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Health Insurance Scheme out soon.

President John Agyekum Kufour has said that the government will come out with a health insurance scheme reflecting current socio-economic conditions in the country.
Currently the Ministry of Health is studying various options based on other countries experiences.He said that the government will work hard to introduce the scheme to make healthcare more accessible to the people.
The President said this when he addressed a durbar of chiefs & people of Seketia in the Jaman District of the Brong Ahafo Region.

CT Equipment for Trust Hospital

A Computerised Tomography (CT) equipment for diagnosing a wide variety of diseases has been installed at the Trust Hospital in Accra.
The CT which can detect cases that are normally non-detectable withthe use of conventional x-ray is the third of its kind to be installed in the country.Some of the diseases the CT can detect are brain & bone injuries, tumours & stroke.
Deputy Minister of Health, Mr. Moses Dani Baah said that currently the government is working out a pre-payment system that will enable patients to pay their medical bills with ease.He expressed the hope that with the installation of the CT equipment the practice of travelling outside the country for treatment of specialised cases which hitherto could not be done in the country would now be at a minimum.

Media Students to fight AIDS

An association of Media Students for the Awareness & Prevention of HIV/AIDS has been launched in Accra with the aim of sensitising students on the need to counsel people on the effects of the disease.
The country representative of the United Nations Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA), Mr. Moses Mukasa said the formation of the association is timely since the spread of the disease has become alarming.He indicated that despite widespread information on the disease 16.4 million women aged between 15-49 are living with the disease worlwide.He said the world can only ensure the total eradication of the epidermic when there exists an informed public that is sensitive to the causes & the spread of the disease.

Canada Supports Ghana's AIDS Control Programme

Ghana & Canada have signed an agreement under which Canada is providing $3.8 million to Ghana to help combat the HIV/AIDS pandemic in the country.This is to facilitate the commencement of the third phase of the West African Project to combat AIDS in Ghana.
This is aimed at making more information available to women & to empower them in their sexual activities.The programme is to give the highest priority to the treatment of sexually transmitted diseases & to increase the availabilty of essential drug.