Millicent Blay of Nationwide Medical Insurance has won the second edition of the Breast Cancer Awareness Pink-Pong Tournament. The second edition of the Breast Cancer Awareness Pink-Pong Tournament was supported by Ghana Link Network Services, AGL Gas, CBG Bank, Nationwide Medical Insurance Ltd., EMWA, Unicorn Petroleum Limited and Sankofa Spices.
For some medics, working at a large centre means for the same pay you don’t have to work so hard, writes Dr Paul Godwin The closure of maternity units is always a temptation when the NHS runs into staffing problems, largely of its own making (Up to 20 maternity units in England may have to shut, NHS leader warns, 19 October).
By Sola Ogundipe Nigeria could declare the Ebola outbreak over as early as December 7, 2026, if no further confirmed or probable cases are detected following the medical evacuation of the country’s imported index patient. Writing on his X handle, Pate said the 42-day countdown towards declaring the outbreak over would be subject to validation by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) and the World Health Organisation (WHO), in line with established outbreak management criteria.
C. P. Radhakrishnan encourages students to dedicate their lives to finding solutions to health issues that plague society, and says the country has an adequate number of undergraduate and postgraduate medical students, and now focus must be on expanding research
630 medical teams, 716 vehicles kept ready; 1,075 pregnant women shifted to hospitals
“All these are measures to ensure that we keep Uganda free of Ebola,” Uganda’s Health Minister Chris Baryomunsi told the BBC’s Newsday programme. Uganda recorded 20 Ebola cases and two people died shortly after the outbreak started in DR Congo, but the World Health Organization declared the country
The Ghana Medical Trust Fund (GMTF), popularly known as MahamaCares, has called on specialists and health professionals in the Upper East Region to provide feedback to improve its operations and strengthen access to specialized healthcare. This was said at a corporate soiree with specialists and management of the Upper East Regional Hospital in Bolgatanga The Administrator of the GMTF, Madam Adjoa Obuobia Darko-Opoku, said the Fund valued the dedication and expertise of health professionals, whose contributions remained central to its mandate of supporting patients with chronic diseases.
Mr Pate urged Nigerians to "remain calm, cooperate with contact-tracing teams and follow updates" from the NCDC and Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare.
The Administrator of the Ghana Medical Trust Fund (GMTF), has assured beneficiaries that safeguards are in place to minimise the risk of exploitation, as patients enrolled on the Fund are not required to pay for covered services, from consultations to medications and surgeries. She explained that MahamaCares was a popular nickname, while the institution’s official name remained the Ghana Medical Trust Fund, established by an Act of Parliament.
The Ghana Physician Assistants Association (GPAA) has begun a free community health screening exercise at four locations in Techiman as part of its 23rd Annual General Conference. The exercise, running from October 26 to 31, 2026, is taking place at the forecourt of the Bonokyempem Hall, the Regional Coordinating Council (RCC), the Techiman Central Market and the forecourt of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) office.
In her new book, Envy, Stacy Kim explains how to understand the feeling, identify your deeper desires and use them to achieve your goals In the 16th-century poem The Faerie Queene, envy is a ghoulish figure riding a ravenous wolf, sad to see the fortune of others and “wonderous glad” of their hardship. “I think that when we don’t examine our envy, that’s when it leads us astray,” says Dr Stacy Kim, social scientist, life coach and author of the new book Envy: Why Wanting What They Have is the Key to Getting What You Want.
Resident doctors demand urgent hospital preparedness, protection of frontline workers. It also directed centre presidents to verify the availability and accessibility of appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE), particularly in accident and emergency units, internal medicine, paediatrics, obstetrics and gynaecology, and other high-risk clinical departments
The Member of Parliament (MP) for Abuakwa South, Dr Kingsley Agyemang, has called on the government to urgently assess the readiness of designated isolation and treatment facilities amid concerns over the spread of Ebola in West Africa. In a press statement issued on Monday, October 26, Dr Agyemang, a member of Parliament’s Health Committee, urged the Ministry of Health and the Ghana Health Service to assess isolation and treatment centres and ensure adequate supplies of personal protective equipment, diagnostic materials and infection prevention resources.
The reply comes amid rise in student suicides in the last five years; only IIT Ropar reported having enough counsellors as per the recommendation made by the UGC in its guidelines on mental health and wellbeing.
There is a growing industry around women’s empowerment in Ghana. That is the question that should define the next chapter of women’s empowerment in Ghana.
Because the Birkin is not empowerment. Real empowerment is when what you have owned equips you to open doors for others who will never be able to afford a Birkin.
The Forensic Medicine Department has submitted a detailed list of the facilities to be introduced at the hospital, including the staff to be appointed and the equipment to be installed, to the government
Chairman of Duchess International Hospital, Dr. Yemi Onabowale, said the hospital has touched lives over the past five years through its affordable healthcare programmes and corporate social responsibility initiatives.
NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 26 — Kenya has released the first 20 contacts of its imported Ebola case after they completed the mandatory 21-day monitoring period in good health, as 98 others remain under quarantine pending phased clearance from November 3. In a statement on Monday, Director-General for Health Dr Patrick Amoth said the 20 contacts had completed monitoring without developing symptoms and were returning to their families.
Finance Minister Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson says the government is directing spending towards essential services Ghanaians rely on, following the timely and full payment of third-quarter allocations to five statutory funds. The five funds are the District Assemblies Common Fund (DACF), the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund), the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF), the Ghana Medical Trust Fund and the Road Maintenance Trust Fund.
Medical activities were partially paralysed at government hospitals in Oyo State on Monday following a one-week warning strike by the Association of Medical and Dental Officers of Oyo State (AMDO). Others are Adeoyo Maternity Teaching Hospital, Jericho Specialist Hospital, Government Chest Hospital and Primary Health CareCentres.
A Member of Parliament (MP) for Abuakwa South Constituency, Dr Kingsley Agyemang, has called on the government to strengthen the country’s public health emergency preparedness following the confirmation of an Ebola virus disease case in Nigeria. The MP urged the government to use developments in Nigeria as an opportunity to demonstrate the country’s readiness to manage a potential outbreak, warning against waiting until Ghana records its first case before identifying gaps in its emergency response system.
The Member of Parliament (MP) for Abuakwa South, Dr Kingsley Agyemang, has urged the government to strengthen surveillance at the country’s borders following the confirmation of an Ebola case in Nigeria. Dr Agyemang acknowledged the Ministry of Health’s announcement of intensified surveillance and preparedness measures, including enhanced monitoring at Kotoka International Airport.
Yobe Govt Activates Emergency Response Centres, Border Surveillance. The Yobe State government said it has not yet recorded any Ebola virus but has activated its Public Health Emergency Incident Management System and developed a comprehensive Emergency Preparedness and Response plan to monitor the possible outbreak of the disease.