important and strategic health facilities in the Ashanti Region, has only one resident medical doctor. Mr Samuel Dodzi, the Administrator, who disclosed this, said this could be counter-productive in enhancing effective health care delivery in the Amansie area and beyond if the [...]

Ho, June 16, GNA – Dr. Geoffrey R. K. Nyamuame, Medical Superintendent of the Volta Regional Hospital on Monday said: “In our part of the world, between five to ten (5-10) per cent of HIV infections were transmitted through transfusion of contaminated blood.” He said “many more recipients of blood are infected by Hepatitis B [...]

Accra, June 15, GNA – The Minister of Health, Dr George Sipa Adja Yankey, on Monday gave the Board of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) a 10-day ultimatum to review the National Insurance Act, 2003 (Act 650) to rectify identified anomalies. He said the reviewed Act would be submitted to Cabinet to be forwarded [...]

Dr Emmanuel Ahiable, Senior Medical Superintendent at the Mampong District Hospital, has stated that in Africa, 200,000 still births occurred as a result of malaria in pregnancy.
In an interview with the Ghana News Agency at Mampong, he said Sub-Saharan Africa was the region mostly hit with malaria.
Dr Ahiable said malaria was hyper endemic in Ghana [...]

Scientists say a natural supplement made from tomatoes, taken daily, can stave off heart disease and strokes.
The tomato pill contains an active ingredient from the Mediterranean diet – lycopene – that blocks “bad” LDL cholesterol that can clog the arteries.
Ateronon, made by a biotechnology spin-out company of Cambridge University, is being launched as a dietary [...]

Miss Ghana 2008, Mawuse Appea on Tuesday called on Government to include vaccination against Hepatitis B in the National Health Insurance Scheme to ensure that many Ghanaians get tested and vaccinated.
A statement issued in Accra and signed by Mr Larry Hagan, Communication Director of Miss Ghana, stated that Ghanaians must check their status and get [...]

Mexico City lowered its swine flu alert level from yellow to green, and the mayor said “we can relax” now that there have been no new infections for a week.
Mayor Marcelo Ebrard said the change means the risk of contagion is low and the situation is under control.
Images of countless people wearing blue surgical masks [...]

The Tema General Hospital is facing a serious congestion problem at its Out-Patient’s Department and the Maternity Ward.
As a result, patients detained for observation at the OPD receive drips on benches. At the maternity ward, as many as three women share a bed, while two babies or more share a cot.
This came to light on [...]