President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has given the assurance that the newly approved emergency vaccines for COVID-19 will be deployed across the country.He says the government is taking steps to access the vaccines.“Ghana, I assure you, is not going to be left behind in having access to the vaccines,” he assured.President Akufo-Addo was speaking on Sunday, December 20 in his 20th update to the ...
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Vaccines for all, an ‘acid test’ in COVID-19 battle
Equitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccines will represent an “acid test” for the international community, the President of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) told journalists on Wednesday, highlighting the importance of global cooperation and solidarity in beating back the disease. Speaking during a virtual press briefing, ECOSOC President Munir Akram also outlined objectives for the coming year, including plans for a ...
Read More »NSS releases postings for newly-trained teachers
The National Service Secretariat (NSS) has announced the release of postings for newly-trained teachers to undertake their mandatory national service. The postings were released on Wednesday, 16 December 2020. About 15,477 fresh teachers are expected to undertake the mandatory national service. In a statement, the NSS called on all prospective service personnel to visit its website “to check their placements ...
Read More »Covid-19: Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine approved for use next week in UK
The UK has become the first country in the world to approve the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine, paving the way for mass vaccination. Britain’s medicines regulator, the MHRA, says the jab, which offers up to 95% protection against Covid-19 illness, is safe to be rolled out. The first 800,000 doses will be available in the UK from next week, Health Secretary ...
Read More »COVID 19: Release Mental Health Patients in Prayer Camps- MEHSOG
The coronavirus pandemic is a global health crisis like no other since the Spanish flu pandemic in 1918. The pandemic has reached every corner of the globe and undeniably induced fear, anxiety and changed the way we live. The implications cut across all dimensions of life; economic, physical, social and a consequential mental health decline among the populace. After a ...
Read More »Inadequate beds at Dorimon Health Centre affecting service delivery
The residents of Dorimon in the Wa West District have bemoaned the inadequate number of hospital beds at the Dorimon Health Centre, which affects access to quality healthcare delivery at the facility. “The beds there are not many. There are only four beds there. When you get there and there is no bed they refer you to a different facility”, ...
Read More »US Partners with Ghana to Strengthen Public Health Emergency Communication
The U.S. government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), together with the government of Ghana launched the National Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) for Risk Communication and Social Mobilization during Public Health Emergencies and a message guide during the annual International One Health Day event. One Health brings together government and donor partners across various sectors to focus on ...
Read More »Coronavirus: A global black market for negative test results has emerged
As the coronavirus pandemic drags on, people around the world are turning to the black market for negative COVID-19 tests that enable them to travel. In France, at Paris’ Charles de Gaulle Airport in September, a group of seven people were arrested for selling falsified digital certificates intended to prove negative coronavirus results, the AP reported last week. The group was discovered ...
Read More »World Bank Group Supports Ghana to Boost its COVID-19 Response
The World Bank Board of Executive Directors yesterday approved an additional credit of $130 million from the International Development Association (IDA) for the Ghana COVID-19 Emergency Preparedness and Response Project. The additional financing in the health sector will support the Government of Ghana to scale up its efforts to mitigate the resurgence of the COVID-19 pandemic and to safely reopen its ...
Read More »Ghana Card/NHIS integration to boost Universal Health Coverage (UHC) – NHIA CEO
Chief Executive Officer of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) says the policy intervention to allow Ghanaians use Ghana cards to access healthcare under the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) is the surest means of attaining Universal Health Coverage (UHC) by 2030. In the estimation of Dr. Lydia Dsane-Selby, the NHIA had preempted that there would be a Ghana card ...
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