The Courage to Be Seen: Franklin Cudjoe, Illness, Dignity, and the Right to Public Life

What Franklin Cudjoe did on The KSM Show was not an act of weakness; it was an act of moral courage. To speak openly about living with Parkinson’s disease in a society that still confuses illness with incapacity is to reclaim one’s humanity from cruelty masquerading as “concern.” Those who insist that he should withdraw […]

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Health Ministry Orders Probe Into Fourth Estate’s Ridge Hospital Exposé

The Ministry of Health has announced plans to investigate allegations contained in an investigative report published by The Fourth Estate on the operations of the Greater Accra Regional Hospital, Ridge. In a press release issued on Monday(19 January), the Ministry said it had taken note of the report, which has been widely circulated on social […]

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Medical Kalabule: Inside Ridge Hospital’s System That Exploits Patients

The cattle were the first to go. Then the small savings he had. Then his business. “I suffered a lot. My business also suffered. I sold all my cows. About 20 of them. I was worried because I did not have money at that time,” he recalls, exhaustion in his voice. The tumour had begun […]

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UG Medical School Denies Claims of Cassava-Based Diabetes Cure

The University of Ghana Medical School (UGMS) has dismissed as false a social media publication claiming that its researchers have developed a cassava-based compound capable of reversing Type 2 diabetes. In an official notice issued on Sunday, January 18, 2026, UGMS stated that it has not conducted any study, isolated any compound, or developed any […]

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Living With Parkinson’s Has Not Silenced Me — Franklin Cudjoe

Founder and President of policy think tank IMANI Africa, Franklin Cudjoe, has defended his mental capacity and political positions following public commentary about his health, insisting that his medical condition has not impaired his ability to think clearly or engage in public debate. In a strongly worded social media post on Sunday, 18 January, Mr […]

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Ghana’s KNUST and AMREF Explore Partnership for Health Innovation Hub

The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, recently hosted a delegation from AMREF International University, alongside representatives from the Africa Health Collaborative, for a learning visit aimed at strengthening collaboration in health innovation and entrepreneurship. The visit focused on preparations by AMREF International University to establish a Health Innovation Hub, drawing insights […]

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Armed Men Storm Akoti Health Centre, Assault Patient

Health workers at the Akoti Health Centre in Assin Wurakese in the Assin Fosu Municipality of the Central Region are threatening to abandon post following a violent attack on a patient by some armed individuals. The incident occurred after a violent altercation ensued between a man identified as Yaw Buabeng and a couple, during which […]

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Prisons Service to Produce Sanitary Pads for Schools Under New Government Deal

The Government has taken steps to boost local production of sanitary pads for schools, following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Ministries of the Interior and Education that assigns a key production role to the Ghana Prisons Service. Under the agreement, the Ghana Prisons Service will produce and supply at least […]

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Government Reviews Agenda 111 Audit, Considers SPV for Hospital Equipment

The government has begun a detailed review of the Agenda 111 health infrastructure programme following the release of an audit report, while also considering the introduction of a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) to manage hospital equipment nationwide. The review was carried out during an additional two-day stakeholder engagement chaired by the Minister for Health, Kwabena […]

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Surrogate Mother Delivers Quadruplets – Rare in Assisted Reproductive Technology

The Walking Egg Medical and Fertility Centre at Pokuase in the Greater Accra Region has delivered a 30-year-old surrogate mother of quadruplets through intrauterine insemination (IUI), a rare occurrence in assisted reproductive technology. The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the centre, Dr Nana Yaw Osei, who performed the delivery, has explained that quadruplet births through […]

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