A new medical department to provide specialized care and handle more complicated health conditions is to be established at the Koforidua Regional Hospital. Dr. Kwame Anim Boamah, the Medical Director, who announced this said it formed part…
Work on a $6.3 million office complex and trauma centre for the Ghana National Gas Company (Ghana Gas) has started at Atuabo in the Western Region.
The project, which is under the phase two of the Western Corridor Gas Infrastructure…
The Director of Nursing Services at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), Mrs Cynthia Bruce-Smith, has called on the government to expand the maternity block of the facility to reduce the congestion there.
She said congestion was …
Drivers have been urged to be extra careful with the intensification of the harmattan haze in the country.“Going the extra mile to be careful will help reduce accidents that are caused by poor visibility,” Mr Michael Padi, Senior Meteorolo…
It was very laudable to learn that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration has launched the Online Passport Application for Ghanaians who desire to obtain travelling documents.
The people who were present at the launch …
The Ghanaian passport has been ranked 61st on global financial advisory firm Arton Capital’s World Passport Index. Ghana tied in 61st place with fellow African countries Zambia and Tunisia.
The passport ranking is based on the Visa-Free…
The Tema Metropolitan Assembly (TMA) has built and commissioned a 40-bed maternity ward for the Tema General Hospital (TGH). Commissioning and handing over the facility to the hospital management, Mr Isaac Ashai Odamtten, Tema Metropolit…
The Presbyterian University College, Ghana, is to introduce more health-related programmes in support of the effort to strengthen the heath sector and the quality of care.
The Reverend Professor Emmanuel Adow Obeng, its’ President, said…
Five health facilities in the Cape Coast Metropolis recorded forty-seven deliveries made up of 26 males and 21 females on Christmas Eve, Christmas and Boxing Day, the highest in four years.
Seven males and eight females were delivered o…
Mrs Helena Sarpei-Nunoo, the Founder of the Glory Gate of Zion Ministry, located at Papase, has called on Christians to share their love by assisting the poor and helpless.She said by so doing, they would be putting smiles in the faces of…
The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has destroyed some unwholesome goods, valued at GH¢55,788, in Sunyani.
The goods were confiscated by the authority during its inspections this year.
The FDA inspected 1,125 shops in 22 towns and com…
The hazy harmattan weather that has engulfed Ghana for the past two days has compelled international and domestic airlines to temporarily suspend their flights due to poor visibility.
Passengers who were scheduled to travel outside the …
Spinal Clinic Limited, providers of chiropractic services in the country, in collaboration with Team CSR Ghana, a local non-governmental organisation (NGO), has constructed a borehole for the Adomi community in the Eastern Region.
The p…
The United Kingdom's High Commissioner to Ghana, Mr Jon Benjamin has stated that he has huge admiration and respect for Ghana's President John Dramani Mahama.
Mr Benjamin's statement followed an earlier tweet from him on Wednesday about…
The Ashanti Regional Health Directorate has scaled up the effort to increase family planning (FP) acceptance to roll back growing abortion cases among adolescents.
Dr. Kwesi Yeboah Awudzi, the Deputy Ashanti Regional Health Director, sa…
Mr. Andrews Kwasi Boateng has been appointed as the new Registrar of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST). The decision was taken at a special meeting of the Governing Council held in Kumasi. He succeeds the lat…
World Vision Ghana (WVG), a non- governmental organisation, has presented medical equipment, worth about GH¢2,740,000, to three districts in the country.
The items included surgical kits, safety lancet, oxygen and aerosol therapy appara…
A four-year project has begun to contribute towards the reduction in Maternal and Child mortality in the Savelugu Municipality, Nanumba North and Saboba Districts of the Northern Region.
The project focuses on three areas, including imp…
A team of urologists from Germany and Ghana would from January 9 to January 28, 2017, attend to patients with urinary problems at the Worawora Government Hospital in the Biakoye District for a minimal fee.
The outreach, under the auspi…
The Centre for Technology Empowerment and Development (CTED), has embarked on projects to help farmers and the people of Kumawu in the Ashanti Region. The projects which was spearheaded by Professor Yaw Nyarko, a New York University profes…
The Half Assini Government Hospital has so far recorded a total of 119 HIV cases as against 36 cases last year. Mr Kwame Koomson, HIV Data Officer at the Hospital, made this known at Half Assini during a free blood screen exercise organi…
The Executive Committee for the Sea View Landowners Association (SVLOA) has been inaugurated with a call on Ghanaians to be vigilant at their respective communities to combat crime.
The committee chaired by Mr Kobby Asmah, the Political…
Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), the nation’s second largest referral facility, is to build a US$300 million medical centre of excellence – to provide up-to-date clinical services.
The 20-storey structure to be known as “KATH Towe…
The number of irregular migrants from Ghana to Italy rose from 4,450 last year, to 5,545 from January to November, this year, Sylvia Lopez-Ekra, the International Organsiation for Migration (IOM) Chief of Mission has disclosed.
Ms. Lope…
An interfaith service to thank God for the peaceful and successful conduct of recently held presidential and parliamentary polls has been held in Kumasi. It was also used to pray for His gift of wisdom for the elected leaders, continued pe…
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will from next year pilot a project that makes it compulsory for companies, particularly those in the private sector, to mitigate the negative impacts of their business activities on the environmen…
Nine people have been confirmed dead in a gas explosion that occurred near the Ghana International Trade Fair Centre at La in Accra yesterday.
About 12 others who sustained various degrees of injury were rushed to the 37 Military and t…
A total of 89 students graduated from the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC) at a joint ceremony in Accra on Wednesday. The students comprised 27 in Master of Arts in Gender, 31 in Peace and Security (MGPS), 31…
Stakeholders in the Upper West Region have called on Parliament to enact a land use policy as soon as possible to safeguard the environment. The stakeholders said the lack of land use laws, was a serious disservice to the land policy which…
Eight traders of the old Cape Coast Kotokuraba Market have filed an application at a Cape Coast High Court for an interim injunction against the allocation of stores in the recently inaugurated ultra-modern market.
The aggrieved traders…
The Ghana Police Service (GPS) has instituted robust measures to fight the importation of fire crackers popularly known as “knockout” which distract pubic peace during Christmas. This was revealed by Mr Christian Tetteh Yohuno, the Direct…
The curriculum for Nursing/Midwifery Training must incorporate customer care for trainees to understand that clients’ needs reign supreme in healthcare service delivery, a study has recommended to the Ministry of Health and the Ghana Healt…
The Environment Services Providers Association(ESPA), the umbrella body of private waste management companies, has congratulated Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, the President-elect, for emerging victorious in the Presidential elections. A rel…
The United States (US) Ambassador to Ghana, Mr. Robert Jackson, has given high marks to the Peace Corps for the immeasurable service to humanity and urged them to continue to work diligently to touch more lives.
They should positively i…
The traditional authority in the Lower and Upper Axim traditional areas in the Western Region has facilitated a two-week training programme for 150 women from 10 communities in the area.
The programme, facilitated and sponsored by the …
The Ghana Investment Fund for Electronic Communications (GIFEC) has launched a satellite hub which targets universal access to telecommunication services for remote communities in the country.
Known as the VSAT Satellite Hub, the system…
Teachers in the country have expressed the hope that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government will review the current validation policy of teachers by the Ghana Education Service (GES), which they describe as unfair.
Under the policy, …
The Ghana Police Service has rolled out comprehensive security arrangements to ensure incident-free Christmas and New Year celebrations.
The arrangement, which forms part of the efforts to fight crime before, during and after the end-of…
A Fellow Member status of the Chattered Institute of Marketing, Ghana, (CIMG) has been conferred on the Chief Fire Officer (CFO), Dr. Albert Brown Gaisie, by the Institute for his dedication to the course of the CIMG and the Ghana National…
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), yesterday donated a Toyota Hilux to the Ministry of Health in Accra, to support the implementation of nutrition activities in the Volta Region.
The vehicle worth about US$930,318 is expected to…
A software system aimed at ensuring efficiency in claims processing and submission for subscribers to the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) was launched in Accra yesterday.
The newest addition, known as ‘Claim it’, brings to five …
Apple Homes, a subsidiary of 633 Foundation, on Tuesday, donated items valued at GHC 10,000.00 to the Potters Village at Dodowa in the Shai-Osudoku District of the Greater Accra Region.
The items were six bags of maize, six bags of rice…
The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has advised the public to exercise caution during the Christmas festivities and verify the wholesomeness of food items they intended to purchase, in order to prevent them from consuming unwholesome produ…
Youth Peace Security-Africa (YPS-Africa), a non-governmental organisation has launched a project dubbed: “Vision 2026,” aimed to engage 50 per cent of African youth actively to prevent and resolve violent conflicts in Africa by 2026.
As…
Stakeholders implementing global initiative, School Health Integrated Programming (SHIP), assembled on Tuesday to assess eye screening and deworming interventions launched in the Denkyembour District in the Eastern Region.
The meeting w…
The First Lady, Mrs Lordina Mahama has commissioned an accommodation complex for the children of the Osu Children’s Home in Accra as parts of her efforts at bringing smiles on the faces of children and the underprivileged in society.
Th…
One of America's most beloved TV dads, Alan Thicke, passed away this week after a sudden heart attack at age 69. While we don't know his medical history, his death is an important reminder we all could use some helpful tips on what to do i…
Women today are choosing to have children later in life than ever before. Egg freezing, technically known as oocyte cryopreservation, can enable a woman to delay pregnancy until a later stage.
In 1980, the average American woman had her…
China will ban imports of poultry and related products from countries where there are outbreaks of highly pathogenic bird flu, the agency that oversees safety of the country's imports said on Wednesday.
China has already banned poultry …
Eating processed meat might make asthma symptoms worse, say researchers.
Consuming more than four portions a week is a risk, suggests the study of nearly 1,000 French people, published in the journal Thorax.
The researchers believe i…
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