Health

Tamale, Ghana – Flawless Creations Consults has launched the 2021 edition of the Northern Radio Awards. The launch of this years’ edition at the Aliu Mahama Sports Stadium over the weekend marked the 3rd in a series since its inception some four years ago. Under the theme: “CELEBRATING THE ROLE …

Johannesburg, South Africa – In a unique public/private partnership, MTN, Africa’s leading mobile network, has announced a donation of US$25 million to support the African Union’s COVID-19 vaccination programme. The donation will help secure up to seven million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine for health workers across the continent, which will contribute …

Tamale, Ghana – Staying at home for almost one year necessitated by COVID 19, students of Primary, Junior and Senior High schools are expected to resume schoolwork on Monday January 18, 2020. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo in his 21st address on the corona virus pandemic announced the much-awaited …

Nandom, Ghana – The Dagara tribe in the Upper West Region of Ghana have been encouraged to maintain a new directive by traditional leaders to perform all funerals within a maximum of two days. According to the Coordinator of the Dagara Culture and Heritage Preservation Project, J. P. Ziem in …

Tamale, Ghana – The Business Development Minister, Dr Ibrahim Mohammed Awal continues to support institutions and entrepreneurs to overcome their myriad challenges. The latest to benefit from his generosity is the Tamale Nursing and Midwifery Training College where the Minister personally donated a 50KV standby generation plant. This is to …

Tamale, Ghana – A Principal Midwifery Officer in-charge of the Labour Ward at the Tamale Teaching Hospital (TTH), Hajia Zainab Yahaya, has implored corporate and charity organisations to emulate MTN Ghana’s corporate social responsibility effort. According to her, for about 10 successive years, the telecommunication company had continued to present …

Tamale, Ghana – Executive Director of Grassroots Sisterhood Foundation (GSF), Fati Alhassan, has asked community leaders in the Northern Region to come together and make good use of water tanks provided by their district assemblies for water storage during the peak of the coronavirus pandemic. According to her, although government …

Takoradi, Ghana – Top executives of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) continue to support the district and regional management teams’ determination to increase membership of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). They have intensified mass membership campaigns across the country as the Deputy Chief Executive in charge of Administration …

Accra, Ghana – The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has cautioned the general public against some imposters collecting people’s Ghana cards under the guise of helping them to link it to the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) card. Executive Management in a Disclaimer stated that the Authority has not in …

Kumasi, Ghana – Apart from providing leadership direction to Executive Management, Board members of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) have always been in the frontline in all the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) outreach programmes. They are constantly on the move keeping NHIS teams connected. During the NHIS Week …