Health
UNICEF and partners lauded for addressing malnutrition in Northern Region
The Community-Based Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM) and the Community Infant and Young Child Feeding (C-IYCF) interventions have been lauded for helping to improve the nutritional status of children in the Northern Region.
The interventions …
Dr. Benard Okoe Boye appointed Gavi Alliance board member
Dr. Bernard Okoe Boye, Minister of Health, has been appointed as the ‘Alternate Board Member’ of the Gavi Alliance Board, representing the Anglophone Africa constituency.
According to a statement by the Gavi Alliance Board shared with the Ghana News…
Ghana confirms first case of MPOX
Ghana has confirmed its first case of Monkey Pox (Mpox) in the Western North Region.
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) MPOX Disease Situational Report (SITREP) on October 2 indicates that on the 1st of October 2024, the National Public
Central Regional Minister embarks on menstrual hygiene campaign, donates 3,000 sanitary pads
Mrs Justina Marigold Assan, the Central Regional Minister, through her Marigold Foundation, has donated more than 3,000 sanitary pads to about 1,500 basic schoolgirls in three districts of the Central Region.
They are Cape Coast North, Assin South a…
Environment Minister visits land restoration project sites in Ashanti Region
A team of officials from the Ministry of Environment, Science, Technology, and Innovation (MESTI) are in the Ashanti Region to inspect progress of work on the implementation of the Ghana Landscape Restoration and Small-Scale Mining Project (GLRSSMP)….
Agrihouse Foundation urges innovative approaches and technology to secure food future
Ms. Alberta Nana Akyaa Akosa, Executive Director of Agrihouse Foundation, has emphasised the need to adopt innovative approaches, practices, and technologies to secure the future of food.
She noted that such measures would help reduce post-harvest l…
Central Regional House of Chiefs President donates medical equipment to Asikuma hospital
The re-elected President of the Central Regional House of Chiefs, Odeefo Amoakwa Boadu VIII, has donated assorted medical equipment to the Our Lady of Grace Hospital in Breman Asikuma to support the hospital’s operations.
The equipment, estimated at…
Malaria, Measles-Rubella vaccination campaign launched in UWR
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has launched malaria and measles-rubella vaccination campaigns in the Upper West Region.
The launch formed part of interventions by the service to reduce infections among children.
The malaria vaccination dubbed, ‘Mal…