RESTORE Worldwide Inc., a foundation for reconstructive surgery, lead by United States (US)-based Ghanaian Surgeon, Dr. Michael K. Obeng, has successfully completed over 100 free surgeries at the Ho Teaching Hospital within five days. Dr. Obeng and his team of voluntary health professionals embarked on this tremendous humanitarian mission which...
The Christian Health Association of Ghana (CHAG) has called for the institutionalisation and nationalisation of the SafeCare quality improvement programme in Ghana’s healthcare delivery system. Dr. Peter Yeboah, Executive Director of the Christian Health Association of Ghana (CHAG), made the call for the adoption of the SafeCare quality improvement methods,...
…How Ghana’s industry professionals synergised to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic by constructing an Infectious Disease Centre in just 100 days MARCH 2020 – It’s 1am and Accra is asleep. For a few hours, city dwellers could bury their worries – including COVID-19, which ranked high on their list. For...
Consolidated Shipping Agencies Limited (Conship), on Tuesday, presented medical items worth GH¢120,000 to the Adeusena Health Centre in the North Akyem District of the Eastern Region. The items include 2 laptop computers, 1 coloured printer, 1 tabletop fridge, 3 hospital beds, 3 delivery beds, 4 baby cots, 2 ward screens,...
The Telecel Ghana Foundation, in partnership with Touching the Lives of Girls Foundation International, has commemorated the World Menstrual Hygiene Day 2024 with an impactful 2-day event at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology (KNUST) in Kumasi. The programme was attended by over 5000 female students from...
Zipline, the leading force in drone logistics delivery, has reached a monumental achievement with its one-millionth delivery to customers, signifying a significant leap forward in the logistics delivery sector. This historic milestone was marked by the delivery of two bags of IV fluid from a Zipline distribution center in...
Have a headache, stomach ache or a fever? You do not need to walk for more than a kilometre to access a licensed pharmacy that will provide you with all the pills and tablets you need to feel better. For those of us in Accra, Kumasi, Tamale, Takoradi and others...
The National Petroleum Authority (NPA) has donated a laboratory equipment to the Ghana Atomic Energy Commission (GAEC) to facilitate pharmaceutical, biological and forensic analysis. The Chief Executive of the NPA, Dr.Mustapha Abdul- Hamid, said the gesture by the Authority was  to protect public health and wellbeing as well as ensure...
A number of healthcare professionals in the country say the sector’s fragile state may not withstand the crushing force of the pandemic, citing inadequate facilities, lack of research, among others as reasons. Findings based on interviews some doctors granted this Paper indicate that the increasing number of coronavirus cases is...
Vice President, Economics, Research and Strategy, Development Bank of Ghana (DBG), Dr. Kwabena Opuni-Frimpong, has said that environmental sustainability can be achieved through concerted efforts from stakeholders, including chiefs. According to him, there is tension between climate change and sustainable development as temperature levels in the world keep rising due...