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Africa must invest against pandemics – Dr Nkengasong

March 21, 2022 A renowned Public Health expert, Dr John Nkengasong, has called on African countries to start investing heavily in their respective public health institutions as part of measures to prepare...

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March 21, 2022 / Comments (0)

Africa needs genomic diagnostic machines – Biologists

March 10, 2022 African participants at a genomic surveillance training have asked the World Health Organisation (WHO) to make available diagnostic machines needed for genomic sequencing to African...

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March 10, 2022 / Comments (0)

December declared COVID-19 vaccination month

November 29, 2021 The Ministry of Health has declared December Vaccination Month to ensure the implementation of a mandatory vaccination policy from January next year. The policy for mandatory vaccination...

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November 29, 2021 / Comments (0)

COVID-19 vaccine procurement constraints unfortunate — Ofori-Atta

July 15, 2021 The Minister of Finance, Mr Ken Ofori-Atta, has described the challenges associated with the procurement of COVID-19 vaccines by developing countries as unfortunate and embarrassing. He...

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July 15, 2021 / Comments (0)

Africa faces steep COVID-19 surge

July 6, 2021 The World Health Organisation (WHO) says the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic is picking up with speed, spreading faster and hitting harder in Africa. The WHO Regional Director for...

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July 6, 2021 / Comments (0)

WHO commends Ghana over regulatory benchmark

May 27, 2021 The World Health Organisation (WHO) has commended Ghana for achieving Maturity Level 3 (ML3), a global regulatory benchmark set by the organisation. The WHO last year ranked Ghana’s Food...

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May 27, 2021 / Comments (0)

Ghana rolls out 5-year anti-malaria strategy

April 29, 2021 The National Malaria Control Programme (NMCP) has laid out a five-year national strategic plan to help scale up malaria control and prevention in the country. Strategies for the plan, which...

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April 29, 2021 / Comments (0)

Strengthen laboratories to ensure efficiency – WHO urges W/A states

April 22, 2021 The World Health Organisation (WHO) has urged West African countries to strengthen the efficiency and capacity of their laboratories for the prompt detection of and response to emerging and...

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April 22, 2021 / Comments (0)

WHO gives GH¢2m in assorted equipment to MoH

April 12, 2021 The World Health Organisation (WHO) has presented assorted intensive care equipment valued at GH¢2,132,000 to Ghana. The donation is the latest by the United Nations to the country through...

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April 12, 2021 / Comments (0)

No evidence of AstraZeneca vaccine problems — WHO

March 17, 2021 The World Health Organisation has said there is no evidence that incidents involving blood clots are caused by the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine. In a statement, the WHO said it was reviewing...

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March 17, 2021 / Comments (0)