Health

Sagnerigu, Ghana – The National Insurance Commission and the Motor Transport and Traffic Department (MTTD) of the Ghana Police Service will soon clamp down on vehicles with fake and invalid insurance policies in the country, Deputy Commissioner of the NIC Kofi Andoh has hinted. According to Mr. Andoh, there are …

Tamale, Ghana –The Upper West Region has recorded 86 cases of cerebrospinal meningitis (CSM) with one death between January and April 2021, that is according to data released by the Ghana Health Service. There is however a decline in the number of cases and deaths recorded same period in 2020. …

Tamale, Ghana – MTN Ghana Foundation has presented personal protective equipment worth thousands of Ghana cedis to the Tamale Teaching Hospital (TTH) in Tamale to enable the only referral medical facility in Northern Ghana continue with its fight against the corona virus pandemic. “During this pandemic, we have acknowledged that …

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 …