The Ghana Shippers Authority (GSA) has presented items to the Effia Nkwanta Regional Hospital at Sekondi to assist in health care delivery. The items are bed sheets and gallons of liquid soap and that this is part of GSA’s corporate social responsibility. Charles Darling Asiedu Sey, Western and Central Regions...
First National Bank Ghana has donated some PPE and cleaning materials to the Danfa and Shai Osudoku District Hospitals, two health facilities in the Greater Accra Region. The donations form part of the bank’s interventions under its ASPIRE (Accelerated Support for Pandemic Intervention Relief Effort) initiative to support frontline health...
The Databank Group, through the Databank Foundation, has donated Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) worth over GHS 150,000 to frontline medical staff as part of its commitment to support the fight against COVID-19. The PPE, which included masks, temperature guns, gloves and disposable gowns, were distributed to different health facilities in...
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has commended Vodafone Ghana Foundation for its annual charity activity ‘Vodafone Homecoming’ - an initiative that has helped settle medical bills for thousands of patients in many health institutions across the country. Speaking during the virtual ceremony to launch the second phase of the Vodafone...
More than 1.5 billion people (approx. 25% of the world’s population) live with intestinal parasites such as worms. One of Africa’s most popular dewormer, WORMBAT-400 has been engaging in activities to raise awareness & have shown their commitment to make Ghana Worm-Free. The WORMBAT-400 team has been undertaking several community outreaches...
Data from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) suggests that Africa is home to 63 international transboundary river basins that cover approximately 64% of the continent’s land area and also hosts 93% of the region’s entire surface water resources yet a large percentage of the population do not have...
Shama District in the Western Region is to benefit from a two –storey 100 bed capacity hospital at a total cost of €32 million. When completed it will be fitted with a theatre, a six-bed intensive care unit, a recovery ward, pharmacy, and laboratory. It will also have diagnostic services...
The sale of the Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to fight against the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has reduced drastically in the Tamale Metropolis of the Northern region with traders worried about the investment injected into the business. A survey conducted by the B&FT within the Tamale Metropolis to ascertain the impact of...
The Rotary Club of Tema Meridian and the Rotary Club of Tema have donated 600 pieces of Rotary-branded nose masks to the Tetteh Ocloo State School for the Deaf, located at Adjei Kojo near Tema in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. The Rotary-branded nose masks were sponsored by the...
 COVID-19 has claimed more than 700,000 lives, infected over 19 million people, and decimated rich and poor economies alike. But, even as most of the world faces unprecedented recession, policy responses differ sharply. The contrast between Europe and Asia is a case in point. Both regions are undoubtedly facing serious...