The Ministry of Health in a letter has informed Medical Officers and Dentists who have completed their House Job and verified by the Medical and Dental Council under the 25th and 26th list that recruitment into the service will start from Monday, 12th September 2022 at 12 noon.

Applicants who are qualified are required to apply formally on the Ministry of Health online application portal by logging in to https://hr.moh.gov.gh and following the instructions to select the preferred agency under the Ministry.

According to the Ministry, applicants who select Ghana Health Service will further be posted by the Director General to regions and facilities where there are vacancies, and their services are needed.

Applicants are warned that this recruitment does not require any payment, all applicants are advised not to make any payment for this recruitment and whoever pays, does so at their own risk. Also, any person who demands money should be reported to the Chief Director of the Ministry.

The deadline for submission of the application is Saturday, 17th September 2022 at 6.00 pm.

The Ghana Health Service has indicated that Ghana is currently battling three outbreaks in the country (Covid-19, influenza, and Monkeypox). This was made known during a press briefing on Wednesday, 8^th June.

Covid-19 Surge

According to the Director-General of the Ghana Health Service, Dr. Patrick Kuma-Aboagye, Ghana has seen a rise in the number of Covid-19 cases in the last few weeks with active cases now at 400 with Omicron being the dominant variant. The rise in cases is attributed to events like school outbreaks and workplace-related events which most of the cases are largely from the Greater Accra region. Even though there has been a rise in the number of cases, there are no severe or critical cases.

Flu Incidence

Dr. Kuma-Aboagye speaking on the flu incidence said about 3460 samples were tested and 773 were confirmed as Influenza A(H3) positive. The first case was seen in January in the eastern region and surged in April. Currently, all the regions have reported cases except Upper East, Upper West, and North East regions. He advised the public to follow Covid-19 control measures for preventing influenza including hand hygiene, social distancing, use of face masks, and other preventive measures.

Monkeypox Outbreak

According to the Ghana Health Service, Ghana has confirmed 5 cases of monkeypox in three regions namely Eastern, Greater Accra, and Western. The cases were confirmed out of 12 suspected cases that were investigated from 24th May 2022. So far, no death has been recorded in the cases.

Members of the National Health Insurance Scheme will by the end of the year have the opportunity to renew their membership electronically using the mobile phone. This was disclosed by the Chief Executive Officer of the Authority Dr. Samuel Annor when he paid a working visit to the Ayawaso District office of the Authority.

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About 400 members of the NHIS throng the district office on daily basis to either register or renew their membership. The numbers however have been inundating. This according to the NHIA boss necessitated the introduction of the electronic renewal. It is expected to relieve members of the long hours they spend at the district offices to have their cards renewed. An electronic renewal system is currently being piloted in the Asuogyaman and West Mamprusi Districts and its expected to be rolled out by the end of the year. The process requires a mobile application to generate a code and payments are done via mobile money.

We had the option to either expand the number of offices we have or usetechnology to solve the problem; we opted for technology to solve the problemafter looking at the cost implication. The e-renewal project which would belaunched in the middle of December has already been piloted in two regions, andworking effectively

Dr. Annor also revealed that to streamline fees charged NHIS members at the primary healthcare facilities across the country, a restricted universal healthcare will be rolled out by the Authority to curb unplanned cost incurred while accessing healthcare.

He further  assured that his outfit willensure  issues of unauthorized charges at NHIS healthfacilities are stalled. He stressed that no facility was to charge anyNHIS  member fees for service delivery at the primary healthcare facilitynationwide.

SOURCE: NHIS GHANA

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