The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has launched nationwide market surveillance and laboratory testing of plantain chips following allegations that some vendors are using melted plastic during frying to enhance crispiness and shelf life. The move follows videos circulating on social media suggesting that polythene materials are being added to hot cooking oil during the […]

The Volta Regional Minister,  James Gunu, has applauded the MTN Ghana Foundation for delivering a transformational expansion of the Accident and Emergency Block at Ho Teaching Hospital. Speaking at the handover ceremony on March 5, 2026, he hailed the GHS 15.4 million investment as a landmark achievement that significantly advances healthcare delivery in the region. […]

Ghana’s consumers continue to grapple with high medicine prices even though key economic pressures such as the depreciation of the cedi against the dollar and the disruptions of the COVID-19 pandemic have eased. Many Ghanaians are asking why essential drugs remain costly despite improvements in foreign exchange and supply chain stability. Pharmacists and pharmacy assistants […]

Residents of Madina and its surrounding communities in Accra are set to benefit from improved healthcare services following the commissioning of a modern surgical theatre at the Madina Polyclinic, Kekele. The facility, established in 1974, had operated for 52 years without a surgical theatre, limiting its capacity to perform surgical procedures for the growing population […]

An alumnus of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi (KNUST), Precious Adade Duodu has been appointed as the President-Elect of the Phi Mu Chapter (England) of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing (Sigma), one of the world’s largest and most prestigious nursing leadership organisations. Sigma, founded in 1922, is dedicated to advancing world health and celebrating […]