Atwedie crash leaves 14 seriously injured on Kumasi–Accra Highway

At least 14 people have reportedly been seriously injured following a crash involving a Sprinter bus and a stationary tipper truck at Atwedie near Konongo on the Kumasi–Accra Highway. The incident occurred in the early hours of Saturday, October...

Rotary Club of Accra Ridge organises free health screening in Kwahu

The Rotary Club of Accra Ridge has organised a free health screening for residents of Kotoso in the Kwahu South Municipality of the Eastern Region. About 800 residents from Kotoso, Zekorpe, Asempaneye, Tokrom, Hyewohoden and parts of the Kwahu...

Traders’ ‘urine bottles’ could transmit diseases — Prof. Calys-Tagoe

A Community Health Consultant has warned that the practice of some traders, particularly women, at the Accra Central Market, urinating into plastic water bottles and storing them at their spots until the end of the day is a serious health risk....

  Grenada, Ghana sign landmark health cooperation agreement

Back: Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell (left) and Ghanian President John Dramani Mahama (right). Front: Ministers for Foreign Affairs Joseph Andall (left) and Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa (right). ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada--The governments of Grenada and the...

Atwedie crash leaves 14 critically injured on Kumasi–Accra Highway

At least 14 people are reportedly in critical condition after a fatal accident involving a Sprinter bus and a stationary tipper truck at Atwedie near Konongo on the Kumasi–Accra Highway. The incident occurred in the early hours of Saturday,...

South African Tourism, Accra Polo Club partner to support breast cancer awareness

The South African Tourism (SAT) has partnered the Accra Polo Club to host the 2025 Pink Polo International Tournament to raise funds in support of breast cancer awareness initiatives in the country. The event, which took place last Saturday, at...

Family, Friends, and dignitaries mark one-week observance of Nana Konadu

Family, friends, and dignitaries have gathered at the residence of the late former First Lady, Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings, to observe a one-week commemoration in her honour. The solemn event marks exactly one week since her passing on Thursday,...

Plight of Ghanaian veterinary doctors

Experiments have shown that more than 60 per cent of all infectious diseases in human beings have originated from animals, and more than 75 per cent of new and emerging diseases (such as monkeypox, Ebola, COVID-19, and avian influenza) originate...

Rename Ridge Hospital after Nana Konadu – Hassan Tampuli to Mahama

Member of Parliament for Gushegu, Alhassan Tampuli Sulemana, has called on President John Mahama to consider renaming the Greater Accra Regional Hospital, popularly known as Ridge Hospital, after the late former First Lady, Nana Konadu...

Five feared dead, 11 injured in Kumasi–Accra Highway crash

Five people are feared dead and 11 others are in critical condition after a fatal accident involving a Sprinter bus and a stationary tipper truck at Atwedie near Konongo on the Kumasi–Accra Highway. The incident occurred in the early hours of...

Ghana nears return to professional boxing as IMC finalizes key reforms

The long-awaited return of professional boxing in Ghana is inching closer, with the Interim Boxing Management Committee (IMC) announcing significant progress in its normalization process. The IMC’s Medical Sub-Committee has completed and submitted...

Case of guardian burning child over bedwetting reportedly withdrawn

A 24-year-old guardian, Ayisha Zakaria, has been arrested for allegedly inflicting burns on the private parts and inner thighs of a seven-year-old girl as punishment for bedwetting. Eyewitnesses said the incident occurred at Mamobi in the Ayawaso...

Rotary in Ghana, partners unveil End Polio Now billboard  

Accra, Oct 25, GNA-The Ghana District of Rotary International, District 9104, with some of its partners on Friday unveiled a giant “End Polio Now” billboard, in Accra, drawing attention to the world community to eradicate poliomyelitis from the...

Ghanaian pension funds signal major shift toward private equity investment – Report 

A new report from the African Private Capital Association (AVCA) reveals that 65% of Ghanaian pension funds intend to increase their exposure to private equity within the next five years, marking a significant shift in capital deployment...

Rev Wengam briefs world church leaders in New York on upcoming global Assemblies of God congress in Accra

About 50 global leaders have attended Cabinet and Executive Committee meetings of the World Assemblies of God Fellowship (WAGF) in New York. The meetings, which took place at the Assemblies of God Promise Church in New York, were chaired by Rev....

Improving healthcare delivery in Central Region: Sod cut for Saltpond hospital water project

Aprolonged water problem that has negatively impacted healthcare delivery at the Saltpond Municipal Hospital in the Mfantseman Municipality will soon end, following a sod-cutting ceremony last Friday for a Sustainable Water Project. The project,...

Ghana cannot seek Ofori-Atta’s extradition without solid case – AG

Attorney-General and Minister for Justice, Dr. Dominic Ayine, says Ghana cannot formally request the extradition of former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta from the United States until a solid legal case is established. He explained that U.S....

Pharmacy technicians demand financial clearance for new graduates for enhance healthcare delivery

The Pharmacy Technician Association of Ghana is demanding an end to the persistent delays in financial clearance for its newly graduated students. The association says many qualified technicians have been left idling as dispensing and pharmacy...

Turning research into resilience: CSIR-SARI Technology Park boosts climate-smart farming in northern Ghana

For the past decade, farmers across northern Ghana have been grappling with the harsh realities of climate change, such as unpredictable rainfall, prolonged droughts, rising temperatures and declining soil fertility. These disruptions have shaken...

Archbishop Palmer-Buckle commissions Tieso Healthcare Facility at Baastona

Baastona Oct. 25, GNA – The Metropolitan Archbishop of Cape Coast, the Most Reverend Charles Gabriel Palmer-Buckle, has commissioned the newly established Tieso Healthcare Medical Facility at Baastona in Accra. He described it as a “major...