Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) is a global health problem affecting millions of people around the world. It is estimated that more than 300,000,000 individuals worldwide have sickle cell trait (AS), the benign carrier condition. More than 500,000 infants are born with major haemoglobin disorders inclusive of more than 400,000...
The Ghana Veterinary Medical Technicians Association of Ghana (VEMTAG) has called for an immediate review and harmonisation of the Veterinary legislation for effective Veterinary governance in the country.
VEMTAG explained that with provisions of the Public Health Act most of the activities supposed to be carried out by the veterinary...
Prudential Bank Limited has supported the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR) with GH¢100,000 as part of the bank’s ongoing support for the fight against COVID-19.
The NMIMR is the leading institution in Ghana mandated to carry out testing, contact tracing and diagnostic confirmation of COVID-19.
At a short ceremony...
Leading food and agri-business company Olam Ghana has partnered with Mitsubishi Corporation to donate hygiene supplies and deliver sensitisation to cashew farming communities in support of national efforts against COVID-19.
Specifically targetting farmers and their families in the cashew growing communities of the Bono and Bono East Regions of Ghana,...
…as definition of ‘frontline health workers’ still hangs
As part of the COVID-19 Alleviation Plan (CAP), government has set aside some GH¢80million to cater for the payment of 50% allowance on the basic salaries of frontline healthcare workers, Deputy Minister of Finance Charles Adu Boahen has disclosed.
Answering questions on behalf...
Professor Douglas Boateng - a supply chain, logistics and industrialisation expert, has predicted that the local economy could earn as much as GH¢300million from the fast-growing local face mask sector following the outbreak of novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Ghana.
Previously, most face masks were sourced from other countries, particularly China;...
The outgoing Chinese Ambassador to Ghana, Shi Ting Wang, has stated that the Chinese community in Ghana will continue to support the government of Ghana’s effort in fighting the novel, Coronavirus.
He further stated that the COVID-19 global pandemic is the most extensive to afflict humanity in a century. A...
The Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research at the University of Ghana has taken delivery of some rapid test kits, a donation from Omnifert in support of the fight against COVID-19.
Omnifert (Omini Speciality Products) is a wholly indigenous Ghanaian-owned company based in Accra that focuses on improving the crop...
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has supported the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital to locally produce hand sanitisers to reduce the risk of COVID-19 infection at health facilities in Ghana.
Through this intervention, UNDP has donated 11,150 litres of hand sanitisers (5,000 pieces of 230ml bottles and 2,000 pieces of...