A total of 23,118 Senior High School candidates from three regions - Northern, Savannah and North East - have registered to sit the 2020 West African Examination Council (WAEC) test.
Out of the number, 14,805 are from the Northern Region; 4,407 from Savannah; and the remaining 3,906 from the North...
When the wrath of COVID-19 began to ravage world economies, take lives and alter our way of life, many thought it was just a temporal occurrence. Six months down the line, we are still keeping social distance, wearing our face masks, and regularly washing or sanitising our hands. As...
The Kingdom of the Netherlands Embassy has handed over personal protective equipment (PPE) to Solidaridad, an international civil society organisation, at a ceremony in Accra.
The equipment worth €10,000 includes face shields, surgical masks, FFP2 masks, gloves, gumboots, overalls, hair covers and goggles. Other items are infra-red thermometers, methylated spirits, bleach...
Government in collaboration with the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) and European Union Delegation have launched a campaign dubbed ‘No Place Like Home’, to throw light on the dangers of illegal migration and provide hope for persons who are contemplating using illegal routes in travelling to migrate for survival.
According...
Government through the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development has launched a nationwide disinfection exercise in partnership with Zoomlion Ghana Limited, at the Golden Jubilee Park in Kumasi.
The project forms part of government’s efforts in its fight against the coronavirus pandemic, which has been on exponential increase in...
Ecobank, in partnership with the UNFPA and Tobinco Pharmaceuticals, provided logistical support to the Tetteh Ocloo State School for the Deaf at Ashaiman in the Greater Accra region, in a joint venture to counter the COVID-19 pandemic.
The donation was to equip the school, as their final year students returned...
The Ghana Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD) Alliance has challenged policy makers, health care institutions and professionals not to relegate the health needs of patients with cancers, stroke, hypertension and diabetes onto the sidelines, as they focus on rolling back COVID-19 cases.
“Though COVID-19 is fatal and deserves the needed attention, we...
Isaac Osei, Board Chairman of Intravenous Infusion Limited (IIL), a manufacturer of pharmaceutical products, has appealed to government to consider using bonds or other financial instruments to settle the National Health Insurance Scheme’s (NHIS) arrears to pharmaceutical suppliers.
According to Mr. Osei, the Ghana Chamber of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Manufacturers...