Health

Tamale, Ghana – Samuel Zan Akologo, Executive Secretary of Caritas Ghana, a charity organization of the Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference (GCBC), has called for equitable access to covid-19 vaccines by all Ghanaian citizens and persons resident in the country. Accordingly, he appealed to all Ghanaians to accept and agree to …

Accra, Ghana – The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has enrolled Madam Georgina Yawa Ankrah, a partially blind and crippled woman who appealed to the Government to help her take care of her daughter with down syndrome, onto the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). Madam Georgina Yawa Ankrah and her …

Nanton, Ghana – Member of Parliament for the Nanton Constituency in the Northern Region, Alhaji Habib Iddrisu, has launched the Soya-Lana Educational Endowment Fund. The launch is a fulfilment of one his 2020 campaign promises to the people of Nanton. Launching the Fund on Monday, Alhaji Iddrisu said: “Similar to …

Accra, Ghana – Due to the reopening of Senior High Schools, some parents and students have massed up at the NHIS District Offices for registration and renewal of their old membership cards. This has caused traffic at the District Offices, a situation, management is taking pragmatic measures to ease congestion …

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 …