2017

The United Nations (UN) says there is the threat of terrorism on regional scale, not only the hit-and-run attacks of Boko Haram in Nigeria, Chad, Niger and Cameroon, but also the wider Sahelo-Sahara region. Dr Mohammed Ibn Chambas, the…

The Cancer Society of Ghana has called for the increased awareness education on the leading cancer risk factors, Tobacco, alcohol, environmental, unhealthy diet, physical inactivity and cancer causing infections as they commemorate the…

Some chiefs in the Volta Region have joined the campaign against open defecation with the institution of fines and sanctions against sanitation offenders. Last year, some sanitation offenders were fined plastic chairs and bags of…

Four women died during childbirth at the Ejisu Government Hospital, last year, due to acute shortage of blood at the facility. Dr. Akwasi Baffour Gyimah, the Medical Superintendent, confirmed this to the Ghana News Agency (GNA)…

Forty-one pregnant women in the Mfantseman Municipality tested HIV positive in 2016 when screened at the antenatal clinic, the Municipal Health Directorate has revealed. Ms Georgina Graham-Hayfron, Municipal Health Director who…

Dr Jacob Abebrese, the Medical Director of the Brong Ahafo Regional Hospital, has called on the authorities of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) to facilitate regular and timely payment of claims. He said this would enable the…

Madam Lulu Xingwana, the South Africa High Commissioner, has called on African business leaders to consider rural areas in their investment options. She said the business community should look at projects, which could be operated in the…

Mr George Asiedu, a Consultant at the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development (MLGRD), has called on the citizenry to take advantage of the “Own a household toilet at half price” programme, to curb open defecation. He said…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Saturday laid a wreath to mark the 52 anniversary of the death of Dr JB Danquah at a ceremony at the Presbyterian Church Cemetery at Kyebi in the Eastern Region.An emotional President…

Mrs. Rebecca Akufo-Addo, the First Lady, on Friday launched the Floating Production and-Storage Offloading (FPSO) vessel John Agyekum Kufuor, at the Keppel shipyard in Singapore. The vessel named after John Agyekum Kufuor, a Former…