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...
... GHS calls for calm as efforts intensify to get more vaccines
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has said that the protection one gets after taking the first dose of AstraZeneca vaccine can last at least 90 days.
It has therefore asked people who are awaiting their second dose to exercise...
The Ministry of Health (MoH) has debunked viral claims that Sputnik-V and AstraZeneca vaccines are not effective against the deadly Indian strain of COVID-19, which is reported to have been detected at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA).
Following some media reports on the detection of the new strain in the...
About 150 Chief Executive Officers in the insurance industry, led by the Commissioner of Insurance Dr. Justice Yaw Ofori, have come together to launch a blood donation exercise.
The exercise is expected to be done annually and is to help stock the National Blood Service.
The donation follows an appeal by...
As part of its activities to combat malaria in Ghana, Bliss GVS Pharma, a global pharmaceutical company has donated anti-malarial and other essential medicines worth GHC150,000 to the 37 Military Hospital and the Police Hospital in Accra.
For over two decades, the company has been leading many initiatives to help...
New data from ongoing trials showed increased antibody response against Beta, Delta, Alpha and Gamma variants following a third dose booster with AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine
Additional analysis showed increased antibody response to Omicron after a third dose
Positive results from a preliminary analysis of an ongoing safety and immunogenicity...
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...
ASA Savings and Loans has organised a free health screening for its customers within the Goaso enclave in the Ahafo.
About 150 people who were mostly market women benefited from the screening which covered diseases like malaria, blood pressure, blood sugar, typhoid and eye test. The participants also received free...
The Cape Coast Teaching hospital says it has recorded a decline in maternal and infant mortality cases since the handing over of a blood bank to the Obstetrics and Gynaecology Unit of the Hospital by the MTN Ghana Foundation in 2021.
Speaking to a delegation from MTN who visited the...
Launches report on healthcare accountability and vaccine equity
Government must strive toward attaining the Abuja Declaration of expending, at least, 15 percent of GDP on healthcare to close the gap in health financing, Country Director of BudgIT Ghana, Felix Ankrah, has recommended.
He said there is a need for...