On Friday, 17th April 2020, while Ghanaian authorities were assessing the performance of the measures put in place to deal with COVID-19, Moody’s, a credit rating agency released a report that maintains the rating for Ghana but revised the outlook from positive outlook to negative outlook.
The negative outlook signals...
… as it marks World Sight Day 2020
Standard Chartered Bank’s Seeing is Believing Programme has announced its final funding of US$60,000 to the Korle-Bu Ophthalmic Nursing School as it marks 13 years of great socio-economic impact in Ghana.
The funding was made on World Sight Day 2020, whose theme...
The Futurize HealthTech Summit, a joint initiative by Futurize and AstraZeneca under the A.Catalyst Network, concluded this week, signaling a new era in African health technology. Hosted at Strathmore University Business School in Nairobi, the exclusive event welcomed over 120 attendees, each dedicated to enhancing the industry.
Experts engaged in...
Bliss GVS Pharma Ghana has donated medicine worth over GHC 270,000 to the Cape Coast Teaching Hospital and Winneba Trauma Hospital, in the Central region, to commemorate approaching World Malaria Day 2024.
The initiative, which is being for the fourth consecutive year, forms part of the company’s corporate social responsibility...
A Vector Control Officer (VCO) of Zoomlion Ghana Limited (ZGL), Mr. Enoch Mintah, has hinted that his outfit's continuous disinfection of the country’s airports is to contain the virus.
He said despite the reduction in COVID-19 cases across the country, his company will continue to carry out disinfection operations in...
Prudential Bank, an indigenous financial institution, has donated GH¢20,000 to the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR) to support its 7th Annual Research Meeting (ARM) slated for November 17-18, 2022.
Under the theme: ‘Bridging the Research and Policy Divide’, the meeting seeks to provide a forum for policy and...
Preba Greenstreet, the Director for Legal & External Affairs at Vodafone Ghana, has emphasised the critical role of quality healthcare in national development during a donation of essential medical equipment to the Manhyia District Hospital's Antenatal Care Unit in Kumasi, Ghana.
The donation was part of Vodafone Foundation’s commitment to...
The Africa CDC, through its Pathogen Genomics Initiative, has presented genomic sequencing equipment and reagents to the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR) to enhance its research into diseases of public health.
The gesture is part of efforts to ensure that NMIMR adopts best practices and techniques in its...
Renowned health expert, Professor Margaret Lartey, has called on individuals and governments to take action against environmental triggers that can cause allergies and other health-related problems.
Globally, allergies affect 30-40 percent of people, with serious impacts on individuals, families, and healthcare systems. In Ghana, healthcare workers and allergic individuals perceive...
A recent study reported on myjoyonline got many people talking about herbal medicine usage by educated Ghanaians. This study proved that the negative perception of herbal medicine is not influencing its usage. It rather appears that educated people in Ghana have rather found solace in herbal medicine.
This was...