A Managing Trustee of the Ghana COVID-19 Private Sector Fund, Senyo Hosi, has lauded the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) for its immense support to the construction of the COVID-19 Infectious Disease and Isolation Centre from the moment the idea was conceived. “The Ghana Armed Forces has been the driving force...
For thousands of years, humans have recognized that the sun plays a role in the emergence and transmission of viruses. William Bryan, science and technology advisor to the Department of Homeland Security secretary, told reporters at the White House that government scientists had found ultraviolet rays had a potent impact on...
Herbalife Nutrition Ghana, a leading health and wellness organization has reiterated the relevance of stress management amidst so much uncertainty. In highlighting ways of dealing with stress; Meditation for example can be considered. It helps achieve a calm state of mind while disconnecting individuals from the fast paced, rigorous and...
Right now, we are being told that the novel coronavirus that causes the Covid-19 disease is such an existential threat to all of us that we need extreme measures to deal with it. More than half the world’s population is bunkered down at home under effective house arrest; a form...
The COVID-19 Private Sector Fund, in partnership with the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC), The National Commission on Civic Education (NCCE), Ghana Psychological Association, Ghana Medical Association and Global Media Alliance have joined forces to launch an awareness campaign titled “Let Love Lead. End The Stigma”. The campaign plans...
Pharmaceutical manufacturer, Intravenous Infusions PLC, has donated 100 cartons of normal saline (IV fluids) to the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR), University of Ghana. The fluids, according to Intravenous, would help the Institute and the nine other testing centres across the country to assist in dilution and testing...
Ghana’s case count for the COVID-19 pandemic infection has scaled the dreaded 10,000 mark, yet we understand that essential drugs meant for the treatment of the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) patients are locked up at the ports simply because of challenges faced by the newly introduced Integrated Customs Management Systems...
Drugs at risk of expiration before clearance Prices could go up Essential drugs meant for the treatment of the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) patients are locked up at the ports, awaiting clearance, due to the challenges faced at the ports by the newly introduced Integrated Customs Management Systems (ICUMS), designed...
Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Sunyani, Owusu-Banahene Justina, has affirmed that the  disinfection exercise of the Sunyani Military Barracks (3 Battalion) will spur military personnel on to continue to support the government's fight against COVID-19. She made the remarks at the launch of the   disinfection of military facilities in the...
The rains came down yesterday and, as usual, some parts of the city got flooded, One person has been confirmed dead at Odawna after the over-five hours of flooding in Accra. Over the years, residents of low-lying areas across the country, particularly in the Greater Accra Region, have experienced flooding...