This personal opinion is being put across because it looks to me as if the general public and some government officials are not aware of the very important contributions being made by pharmacists towards the fight against this COVID -19 pandemic. Pharmacists are well known as experts on drugs....
The COVID-19 pandemic which has hit many parts of the world, and our beloved country, has left many people devastated. Businesses are collapsing, workers are being laid off, people are being quarantined and the death toll keeps rising. We are all experiencing a kind of trauma – whether for...
In an effort to cushion government’s effort to contain and manage the spread of the coronavirus pandemic in the country, Nsoatreman Rural Bank at Nsoatre in the Sunyani-West Municipality of Bono Region has offered a helping hand to six health facilities in its catchment area. To enhance COVID-19 precautionary measures...
Dear Dr. Addison, please review the Business Rules and Sanctions for Microfinance Institutions The call for a regulatory review is opportune in this COVID era, when market dislocations have called into question the structural resilience of the NBFI sector and its response to the widespread distress. As COVID-19 subsides and...
Ghana's COVID-19 cases have crossed the 5,000 mark to reach 5,127 with 22 deaths. Most of the deaths are associated with underlying ill-health. According to Dr. Badu Sarkodie Addo, Head of Public Health Directorate, the age range for the deaths are between ages 9 and 82 years. He said the mean...
The Office of the Head of Local Government Service (OHLGS) has been given approval by government to start the recruitment process to employ about 1,174 Environmental Health Officers and Assistants into Local Government Services. This follows the granting of financial clearance by the government of Ghana (GoG) through the Ministry...
The Ghana Association of Savings and Loans Companies (GHASALC) has donated medical essentials worth GH¢50,000 to the Ga East Hospital to help in the management and treatment of patients with COVID-19 at the facility. The medical essentials donated include a number of Omron i11 Digital BP Apparatus (with cuff and...
The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has announced an extension of the ban on social and public gathering to May 31, as part of measures to reduce the person-to-person spread of the coronavirus disease. During his 9th address to update the nation since the outbreak of the disease, he said...
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, Madagascar President, Rajoelina took the world by storm after endorsing a herbal product formulated and manufactured locally by the Malagasy Institute of Applied Research (MIAR). “All trials and tests have been conducted and its effectiveness has been provided in reducing and elimination of...
The Ghana Standards Authority has granted certification to another innovative movable handwashing machine produced by Magnifico Limited in a bid to ease the washing of hands mid the outbreak of COVID-19. The solar powered machine, named Sun Sink, offer users the opportunity to get soap and wash their hands under...