As Covid cases in China continue to rise, Beijing will soon start distributing Pfizer's Covid-19 drug Paxlovid to the community health centres in the coming days, the CNN reported citing state media. According to the state-run China News Service, after getting trained, community doctors would dispense the medicine to Covid-19...
 Over 300 Customers at the Adenta Business Centre of ASA Savings and Loans have benefitted from a health screening exercise. They were screened for Hepatitis B, malaria, blood sugar, blood pressure, body mass index (BMI) and other vitals, such as temperature, respiratory rate while there was doctor consultancy. According to Mr....
Bliss GVS Pharma, a pharmaceutical firm, has donated antimalarial medications to the Upper West Regional Hospital in a bid to aid the fight against malaria in the region. This gesture is part of the company's corporate social responsibility and commitment to improving healthcare in Ghana. Malaria is a major health challenge...
As part of its Ashanti Month Initiative, the Vodafone Ghana Foundation, in collaboration with the Otumfuo Osei Tutu II Foundation and the Divine Mother and Child Foundation, conducted a Healthfest at the Central Mosque in Asawase, Kumasi. The event saw over 500 people registering for various free health screenings. The...
Zipline Ghana has been recognized as the "Most Digitized Logistics Provider of the Year" at the Africa Procurement & Supply Chain Awards ceremony in Lagos, Nigeria. The gala event held in a dazzling display of recognition for outstanding achievements in the logistics industry, saw Zipline rise above its peers to...
In a remarkable show of international collaboration and dedication to women's health, the Rotary Club of Accra-East (RCAE) and the Rotary Club of Eau Claire in the USA have come together to donate 50 thermal coagulators, specialized cervical pre-cancer treatment devices, to underserved communities. This initiative, with a total cost...
Deputy Minister of Health, Mahama Asei Seini, has called on the West African Health Organisation (WAHO) and development partners to focus on developing a regional Risk Communication and Community Engagement (RCCE) workforce to enhance efficient pandemic preparedness and response. This proactive approach, according to him, will ensure efficient communication, education...
The Jospong Group of Companies has presented separate cheques totalling almost GH¢500,000 to three renal facilities in Accra. The money is to support kidney patients’ treatment at Korle Bu Renal Unit, University of Ghana Dialysis Centre and Renal Unit of the Bank Hospital, which for some reasons are unable to...
By Ebenezer Chike Adjei NJOKU Mohammed Z. Imoro, a Development Practitioner and Senior Project Officer at the Participatory Development Associates (PDA), has called on stakeholders, particularly the government, to draw relevant lessons from historical incidents of pandemics in the formulation and implementation of Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions (NPIs) in the fight against...
Local pharmaceutical manufacturers want the imposition of restrictions on the importation of basic drugs that are being produced in the country, so as to promote the local industry and make the vision of ‘Ghana beyond Aid’ a reality. Indeed, the impact of COVID-19 on the economy and the realization that...