The World Health Organisation (WHO) and the School of Public Health, University of Ghana have signed an agreement to support the training of front line health workers in the field of epidemiology. Laboratory personnel would also be trained to address public health needs. The agreement to train 175 students from five selected regions would go […]
Friendship games organised on Saturday to celebrate 55 years of the establishment of Ghana-China diplomatic relations deepened economic cooperation between the two countries, moving it yonder to people-to-people relations. The sporting activities, which featured mainly tennis ball and basketball, were organised by the Ghana-China Friendship Association to stimulate sustained interaction between ordinary citizens of the […]
President John Dramani Mahama began a three-day state visit to the Republic of Mauritius on Monday, with a meeting with the Mauritius President, Dr. Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, at the State House. The President was received on arrival at the Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport by the Prime Minister, Sir Anerood Jugnauth, accompanied by his wife, Lady […]
Ghana and Denmark have signed a memorandum of understanding for the provision of geriatric care services in Ghana, says Nana Oye Lithur, Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection. The Minister made this known during the registration of more than 500 elderly persons in the Ho Municipality with the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) on […]
The African Entrepreneurship Programme (AEP) will be a new initiative between Pitch@Palace and The Global African Investment Summit (TGAIS) designed to develop the African private sector and stimulate innovation and technology throughout the continent. The AEP will support African entrepreneurs and young businesses in need of capital and mentorship to develop their businesses by giving […]
Ghana is to host Civil Society Organizations under the West African Action Network on Small Arms (WAANSA) to take stock of peace and security issues in the ECOWAS region and the role its members play. The WAANSA conference, slated for September 3 and 4, on the theme: “Peace and Security in West Africa: The Role […]
Queen Victoria Beckham, wife of football superstar David Beckham and member British all-female pop group, Spice Girls, is set to visit Ghana. Queen Posh Spice as she is popularly known by everyone, will be in Ghana for a number of HIV/AIDS related activities courtesy of UNAID Ghana. Mr Girmay Haile, UNAIDS Ghana Country Director made […]
Dr Gordon A. Awandare, Head of the Department of Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Ghana, has become the first Ghanaian to win the Royal Society Pfizer Early Career Award. The Early Career Award is presented to a research scientist showing exceptional promise, but at an earlier stage of his or her career, usually […]
People who delay or refuse vaccines for themselves or their children are presenting a growing challenge for countries seeking to close the immunisation gap, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said. It said globally, one in five children still do not receive routine life-saving immunisations, and an estimated 1.5 million children still die each year […]
Ms Tove Degnbol, the new Danish Ambassador, has paid a visit to the facility of Intelligent Card Production Systems, (ICPS), a subsidiary of Margins ID Group, a Ghanaian indigenous company. The $ 3.5 million state of the art card and security printing equipment was secured under a DANIDA mixed credit facility which enabled a significant […]
