Health

Over 800 residents of Awudua and neighbouring communities in the Prestea Huni Valley Municipality of the Western Region have benefited from a free medical outreach organized by the Gold Fields Ghana Foundation (GFGF).

The country's pharmaceutical industry is pressing for deliberate investment across the entire pharmaceutical value chain, arguing that the country's ambition to become a regional manufacturing hub will remain out of reach unless it moves beyond assembling finished medicines to producing critical inputs locally.

Africa has mobilised approximately US$110 million from domestic sources to support responses to Ebola and other disease outbreaks, marking a significant step towards strengthening the continent's health security and reducing dependence on external funding.

The Western Regional Health Directorate has stepped up efforts to prevent a possible cholera outbreak by training key community stakeholders on how to detect, prevent and respond to the disease before it spreads.

Many years ago, as a young medical officer newly posted to the Volta Regional Hospital, I received a late-night call while visiting my parents in Accra.

Crisis management company LCB Worldwide Ghana Limited has partnered with the Ghana Health Service (GHS) to undertake a large-scale fumigation exercise across key public spaces in Accra as part of efforts to prevent disease outbreaks during the rainy season.