PRESS STATEMENT DELIVERED BY DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF GHANA HEALTH SERVICE DR. EBENEZER APPIAH DENKYIRA ON THE MENINGITIS SITUATION IN GHANA, 15th FEBRUARY, 2016
Ladies and Gentlemen of the Press Directors of Ministry of Health/ Ghana Health Service Rep. from WHO Distinguished Health Professionals Good Afternoon We are grateful to have you here today to brief you on the meningitis situation in the…
BEFORE I BECAME A NURSE
Nursing is a noble profession and as a result most young women want to be trained as such. As noble as it can, most people would want to be nurses because it is lucrative. Growing up, I had the…
Finding cases of Buruli ulcer among chronic ulcers in rural Ghana – A case for active case-searching
Michael R. Adjei1 & Frank Baiden2 1 District Director of Health Services, Tain District, Brong Ahafo Region, Ghana 2 Clinical Research Fellow, Kintampo Health Research Centre, Kintampo, Ghana Buruli ulcer is a chronic necrotising skin…
Gene discovery could lead to new types of HIV treatments
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Study links African ancestry to high-risk breast cancer | University of Michigan Health System
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Doctors call off strike at TamaleTeaching Hospital
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UN chemical experts confirm use of sarin gas in Syria
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Assessment of hand injuries
The department of surgery is holding a 2 week programme on assessment of hand injuries. The series of presentation would be done by a visiting Professor by the name Neil Salyapongse from the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and…
Kumasi- Michigan Collaboration
The National Radiotherapy and Nuclear Medicine Center, KATH in collaboration with the University of Michigan has installed a video conferencing facility at the oncology conference room to aid the exchange of ideas on health care. The facility aids in real…
KATH ,Department of Surgery making loses..the real facts
There has been calls for from management for the surgery department to look at how to cut losses and make profit for the hospital. Comparison is made with the other departments to effect that they churn profits during every quarterly…