The founder and CEO of Sunyani-based Global Media Foundation (GloMeF), an anti-corruption Non-Governmental Organisation, has expressed worry about low coverage of Hepatitis B Birth Dose (BepB-BD) or vaccination among babies, nationwide. Raphael Godlove Ahenu said statistics from the World Health Organisation showed that despite the global availability of an effective vaccine, only about 16 per […]
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has described as an “unfortunate development” the recent decision of some European countries not to recognise the Covishield, the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine manufactured in India. According to the President, It was intriguing that the Covishield vaccine was donated to African countries through the COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access (COVAX) facility. Addressing […]
The Director-General of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), Dr. Patrick Kuma-Aboagye has reiterated his advice to persons eligible to take the second jab of the AstraZeneca COVID- 19 vaccine not to rush to vaccination centres. He urged them to be patient and avoid overcrowding as the government is doing all it can to get everyone […]
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is set to receive his jab of the infamous AstraZeneca Covid vaccine on Tuesday March 2, 2021 despite the fears raised by some world leaders about its efficacy coupled with their age. Ghana last week became the first country in the world to receive vaccines acquired through the United Nations-backed […]
There is some rare ray of hope in Ghana’s fight against the novel coronavirus pandemic. Since President Akufo-Addo’s announcement of steps to secure a vaccine, the first substantial progress in securing the products have been made public. President Akufo-Addo had, in his Sunday night update on the nation’s measures regarding the pandemic, indicated that the […]
Ghana’s Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has issued a Public Health Alert warning the general public against the patronage and use of any COVID-19 vaccine. The FDA in a press release issued today said it had come to its attention that “some unscrupulous members of the business community are peddling information on the sale of […]
President Akufo-Addo has joined a long list of leaders across the globe who have penned their signatures down to make the Coronavirus vaccine, when obtained, available to all persons regardless of their class, social status or race. The global agreement letter put out by the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS(UNAIDS) was to help make […]
