Tag: Dr Patrick Kuma-Aboagye
Observe Covid-19 safety protocols after taking second jab – GHS
The Director-General of the Ghana Health Service, Dr Patrick Kuma-Aboagye, has urged those who receive their second vaccination against COVID-19 to continue observing the...
Africa Health Supplies and partners to host second Neonatal Jaundice Conference on April 23
The Africa Health (AHS) Supplies Limited in partnership with the Ministry of Health, the Ghana Health Service (GHS) will on Friday April 23,...
COVID-19 Update: We are working to avoid a third wave – Ghana Health Service
Dr. Patrick Kuma-Aboagye, the Director General, Ghana Health Service, says government is putting in place measures to halt a possible third outbreak of the...
Ghana Health Service worried over vaccine theft
The Ghana Health Service ( GHS) has expressed concern over the alleged stealing of COVID-19 vaccine by three staff of the Service.
A press...
Ghana vaccinates 300,000 people within a week
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has, so far, vaccinated 300,000 people since the COVID-19 mass vaccination programme started on March 2,2021.
Those who received doses...
GHS commissions 240 capacity PCR Centre in Cape Coast
Dr Patrick Kuma-Aboagye, the Director-General of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), has commissioned a 240-capacity Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) test Centre at the Cape...
142 COVID-19 positive cases recorded in schools in four regions
A total of 142 COVID-19 positive cases have been recorded in some junior and senior high schools in four regions.
Fifty-six (56) positive cases were...
There are Post-COVID-19 Clinics for recovered patients
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) says there is a Post-COVID-19 Clinics for patients who have recovered from the deadly Coronavirus disease in almost all...
Prices of face masks surge as COVID-19 infection increases
Prices of protective facemasks have inched-up and as they become the quickest and lucrative commodity just as the country records a surge in COVID-19...
GHS to enhance surveillance in COVID-19 high risk communities
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) says it is putting in place measures to enhance surveillance in high risk areas and testing for...
Non-adherence to COVID-19 protocols is cause of increase in cases – GHS
Dr Patrick Kuma-Aboagye, the Director-General of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), on Monday attributed the increase in COVID-19 cases in the country to...
Let’s help reduce HIV infection – GAC
The Ghana AIDs Commission (GAC) has launched this year’s World AIDs Day with a call on the public to work towards reducing the infection...
MOH receives health equipment from the Royal Netherlands
The Ministry of Health (MOH), has received 51 boxes of Computer-Aided Detection “4” COVID-19 (CAD4COVID) Artificial Intelligence (AI) Software from the Dutch Government.
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GHS Director inspects ongoing Polio vaccination
Dr. Patrick Kuma-Aboagye, Director General, Ghana Health Service (GHS), Friday paid a working visit to selected communities in Accra to assess the second round...
Ghana commemorates World Patients Safety Day
Statistics from the World Health Organisation (WHO), has shown that millions of patients globally, suffer injuries and death due to unsafe care they receive...
COVID-19: No positive case at KIA – GHS
No positive case of COVID-19 has been recorded at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) after it was re-opened on September 1, Dr Patrick Kuma-Aboagye,...
SHSs with COVID-19 cases to delay vacation
The Government has directed Senior High Schools with positive cases of COVID-19 to delay vacation to allow for assessment of contacts to prevent further...
COVID-19: GHS worried over increasing numbers of people not wearing facemasks
Dr Patrick Kuma-Aboagye, Director-General, Ghana Health Service (GHS), has expressed worry over the increasing number of people defying the protocol to wear facemasks in...
COVID-19: Ghana records 1,723 active cases from 43,260 cumulative positives
Dr Patrick Kuma-Aboagye, Director-General, Ghana Health Service (GHS), on Thursday, said Ghana has 1,723 active cases of COVID-19, from the cumulative of 43,260 positives...
COVID-19 infections gradually decline – Dr Kuma-Aboagye
Dr Patrick Kuma-Aboagye, the Director-General of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), on Tuesday said the nation has in the last few days, recorded a...
COVID-19 virus does not spread fast in buses
The evidence so far in the country does not support the risk of transfer of COVID-19 in cars like other diseases, Dr Patrick Kuma-Aboagye,...
GHS to publish outcome of Hydroxychloroquine use on COVID-19 patients
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) says it is monitoring the performance of the Hydroxychloroquine use for treating COVID-19 patients and will soon share the...
Government completes expansion of Kumasi South hospital
Government has completed the expansion of the Kumasi South District Hospital to enhance quality healthcare delivery, Dr Patrick Kuma-Aboagye, the Director-General of the Ghana...
No COVID-19 samples have gone bad – Dr Kuma-Aboagye
Dr Patrick Kuma-Aboagye, the Director-General of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), on Tuesday, said no COVID-19 samples have gone bad as reported last week...
GHS to give priority to symptomatic cases under Testing Regime
The Ghana Health Service’s (GHS) new strategy for the management of COVID-19 is to give priority to symptomatic cases under its testing regime.
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Ghana records 87.4 percent recoveries of COVID-19 cases
Ghana has recorded 25,331 recoveries and discharges of COVID-19, representing 87.4 per cent of the total cases recorded in the country since March 12,...
COVID-19: Many SHS students recover, back to school
A significant number of Senior High School (SHS) students who tested positive for COVID-19, have recovered and are back in school, Dr Patrick Kuma-Aboagye,...
Ghana’s COVID-19 active cases witnessing steep decline
Ghana's active cases of COVID-19 is 4,058 indicating a steep decline in the country's disease burden, Dr Patrick Kuma-Aboagye, the Director-General of the Ghana...
Ghana records 695 new positive cases of COVID-19
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) on Thursday reported 695 new positive cases of COVID-19, bringing the country’s cumulative total to 26,125.
Out...
COVID-19: We won’t be pressured to shut down schools– Health Minister
Mr. Kwaku Agyemang Manu, the Minister of Health, has served notice that the government would not be pressured to shut down Senior High Schools...