March 2021

Ahead of this year’s World TB Day, on March 24, the World Health Organisation (WHO) is calling for support to diagnose and treat 40 million people with TB by 2022 including 3.5 million children with drug-resistant TB. It is also seeking…

The European Union is not currently in the position to directly donate coronavirus vaccines to poorer countries, said EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. "There is quite a bit of pressure on member states to obtain the…

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) will from Monday, March 22, begin the vaccination of 90,000 health workers outside the COVID-19 epicentres in the country. The GHS said it would create two vaccination centres in each district to speed up…

The world is losing 10 million hectares of forest each year, about the size of Iceland - which accounts for 12 to 20 per cent of the global greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to climate change. It is the reason why the United…

Standard Chartered and the Ghana’s Ministry of Finance have signed a 55-million Euro agreement for a road infrastructure supported by an Export Credit Agency (ECA). Working closely with Exportkreditnämnden1(EKN, the Swedish ECA) and…

World Vision Ghana (WVG), a Christian non-profit organization, on Sunday called on government to prioritise and increase investments in water supply across the country to promote good sanitation and healthy living. The call came on the…

The Adenta Circuit Court ‘B’ has sentenced an ex-convict of Ankaful Prisons to 40 years imprisonment in hard labour for assault and attempted robbery. Stephen Senam, 25, pleaded guilty on all counts and was convicted on his own plea.…

Two workers of the Princeway Hotel, near Caprice in Accra, are assisting the Accra Regional Police Command to investigate the death of a client. The unidentified man, believed to have checked in with another man, was found dead in a…

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has expressed concern over the alleged stealing of COVID-19 vaccine by three staff of the Service. A press statement, signed by Dr Patrick Kuma-Aboagye, the Director-General of the Service, condemned the…

Ghana's COVID-19 deaths have risen to 713 following the confirmation of eight more fatalities by the Ghana Health Service (GHS). The latest update from the GHS further indicated that 40 people were in severe condition with 17 others in…