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...
The way we start our day tends to influence the way it turns out. Many of us may now have more time in the mornings and can create a routine that helps to keep us healthier and happier. Wake up on the right side of your bed with some...
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...
The immediate past Chief Pharmacist for the Ashanti Region, Kofi Baryeh, is pushing for pharmaceutical procurement policy which will mandate government to buy a certain percentage of their medical supplies from local drug manufacturing companies in order to ensure that monies it (government) has pushed into the sector translate...
Global Media Alliance (GMA), a marketing communications industry leader, has organized a virtual training session to educate its staff on the proper observance of the COVID-19 safety protocols as part of efforts to retool staff on the fight against the pandemic. Speaking on the training session, Fafa Gbeho, Head of...
There is growing uncertainty surrounding tertiary institutions on the admission of freshmen and women for the 2020 academic calendar, following the outbreak of COVID-19 that has led to a shutdown of schools in the country. Also, due to rapid spread of the virus in the country, most institutions are scared...
Science-based Technology Company 3M, together with not-for-profit organisation United Way (UW) Worldwide, has supported relief projects across Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) that are helping the most vulnerable people in society impacted by the COVID-19 crisis. Ghana is one of twelve countries across EMEA receiving a share of...