Health & Lifestyle
Health Service to distribute 1.5m mosquito nets in E/Region
November 27, 2014
Health Service to distribute 1.5m mosquito nets in E/Region
The Ghana Health Service and the National Malaria Control Programme have started the distribution of about 1.5 million treated mosquito…
World Bank urges plastic bag ban
November 26, 2014
World Bank urges plastic bag ban
The World Bank has urged President John Dramani Mahama to ban the use of plastic bags in the country as…
Nurses, midwives demo set for Nov 25
November 21, 2014
Nurses, midwives demo set for Nov 25
Nurses and midwives plan to take to the streets on Tuesday, November 25, to demonstrate over the non-payment of salaries…
Talking Book trial to help 'poorest of poor' in Ghana
November 21, 2014
Talking Book trial to help 'poorest of poor' in Ghana
Hundreds of handheld audio computers are to be given to some of Ghana’s poorest communities to help spread potentially life-saving…
2015 Budget: Gov't scraps VAT on pharma, machetes, textbooks
November 20, 2014
2015 Budget: Gov't scraps VAT on pharma, machetes, textbooks
Government has scrapped Value Added Tax (VAT) on some locally-produced items in a bid to support local industry. Pharmaceuticals and some of…
Diabetes robbing country of economically active people – Health Minister
November 14, 2014
Diabetes robbing country of economically active people – Health Minister
Health Minister Dr Kwaku Agyemang- Mensah, has said that deaths due to diabetes are increasingly occurring among people aged 29…
Liberia to end Ebola state of emergency
November 14, 2014
Liberia to end Ebola state of emergency
Liberia’s President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf said that she would not seek an extension to a state of emergency imposed in…
Ebola clinical trials to start next month
November 13, 2014
Ebola clinical trials to start next month
Clinical trials to try to find an effective treatment for Ebola patients are to start next month, with initial results…
China to send 1,000 Ebola medics to West Africa
November 6, 2014
China to send 1,000 Ebola medics to West Africa
China says it plans to send around 1,000 medical workers and experts to West Africa to help in the fight…
How safe is the Ebola relief hub from the epidemic?
November 6, 2014
How safe is the Ebola relief hub from the epidemic?
President John Mahama agreed to allow Ghana to be used as the logistics base for the international fight against Ebola…