Health

[ad_1] Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, Member of the Nominating Committee of Parliament has expressed his shock at the level at which some ministerial nominees refuse to provide clarity on the contract awarded to Frontiers Healthcare Solution Services Limited to conduct the COVID-19 test at the International Airport by Kotoka. The North …

[ad_1] General news for Thursday, February 18, 2021 Source: www.ghanaweb.com 2021-02-18 Mahama Ayariga, MP, Bawku Central Mahama Ayariga, a central deputy from Bawku, wants the retirement age of civil servants and judicial officials to be increased from 60 to 65 years. According to him, he is sponsoring a private member’s …

[ad_1] The Ghana Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) has asked all Nursing and Midwifery training institutions to upgrade their diploma training to undergraduate programs. Council Registrar Felix Nyante said the update would improve nursing and midwifery care to meet the public’s changing health care needs. He spoke at an accreditation …

[ad_1] The newly appointed director of the World Trade Organization, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala became the first woman and the first African to keep the paper in its history. Her dual citizenship with the United States also makes her the first American to hold this position. The 164 members of the WTO …

[ad_1] The executive director of the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Joseph Boahen Aidoo, has said that his team is recruiting 50,000 people to participate in a cocoa rehabilitation exercise across the country. According to him, some 30,000 people had already been hired for manual pollination, while another 48,000 had been …

[ad_1] Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) Executive Director (CEO) Joseph Boahen Aidoo visited two elementary schools in the Ahafo region to celebrate this year’s Chocolate Week with pupils and students. Addressing students and pupils separately in the basic schools of the Boaso and Twewaho Municipal Assembly (M / A) near Duayaw-Nkwanta …

[ad_1] Tanzania’s health minister said earlier this month that the country has no plans to procure COVID-19 vaccines. Moina Spooner, editor of The Conversation Africa, asked Catherine Kyobutungi to explain Tanzania’s response to COVID-19 and why it is problematic. Why was the decision not to vaccinate? Tanzania has had a …

[ad_1] The death of a police officer was confirmed after contracting the Covid-19 virus. This was confirmed in a statement signed by the Deputy Commander of the Bono Regional Police, ACP Baba Saanid Adamu. The release was to ignore a video that circulates on social networks that some police officers …

[ad_1] General news for Sunday, February 14, 2021 Source: My GH news 02/14/2021 Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum, Minister of Education designate `The Designated Minister of Education, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum, is committed to providing quality leadership when given the go-ahead to achieve the government’s transformation agenda in the education sector. …

[ad_1] Ghana Health Service (GHS) Director of Public Health Dr Franklin Asiedu-Bekoe says that the Covid-19 vaccine Ghana has yet to receive will be free to Ghanaians. He told JoyNews’ Newsfile host Samson Lardy Anyenini that vaccines in Ghana are totally free, either against Covid-19 or against measles. “They are …