Ghanaian pediatric oncologist Dr. Emmanuella Amoako has been named the 2026 Roux Prize winner by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), earning a US$100,000 award for her evidence-based work to improve childhood cancer care in Ghana. The annual Roux Prize, awarded by IHME at the University of Washington School of Medicine, recognises individuals […]

Michigan health officials have confirmed the first two deaths linked to the ongoing cyclospora outbreak, a parasitic infection spread through contaminated food or water that can cause severe diarrhoea. The two individuals had “significant underlying health conditions that may have been impacted by cyclosporiasis and dehydration”, state health authorities said. The foodborne illness has spread […]

Deputy Minister for Health, Prof. Dr. Grace Ayensu-Danquah, has underscored the need to invest in Ghana’s nursing and midwifery workforce, describing nurses and midwives as the backbone of primary healthcare and essential to improving health outcomes. She made the remarks while serving as the Special Guest of Honour at the 2026 Annual General Meeting of […]

Speaker of Parliament, Rt. Hon. Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, has commissioned an expanded dialysis unit valued at an estimated GH¢4 million at the Upper West Regional Hospital in Wa to improve access to life-saving kidney care in northern Ghana. The project, undertaken in partnership with Sustainable Health Education and Interventions Limited (SHEILD), the Upper West […]

President John Dramani Mahama has assured the University of Ghana (UG) that the management of the University of Ghana Medical Centre (UGMC) will be transferred to the University. The President said a committee established to look into the transfer of UGMC from the Ministry of Health to the University had submitted its report for consideration. […]

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), in partnership with the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR) and key partners, through the 2026 Third Country Training Programme, have strengthened the laboratory skills and capacity for infectious disease detection, diagnosis and response among  African  health professionals from six countries. The training programme, hosted at NMIMR at […]

A patient receiving treatment for multiple ailments at a major government hospital in India died on Saturday night after a ceiling fan fell on him, according to his family and health officials. Md Akbar, 42, was admitted to the emergency ward at Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital with hypertension, meningoencephalitis and aspiration pneumonia, local newspaper Hindustan […]

Vision for Accelerated Sustainable Development (VAST) Ghana has called on the government to introduce bolder excise tax reforms in the 2026 Mid-Year Budget Review, urging higher taxes on tobacco and unhealthy products to improve public health while increasing domestic revenue. In a statement issued on Sunday, the organisation commended the Ministry of Finance and the […]

Four healthcare professionals from the Tamale Teaching Hospital will travel to Czechia in October to undertake a specialised professional fellowship in traumatology under the Czech government’s MEDEVAC Programme. The Czech Ambassador met with the medical professionals ahead of their departure for the training, which will be hosted by the General University Hospital Prague (Všeobecná fakultní […]

Ghana is set to host the first African Union (AU) Extraordinary Health Summit, bringing together African Heads of State and Government to adopt a fully costed continental roadmap aimed at ending AIDS and tuberculosis by 2030. The two-day summit, happening on July 21 and 22, will also address preventable maternal deaths, communicable and non-communicable diseases […]