Head of Medical Waste Department at Zoompak Ghana Limited, a subsidiary company of Jospong Group of Companies (JGC), Engineer Senam Tengey, has indicated that his outfit was ready to handle medical wastes that would be generated from the ongoing nationwide vaccination exercise. In this regard, he has appealed for support...
For the past two years, Denzel Asante, a first-year student of Mpraeso Secondary School, who resides in Darkuman-Accra, has been battling a head tumor but thanks to the Vodafone’s Healthline support initiative, he can look forward to a brighter life. Narrating his story, Denzel indicated that the incident happened during...
The Veterinary Services Directorate (VSD) at the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) is hoping to realise a significant improvement in its animal disease-control reporting and other related services with the launch of an electronic platform for the Directorate. According to the Director of VSD, Dr. William Adu Kuma, the...
Enterprise Life, Nigeria - a subsidiary of Enterprise Group PLC - has now opened its doors to the Nigerian public for business. It will be recalled that the company was granted its operating licence by the Nigerian National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) in November 2020, after meeting all necessary requirements...
The world’s first and only national-scale drone delivery service, Zipline, has began the delivery of COVID-19 vaccines to selected health facilities within its service area in Ghana. This makes Ghana the first country in the world to deploy drones on a national scale to deliver COVID-19 vaccines. On 23 February,...
The World Health Organisation prequalified and Ghana Food and Drugs Authority registered Antimalarial Pyramax (Artesunate-Pyronaridine), a fixed-dose combination medication for the treatment of malaria, has been approved for clinical trials for COVID-19 in South Korea. Also, it is being tried in South Africa, Kenya and Burkina Faso to pick African...
On the latest episode of Vodafone Healthline series, health professionals have debunked the assertion that sweating while working out is fat-burning. General Practitioner Dr. Kwekuma Yalley explained that humans sweat when there is a way for the body to regulate temperature; thus when the body temperature goes up, the body...
Ghana has received 600,000 doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine made by the Serum Institute of India. The vaccines arrived at the Kotoka International Airport in the morning of Wednesday, February 24, 2021. Government officials, health workers and some diplomats were at the airport to receive the vaccines. Vaccination is expected to start...
The Ministry of Education (MoE), Ghana Education Service (GES) and teacher unions have come to an agreement for teachers to be provided with laptops for assessment work, with teachers paying 30 percent of the cost; but some concerned teachers are calling for the mother association, the Ghana National Association...
The Savelugu Municipal hospitality has been partially shut down due to an upsurge of COVID-19 cases in the area. The two-week partial closure commenced on Monday February 22, 2021. The decision was taken after 64 staff and patients tested positive for COVID-19. The management of the hospital in a memo...

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