The Western and Western North Regions Association of Rural and Community Banks have presented items, worth GH¢10, 000 to the Effia- Nkwanta Regional Hospital at Sekondi. The items include 40 packets of disposable gloves,40 gallons of chlorine solution, 40 gallon of liquid soap as well as 480 rolls of...
Prudential Bank Limited has donated GH¢200,000 to the COVID-19 National Trust Fund in Accra. This is in addition to earlier donations made by the indigenous bank to the Ghana Association of Bankers, Ghana Tourism Authority, Ghana Immigration Service, and Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research in the fight against the...
As various countries contend with a second wave of COVID-19 outbreaks, many emerging markets are pinning their hopes on a vaccine that will allow them to confidently reopen their economies without the fear of health services being overwhelmed.  With 20m people infected globally and 735,000 virus-related deaths as of August 10, it...
The Ghana Standards Authority (GSA) has trained agriculture extension officers in the Central Region on the dangers and management of aflatoxins - natural poisons produced by the fungus Aspergillus flavus and several other related species in food items. The exercise dubbed, trainer of trainers, saw 50 agriculture extension officers benefit from training...
As a domestic worker, Amsale Hailemariam knew from the inside out the luxury villas that had grown up around her simple shelter of raw metal and plastic sheeting. And in them, she saw how her country, Ethiopia, had transformed. The single mother told herself, “Oh God, a day will come...
Executive Chairman of the Angel Group of Companies, Dr. Kwaku Oteng, is the recipient of the coveted ‘fatum mutante honors’ - destiny changer honors - for his humanitarian efforts in the fight against COVID-19 in Ghana at the World Diplomatic COVID-19 Eminence honours in Accra recently. Under the auspices of...
The Sickle Cell Foundation of Ghana (SCFG), in collaboration with Novartis, has developed a mobile digital application (App) to help manage the data collected on newborns in the National Newborn Screening Programme for Sickle Cell Disease (NNSP-SCD). This initiative forms part of the Mission of the SCFG and its...
 Everything seemed so surreal and unimaginable. It felt like the virus was only in Asia and would be stopped before it reached us here in Africa and Ghana. From Asia, we heard it was in Europe, then America. Before we could even blink, the first few cases emerged in some...
The second phase of the Live Strong with Iron campaign that is educating Ghanaians on the risks, symptoms and solutions of iron deficiency starts today with a renewed focus on reaching those at the highest risk. According to the WHO, Iron Deficiency is the most common and widespread nutritional disorder...
A Clinical Psychologist, Dr. Dzifa Abra Attah, has advised the youth to gain a firm control over the uncertainties surrounding the COVID 19 pandemic. While admitting that the pandemic presented a very challenging time for individuals, especially the youth, she said they had the ability to adjust to changes...