The Ghana National Consortium on Neglected Tropical Diseases (Ghac-NTDs) has called for closer collaboration between the Ghana Health Service (GHS), the Ministry of Health, civil society organisations, and other stakeholders to accelerate the elimination of Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) in Ghana by 2030. Marking World NTD Day 2026 in Tamale, the consortium noted that while […]

The Management of Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) has issued a public disclaimer distancing the hospital from an individual who falsely presented himself as a staff member of the hospital in a misleading TikTok Live video. In a statement dated January 30, 2026, KATH clarified that the individual is not, and has never been, an […]

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has organised a stakeholder meeting to sensitise food handlers on the importance of cleanliness, food safety, and the planned rollout of a typhoid fever vaccination programme. Speaking at the meeting, the Director-General of the Ghana Health Service, Dr. Samuel Kaba Akoriyea, highlighted the critical role food handlers play in protecting […]

French investigators are examining the deaths of two infants who had consumed baby formula products that were subject to precautionary recalls earlier this month, the French health ministry said on Friday. One of the babies, who died in Pessac in southwestern France, had been fed Guigoz powder milk produced by Swiss company Nestlé, the Bordeaux […]

The Alpha and Omega Chop Bar in Krobo Odumase, Kumasi, has been ordered closed by city authorities following inspections that revealed serious sanitation lapses posing risks to public health. During an inspection led by the Mayor of Kumasi, Richard Kwasi Ofori Boadi Agyemang, officials found filth and untreated liquid waste from the eatery being discharged […]

 The Chief Executive Officer of Star Oil Ghana, Philip Tieku, together with his management team, has donated an operating table to support improved healthcare delivery at the National Reconstructive Plastic Surgery and Burns Centre (NRPS&BC) of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital. The donation was made during a sod-cutting ceremony held at the NRPS&BC on Tuesday, […]

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 […]

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 […]

The decision by British American Tobacco (BAT) to stop producing cigarettes in South Africa due to rampant illicit cigarette sales will put more than 35,000 jobs at risk, devastating tobacco growers who have relied on BAT for more than 100 years. The Limpopo Tobacco Processors (LTP) contracts about 100 South African commercial and small-scale farmers […]

Dr. Letitia Obeng, Ghana’s first female scientist, passed away on 23 March 2023 at the age of 98, leaving behind a legacy of groundbreaking achievements in science, education, and environmental leadership. Born in January 1925, Dr. Obeng began her early education at Kwahu-Abetifi before completing her secondary studies at Achimota School in 1946. With no […]