Ghana risks a looming nationwide shortage of essential HIV testing commodities, both oral and blood-based kits by the end of July, raising concerns about possible disruptions to early diagnosis and treatment programmes if urgent measures are not taken. The testing kits are critical for confirming HIV status, particularly among pregnant women and in emergency cases. […]

The US decision to withdraw all of its HIV and Aids funding from South Africa is likely to cost lives, the head of the UN’s HIV agency has warned. “Please do not take money away because you are taking lives away,” UNAids chief Winnie Byanyima told reporters ahead of a UN meeting on the virus, […]

Health experts have raised concerns over the high mortality risk among children born with sickle cell disease in Ghana, warning that a significant number may die before the age of five if they do not receive early diagnosis and consistent care. Co-founder of Heale, Dr Enam Sefakor Bankas, says about 15,000 babies are born with […]

As MTN Ghana marks its 30th anniversary and commences its annual employee volunteer programme, 21 Days of Y’ello Care, employees across the country are stepping out in service to communities. From trading their desks for paintbrushes and repair tools to engaging directly with residents through outreach activities, MTN volunteers are helping to improve access to […]

The University of Ghana Medical Centre (UGMC) Human Breast Milk Bank has saved the lives of 23 babies within its first year of operation, following its official launch in June 2025. The initiative, the first of its kind in Ghana, was established by the Paediatric Department of UGMC in collaboration with Indiana University’s School of […]

It is strange to witness singing and dancing in a place which has seen so much death but the successful treatment of an Ebola patient is cause for celebration at a hospital in the north-east of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Just after midday on Friday, about a dozen healthcare workers in green scrubs sang […]

The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund has approved a grant of $14.26 million to the West African Health Organisation (WAHO) to strengthen health systems and medical regulations in seven West African countries.  The grant from the concessional window of the African Development Bank Group aims to support the provision of quality, systematic healthcare and tackle public health and nutrition emergencies in Benin, The Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Togo.  WAHO plans to strengthen the institutional […]

The Minister for Health, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, has inaugurated the newly constituted advisory Board of the Ghana Psychology Council (GPC), charging its members to provide strategic leadership and strengthen the regulation of psychological practice in the country. The inauguration marks a significant step in efforts to promote professional standards, accountability and public protection within Ghana’s […]

The Vision for Accelerated Sustainable Development Ghana (VAST Ghana) has called on the Government of Ghana to take stronger action against the tobacco industry by implementing measures that hold tobacco companies financially accountable for the health, economic and environmental damage caused by their products. Speaking at a press conference in Accra as part of the […]

The University of Ghana Medical Centre (UGMC) has successfully carried out four additional kidney transplant procedures, bringing the total number of kidney transplants performed at the facility to 15 since the programme began in June 2024. According to the Centre, the latest transplant surgeries were conducted on May 25 and 26, 2026, involving four recipients […]