The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has “reminded” the Secretary General of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat, Mr Wamkele Mene to remain in isolation after the Secretariat said his COVID-19 test was a false-positive. It will be recalled that the AfCFTA in a statement issued on April 27, 2021, said Mene, will participate […]
Ghana Thursday morning took delivery of 600,000 doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine made by the Serum Institute of India (Covishield). The 600,000 doses is the first consignment of vaccines acquired through the COVID-19 Vaccine Global Access Facility (COVAX) which Ghana, among 92 countries, has signed unto. The vaccines which arrived at the Kotoka International […]
The Ghana Health Service has confirmed that the Covid-19 virus has now spread to all 16 regions of the country. The Information Minister-designate Kojo Oppong Nkrumah who disclosed this said the Greater Accra, Ashanti and Western Regions are the biggest hotspots. He said the situation has changed since President Akufo-Addo said during his 22nd national […]
The Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has launched government’s scholarship scheme for postgraduate training of Ghanaian medical doctors. The scheme, launched at the Jubilee House on Thursday, is a fulfillment of a promise made by President Akufo-Addo in 2016 to fully fund the postgraduate training of Ghanaian medical doctors. Under the scholarship scheme, the tuition […]
Ghana’s COVID-19 case counts has surged to 2,074 after 403 new cases were recorded according to the Ghana Health Service (GHS). The Ghana Health Service’ COVID-19 website explains that 212 people have so far recovered from the deadly virus. BestNewsGH.com reports the GHS as indicating that one more death has been registered, bring the total […]
Chinese Construction Company operating in Ghana, Hunan Construction Engineering Group (HNCEG) has supported Government of Ghana’s efforts towards the fight against the deadly Covid-19 pandemic with a total of 32,000 PPEs. The donation, which was presented on Monday, 27th April, 2020 at the premises of the Ghana Health Services (GHS) Head Office includes 20,000 surgical […]
The Ghana Health Service has announced an additional Twenty six (26) new recorded cases of COVID-19. BestNewsGH.com reports the Ghana Health Service as positing that out the total, six (6) deaths have been recorded. This brings the total case count to Three Hundred and Thirteen (313). See the current regional distribution below: Greater Accra Region […]
BestNewsGH.com can confirm that President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has appointed Dr. Patrick Kuma Aboagye as the new Director-General of the Ghana Health Service, following the withdrawal of the appointment of Dr. Baffuor Awuah. Dr. Aboagye who until his appointment was the Director of Family Health at the Ghana Health Service, thus takes over from […]
In ten working days, aggrieved privately trained nurses would demonstrate to the government that they have had enough. The nurses have spent more than four years idling at home but now find themselves at their wit’s end. “This is not fair,” one of them fumed in an interview with Joy News’ Roland Walker on the […]
The office of the National Chief Imam is impressing upon all Muslims who suffer religious discrimination and victimization to report all such acts in order for measures to be taken to address them. A statement issued by the Personal Assistant to the National Chief Imam, Alhaji Khuzaima Osman said such cases of discrimination on the […]
The Executive Director of the African Center for Health Policy and Research Analysis (ACH-PRA), Dr. Thomas Anaba has reacted to president Akufo-Addo’s pronouncements on the drones for medical deliveries controversy. The president during the recently held media encounter announced that the project was not going to be funded by the tax payer, but private entities […]
The Executive Director of the African Centre for Health Policy Research and Analysis (ACH-PRA), Dr. Thomas Anaba has jabbed the Director General of the Ghana Health Service, Dr. Anthony Nsiah Asare, labeling him incompetent and someone who is engaged in politics to appease his paymasters and in order to keep his position. According to the […]
