Health
EC Chair’s claim that voter registration was done in district offices in 2016 misleading
On Monday, September 18, 2023, the chairperson of the Electoral Commission(EC), Jean Mensa, said the EC undertook voter registration in its district offices in the lead-up to the 2016 election.
Ms Jean Mensa said this...
Anthrax alert: Why you should be cautious of the meat you eat
The death of one person and 30 domestic animals from Anthrax at Binduri in the Upper East Region has compelled the government to roll out drastic measures to tame the spread of the disease...
New mosquito species in Ghana: Here’s what we know
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has announced the presence of a new breed of mosquito in Ghana. Known as Anopheles stephensi, the new specie was confirmed in March 2023 in Tuba and Dansoman, in...
NPP MP Stephen Amoah’s claim the whole country stopped work during COVID-19, false
On Saturday, March 11, 2023, the deputy minister-designate for Trade and Industry, Dr. Stephen Amoah, appeared on Joy FM’s News File programme to discuss a number of topical issues.
During the discussions, he claimed that...
Paul Adom Otchere’s claim that vaccines have arrived in Ghana completely false
The host of Good Evening Ghana on Metro TV, Paul Adom Otchere, on Tuesday, March 7, 2023, stated that Ghana’s nationwide vaccine shortage had been addressed. According to him, the Ghana Health Service had...
Lassa Fever kills one person in Ghana: Here’s what we know about the virus
The Ghana Health Service has confirmed that a 40-year-old trader in Accra has died after being infected with Lassa fever.
According to the Ghana Health Service (GHS), fourteen cases (14) of Lassa Fever have been...
Bawumia’s “No cholera in 5 years” claim completely false
On Monday, October 10, 2022, Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia commissioned a water project in Tuna in the Savannah Region.
At the event, Dr. Bawumia said the government’s investment in water projects and systems had...
Ghana records 5 monkeypox cases: Here’s what you should know about the virus.
Director-General of the Ghana Health Service, Patrick Kuma-Aboagye, has announced that Ghana has recorded five cases of monkey pox, a virus which has since been identified in 32 countries, seven of which are in...
Health Minister’s claim about Ghana’s COVID-19 management completely false
On Wednesday, February 9, 2022, the Minister of Health, Kwaku Agyemang-Manu, at a press briefing in Accra, said the World Health Organisation (WHO) had assessed Ghana among the best countries in the world in...
