On Friday, August 23, 2024, Lady Nana Yaa Nsarko, the 2023 winner of the Miss Malaika Ghana beauty pageant, visited Swedru Senior High School (SWESCO) in the Central Region and captivated the students with her HIV prevention campaign, “Live On,” co-sponsored by UNFPA and ABOTT.
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IHRC rallies youth to lead fight against HIV on International Youth Day
The International Human Rights Commission (IHRC) on Tuesday, August 13, 2024, rallied Ghanaians youth to lead the fight against HIV for a secured and sustainable future.
HIV no longer a death sentence; seek early care – Miss Malaika Gh ’23 urges Kayayes in Accra
The 2023 Miss Malaika Beauty Pageant winner and National HIV Youth Ambassador, Lady Nana Yaa Nsarko, has admonished Kayayeis and rape victims to seek immediate medical care within 72 hours to prevent HIV infection.
Rotary Club of Accra-Airport raises funds to support polio eradication from Ghana
Members of the Rotary Club of Accra-Airport gathered at a breakfast meeting in Accra on Thursday, October 20, 2022, to raise funds to support the eradication of poliomyelitis (polio) from Ghana.
U/E: GHS, others train health workers on larval source management
The National Malaria Control Programme (NAMCOP) and its partners—Ghana Health Service (GHS), Noguchi Memorial Institute of Medical Research (NMIMR) and Zoomlion Ghana Limited (ZGL), have organised a one-day training workshop in Larval Source Management (LSM) for key stakeholders in the Upper East regional capital, Bolgatanga.
Frontiers alarmed over high rate of COVID-19 positive cases recorded at KIA
The company tasked with the responsibility of providing Coronavirus testing at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA), Frontiers Health Services (FHS), has raised alarm over high rate of positive COVID-19 recorded cases at the country’s point of entry.
GHS probes stealing and selling of COVID-19 vaccine
The Ghana Health Service has began administrative inquiry into the stealing and selling of COVID-19 vaccine by some staff of the service. Stephen Dzisenu, a 37-year-old Disease Control Officer of the Greater Accra Regional Hospital is in the grips of the Greater Accra Police for stealing 36 vials of Covishield. Cosmos Allotey a 42-year-old Occupational […]
Millennium Promise Alliance donates 8,000 PPEs to Electoral Commission
Millennium Promise Alliance, a non-Governmental Organization, has donated 8,000 pieces of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to the Greater Accra Regional Directorate of the Electorate of the Electoral Commission to assist in preventing voters from contracting the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) when they go the polling stations to cast their vote.
95 Ghanaian nurses contracted for two years arrive in Barbados
Some Ghanaian nurses numbering ninety-five (95) have arrived in Barbados to begin their initial two-year contract service in healthcare delivery.
COVID-19: Restrictions on drinking spots, tourist sites in Ghana lifted
Restrictions that were placed on tourist sites and drinking spot in Ghana have now been lifted. The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, who announced this in his 14th update on the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) to Ghanaians on Sunday, July 26, 2020, said operators of such businesses can now open for the public to […]
COVID-19: 13 frontline health workers test positive
A total of thirteen frontline health workers in the Eastern Region have tested positive for the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19).
Telemedicine tools our surest bet to open access to healthcare facilities for all – Mahama
The 2020 Flag bearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, has urged the country to re-align itself and focus on introducing telemedicine tools in order to expand access to quality healthcare. He told Ghanaian authorities in a Facebook post some few hours ago that the outbreak of the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) has […]