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.
Tag: Ghana Health Service
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 […]
COVID-19: Ghana’s case count shoots up to 6,096 with 1,773 recoveries
The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Ghana has increased to 6,096, latest figures released by the Ghana Health Service (GHS) on Tuesday evening, May 19, 2020, has revealed. The update indicated that there had been an increase in the number of coronavirus cases in four regions namely; Greater Accra, Ashanti, Western and Central Regions.
COVID-19: Ghana’s case count now 5,918 with 1,754 recoveries
Latest update of the data on coronavirus outbreak in Ghana released by the country’s Health Service indicate that 183 more persons have tested positive for the virus. This brings the total number of confirmed positive cases in the West African country to 5,918. Two more persons who tested positive for the virus have also been […]
COVID-19: Ghana’s case count now stands at 5,735, 29 deaths with 1,754 recoveries
New data released by the Ghana Health Service (GES) indicate that the country’s confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has reached 5,734. This follows the recording of 97 more positive cases of the virus. Barely 24 hours ago, Ghana’s case count had stood at 5,639 with 28 deaths and with 1,460 recoveries. As of […]