The Minister of Health, Mr. Kwaku Agyeman Manu, has said work will soon start on the uncompleted Komfo Anokye Maternity and Children's block, in Kumasi. Addressing the journalists, during the regular press briefing by the Ministery of Information, he disclosed that the sod cutting exercise will be done for the...
A high-powered delegation from the Ghana EXIM Bank, one of the major funding banks of the government’s flagship programme, One-district, One-factory (1D1F), has paid a working visit to three pharmaceutical companies in the Greater Accra Region who have received funding from the bank to invest into their operations. The team,...
Representatives from All Moms in Leadership (aML) Community have presented nose masks, hand sanitizers and liquid hand washing soaps produced by aML members to pregnant women at the maternity unit of the Mamprobi Polyclinic. The gesture by the community forms part of its plans in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic. Director of...
The Greater Accra Poultry Farmers Association (GAPFA), has donated 900 crates of eggs to the Office of the First Lady and the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection in a bid to support the fight against the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in Ghana. As part of the gesture, the Rebecca...
Indigenous Oil Marketing company, GOIL Company Limited has presented personal protective equipment (PPE), Veronica Buckets, and disinfectants to the Ashaiman Polyclinic in support of the government’s efforts to stem the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. The items, valued at GH₵20,000 comprised Veronica buckets; medical overalls; 2000 pieces of hand sanitisers;...
Ghana Centre for Disease Control to be established 88 district, 6 new regional hospitals existing ones to see upgrades local pharma industry to be boosted The country’s health sector is set to see major infrastructure developments including the establishment of 88 districts and six new regional hospitals, the creation...
The contractor of the University of Ghana Hospital project, EDC Engineering and Construction Limited based in Isreal, has donated an amount of GH¢100,000 to the COVID-19 Trust Fund. This was in response to the clarion call made by the President Nana Addo Dankwa Akuffo Addo after he had established the...
The number of deaths caused by malaria in Sub-Saharan Africa could double to 769,000 this year, as efforts to curb the disease are disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Health Organisation warned last week Thursday. The region has more than 25,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19, with more than 1,200...
As part of its corporate social responsibility, the St John’s Hospital and Fertility Centre - a private health facility in Accra, has made a cheque donation of GH¢20,000 to the Sekyere East District Health Directorate in the Ashanti Region. The donation is in support of the fight against outbreak of...
The Suma Rural Bank Limited, headquartered at Suma-Ahankro in the Jaman North district of Bono Region, has joined the fight against coronavirus with a donation of assorted sanitary items to selected health facilities, police and some traditional councils within its catchment area. The sanitary items estimated at GH¢10,000 included Veronica...