Category Archives: Training Institutions

Nurses

Inadequate classrooms halts intake of Nursing students

The Midwifery Training College in Atibie has suspended intake of students for the Health Assistants Clinical (HAC) programme since 2010 due to inadequate classroom infrastructure for students.      Mrs Paulina…

Nurses at the launch

Wa Health Assistant school is in dire need

For the past three years admission into the Wa Health Assistants Training School  has been consistently declining, due to the serious infrastructure challenges confronting the institution. The school, established in November,…

MENTAL HEALTH....

Ghana:US$150,000 Mental health project takes-off in B/A

A two-year project aims to mainstream mental services into the public health system in Ghana, has begun in the Brong-Ahafo Region. The $150,000 project is being executed by the Brong-Ahafo…

Chris Hanni B Nursing school

South Africa:Nursing college closed down after strike by students

The Gauteng Department of Health has taken a decision to close down the Chris Hani Baragwanath Nursing College indefinitely forcing Student nurses to vacate the college premises by wednesday afternoon….

doctors

S.A:Medical school combats shortage of rural doctors with new programme

Ukwanda clinical school pioneers programme that sends final-year students to live and work in rural health districts   A South African medical school has become the first in Africa to address the…

Hospital

UG begins construction of 600-bed capacity Teaching hospital

University of Ghana (UG) through the Government of Ghana has sourced a loan facility of US$217 million from the Israeli Government to construct a 600-bed teaching hospital at Legon. When…

UHAS

University of Health and Allied Sciences (UHAS) Inaugurated

Professor Fred Newton Binka was on Friday inducted into office as the first Vice- Chancellor of the University of Health and Allied Sciences (UHAS) with the promise to make the…

Health Workers

GHS complains of high rate of pregnancy among graduating Nurses

The Northern Regional Directorate of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), has complained about the high rate of pregnancy among graduating nursing students in the region. It said the phenomenon made…