The Ministry of Health (MoH) has successfully recruited 6,245 nurses and midwives out of 6,500 available positions in what officials describe as one of Ghana’s largest and most competitive nationwide health sector employment exercises in recent years. The announcement was made by ministry officials on May 18, 2026, following the completion of a recruitment process […]

President John Dramani Mahama has officially commissioned a state-of-the-art Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Scan facility at the Sweden Ghana Medical Center in Accra, marking a major breakthrough for Ghana’s healthcare and oncology sector. The new facility is expected to significantly reduce the need for Ghanaians to travel abroad for advanced medical diagnostics and cancer-related treatment, a […]

Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, Ghana’s Minister for Health, has indicated that the government’s ambitious Agenda 111 initiative may face significant challenges in achieving full completion due to financial and logistical constraints. Speaking in an interview on Citi FM, the Minister outlined the difficulties confronting the current administration in advancing the large-scale healthcare infrastructure project initiated under […]

Nursing and midwifery education in Ghana is set for a major transformation, as training colleges prepare to award degree certificates and introduce specialised programmes, Health Minister Kwabena Mintah Akandoh has announced. Speaking at the inauguration of Advisory Boards for Health Training Institutions, the Minister said the reforms are aimed at producing highly skilled professionals who […]