As MTN Ghana marks 30 years of connecting and empowering communities across the country, the company is extending its impact to healthcare facilities nationwide. Thousands of patients are expected to benefit from improved healthcare delivery following the refurbishment of 3,888 hospital beds and essential medical equipment under MTN’s 21 Days of Y’ello Care initiative, in […]

Pantang Hospital has successfully hosted the La-Nkwantanang Inter-Facility Games and Wellness Event, bringing together healthcare professionals to promote unity, teamwork, and overall wellbeing. Held at the Pantang Hospital Green Park, the event encouraged staff to step away from their daily routines and engage in friendly sporting activities under the theme, “Beyond the Facility: Unity, Wellness, […]

Ghanaian musician Mzbel broke down in tears as she mourned the death of her sister, saying she believes the tragedy was linked to the long-standing shortage of hospital beds at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital. In an emotional account, Mzbel said she had heard about the facility’s recurring “no bed syndrome” since childhood and never […]

Folks, last night I lost my wife at Ridge Hospital. My wife checked in at the hospital Sunday evening. She had been due for surgery Monday morning. We agreed that I would return to the hospital in the afternoon when she would have returned from the theater. That’s how it happened. I returned to her. […]

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 […]