Health

ELS: MBN360 HEALTH President John Dramani Mahama will, in the coming weeks, cut the sod for the construction of three 160-bed Regional Referral Hospitals in the Oti, Savannah and Western North Regions, Government Communications Minister Felix Kwakye Ofosu has announced. According to Mr Kwakye Ofosu, the projects form part of the government’s broader strategy to […]

ELS: MBN360 HEALTH Land preparation has begun for the construction and equipping of a modern 400-bed Mother and Child Block at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, which will replace the existing dilapidated Maternity Unit. Read also: PURC keeps electricity and water tariffs unchanged for fourth quarter of 2026 Tennis star Carlos Alcaraz admits frustration with […]

ELS: MBN360 NEWS Ghana has recorded more than 53,400 adolescent pregnancies in the first seven months of the year. This is according to data from the Ghana Health Service which also indicates that the cases are more prevalent among girls who are out of school. The situation is raising concerns among stakeholders who are worried […]

ELS: MBN360 HEALTH The Deputy Minister of Health, Prof. Dr Grace Ayensu-Danquah, has urged nursing and midwifery leaders across the country to translate research findings into practical solutions capable of improving healthcare delivery at the community level, stressing that evidence generated from frontline practice must actively inform national health policy. She made the call at […]

ELS: MBN360 HEALTH Qualified Ghanaian nurses may soon have a new route to employment in the United States following a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Government of Ghana and the City of Columbus, Ohio. The agreement, announced by Ghana’s Ministry of Health, is aimed at creating opportunities for Ghanaian health professionals—particularly nurses—to take up employment in the U.S. under arrangements intended to promote ethical recruitment. The MoU follows months of technical discussions between Ghanaian authorities and […]

ELS: MBN360 HEALTH Ghana has launched the Presidential Initiative on Maternal Health Emergency Response (PRIMER) to accelerate efforts to reduce maternal deaths and ensure that women receive timely and quality care before, during and after childbirth. The five-year multisectoral initiative, launched by Vice President Prof. Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang on behalf of President John Dramani Mahama, […]

ELS: MBN360 HEALTH The Presidential Initiative on Maternal Health Emergency Response (PRIMa) has been launched with a call for sustained national action to reduce Ghana’s persistently high maternal mortality rate. The initiative, launched on Monday, September 14, 2026, follows concerns over the country’s slow progress in reducing maternal deaths. Economist and Chairman of the National […]

ELS: MBN360 HEALTH Arcan Bitters, by Unni Associates Company Limited The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has ordered Unni Associates Company Limited to recall its Arcan Bitters product from the Ghanaian market within 14 days, after laboratory analysis established that the alcoholic beverage had been adulterated with Sildenafil Citrate, a prescription-only medication used to treat […]

ELS: MBN360 HEALTH Social media offers enormous opportunities to promote sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) among young people, but its growing influence is also fuelling misinformation, myths and the normalisation of harmful behaviour, the Ghana Health Service (GHS) has warned. “Social media presents enormous opportunities for SRHR promotion among young people; however, it also presents […]

ELS: MBN360 HEALTH Sankofa Medical Charities, a US-based non-governmental organization, has donated medical equipment to the Dialysis Unit of the Tamale Teaching Hospital, TTH. The donation includes fifteen mechanical recliners that can also be used as beds and four dialysis machines. The dialysis machines will be sent to the Yendi Government Hospital and the Oti […]