Health

11th April, 2020 Dear Mr. /Madam President CUSTOMISED TOTAL LOCKDOWN (CTL) RECOMMENDED FOR AFRICA I have the honour to seek your undivided attention on a matter of grave concern that has given meaning to a statement made on the eve of Ghana’s independence by Dr. Kwame Nkrumah “Our independence is …

Tamale, Ghana – Executive Director of the North East Region based Centre for Ecological Agriculture and Livelihood (CEAL), Issifu Sulemana Jobila, has hinted of a difficult farming season across Northern Ghana in the wake of the raging coronavirus pandemic. According to Mr. Jobila, too much reliance on industrial nations by …

The ‘fall’ & rise of Hon. Dr. Okoe Boye Early subdued professional uncertainty overcome by rising political success! Which, perhaps, is as it should be. Or so, the sages will have it when the fascinating story of Hon. Dr. Okoe Boye, MP for Ledzokuku is told. A medical doctor at …

Accra, Ghana – The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has made substantial payments to service providers to reduce the outstanding claims due them. Last Monday the Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta announced in Parliament that the government had made available an amount of GHS 300 million to the Authority as …

The Importance of Organic Education for Smallholder Farmers of Northern Ghana in a Pandemic World Introduction The global pandemic, coronavirus popularly known as COVID-19, has finally arrived in Ghana since 15th March 2020. Currently, official figures report 313 infected cases and 6 deaths according to medical examination and laboratory test …

COVID-19, a litmus test of our Health Care System The World since time immemorial, has been battling with diseases. Pandemic diseases are the most dreaded, periodically hitting every part of the globe in varying degrees of virulence. This has resulted in billions of mortalities, millions of morbidities and a multiplicity …

Nandom, Ghana –  Executives of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Nandom Constituency in the Upper West Region of Ghana together with other dedicated members from the Regional Secretariat donated assorted items on behalf of the party and its parliamentary candidate to the Nandom Hospital on Monday. The items …

Nandom, Ghana – Deputy CEO of the Social Investment Fund and native of Nandom Municipality in the Upper West Region, Alois Kyaakpier Mohl, has presented assorted items worth thousands of cedis to two health facilities as his contribution towards the fight against coronavirus (covid-19) pandemic. The two health facilities are …

Tamale, Ghana – Consultant Obstetrics and Gynaecologist and senior lecturer at the University for Development Studies (UDS) Medical School, has called for immediate constitution of a multi-disciplinary Emergency Response Team to be dispatched to the Upper West Region with the needed resources immediately to start dealing with COVID-19. “The current …

Tamale, Ghana –  In the wake of the coronavirus (covid-19) outbreak in the Upper West Region coupled with Cerebrospinal Meningitis which has reportedly killed about 18 people in some four districts, former Medical Director of the Upper West Regional Hospital, Dr. Barnabas Naa Gandau has reiterated his earlier call for …