On the occasion of the commemoration of the International Day of Epidemic Preparedness, SEND Ghana is urging the government of Ghana to remain committed to its word to establish a Public Health Emergency Fund (PHEF) as indicated in the 2022-2025 National Medium Term Development Framework in readiness for future...
ASA Savings and Loans Limited, Nyoheni-Shishegu Business Centre, has held a free health screening for over 200 clients and members of the community.
The screening is for them to know their health status and be in good health.
They were tested and screened on malaria, diabetes, blood pressure (BP), hepatitis B, eye, among...
New Crystal Health Services and its partners have cut the sod for construction of a US$2.5million ultra-modern hospital facility to serve the growing population of Ashaiman and its surrounding communities. The three-floor 100-bed capacity hospital will be running 24/7 and provide a one-stop-shop for all medical, diagnostic and pharmaceutical...
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...
With rising cases of Monkeypox, not only in Africa but also in the United States and Europe, the world is now experiencing shivering fears for the next tremendous negative impact similar to Covid-19. It all began the same way, the first case of Covid-19, and rapidly spread throughout the...
kick-starts exercise in Eastern Region
As part of efforts to curb the spread of the second wave of COVID-19, the police, in partnership with waste management giants, Zoomlion Ghana Limited, has begun another phase of disinfection of all its facilities in the Eastern Region.
The exercise will see the disinfection...
develoPPP health, a Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) health programme, has launched two projects to help manage the pandemic within organisations and communities at large.
One of the projects, dubbed ‘Pandemic Management in Catchment Communities in Times of COVID-19 & Beyond’, is targetted at the extractive communities of Western...
Medical drone giant, Zipline, has received commendations for its support to Ghana’s fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.
The company, through its assistance in delivering COVID-19 samples to Noguchi and KCCR for testing, has brought lots of relief to many health facilities within their operational areas.
Narrating the gains made as a...
GCB Bank Ltd. has donated an amount of GH¢100,000 to the COVID-19 National Trust Fund to help support sensitisation work and reduction in the spread of COVID-19.
The bank’s donation forms part of its corporate social responsibility of supporting and partnering state institutions to achieve the national development agenda.
The Deputy...
The COVID-19 crisis is now widely seen as the greatest economic calamity since the Great Depression. In January, the IMF expected global income to grow 3 percent; it is now forecast to fall 3 percent, much worse than during the Great Recession of 2008-09. Behind this dire statistic is...
