Plantains are a close relative of the banana and tend to be mistaken for them. But in one of the 120 countries that grow much of the world’s supply of plantains — like Uganda, Colombia and Cameroon — people know the distinction between the two. That’s because plantains are...
The Rotary Club of Tema in collaboration with Rotary Club of Hoppers Crossing, Melbourne, Australia organized a two-day workshop on diabetes care and management for private sector nurses and midwives at the Tema General Hospital.
President of Tema Rotary Club, Seth Otu-Larbi said, "Rotary is a service organization whose purpose...
Welcome to another week of financial learning.
Today's discussion will be a recap of my End of Year financial planning published last year.
We are now in the twelfth month of the year 2020! Hurray!!
The year 2020 has been a very challenging time for everyone due to the health pandemic the...
… call for multi-stakeholder engagement to avert potential crises
An unintended, and often overlooked, consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic is its domino effect on healthcare delivery systems, particularly for persons living with Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs); and deliberate measures must be put in place to address/remedy the situation as it can...
The Veterinary Council of Ghana has introduced the modified Meat Inspection Regulations, 2020 (L.I. 2405), aimed at ensuring meat and meat products are slaughtered and processed under strictly regulated sanitary conditions.
The regulation is also aimed at properly outlining the duties of various regulators and inspectors, their functions as well...
The ‘new normal’ has brought with it new rules and habits like masking up to protect us. We’re all still getting used to wearing a mask but if you’re experiencing skin irritation, dryness or breakouts from this ‘new normal’ habit, read on. Herbalife Nutrition has put together our top...
Deaths from malaria due to disruptions during the coronavirus pandemic to services designed to tackle the mosquito-borne disease will far exceed those killed by COVID-19 in sub-Saharan Africa, the World Health Organization warned on Monday.
More than 409,000 people globally - most of them babies in the poorest parts of...
The National Health Insurance Authority has introduced new features on the NHIS membership cards aimed at improving service delivery and to ease members’ obligation of replacing cards after every five-year mandatory replacement period.
Although the Authority has maintained the basic outlook of the membership card, the new features have an...
The GCB Bank Limited has refurbished and expanded the Judicial Service Clinic, in Kumasi, to cater for the health needs of judicial service staff and the general public.
The eight-bed ward facility, comes with a well-equipped laboratory, a well-stocked pharmacy with drugs to last for at least months, a consulting...
Last week BloombergNEF (BNEF) published a new report that quantifies the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on U.S. carbon dioxide emissions.
The report estimates that 2020 emissions will be 9.2 percent lower than in 2019, reaching a level last seen in 1983. At that time, BNEF notes, the economy was 60percent smaller...