HEALTH

According to the Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA), the Covid-19 levy should be eliminated rather than the government’s e-levy. Despite the pandemic being gone, President Nana Akufo-Addo urged with Ghanaians to continue paying the Covid-19 levy. The president stated in his final Covid report on Sunday, May 28, 2023: …

Following the spread of the anthrax disease in some areas of the country, the Upper East Regional Coordinating Council has imposed a one-month ban on the transportation of ruminants along the Eastern corridors of the region. The prohibition will go into force right away on Tuesday, June 6, 2023, according …

The former CEO of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), Dr. Oheneba Owusu-Danso, is said to have received approval from the Minister for Health, Kwaku Agyeman Manu, for a further three-year extension to work as staff and surgeon at the Premier health facility in Ashanti. A facility source, however, said …

Despite the pandemic being over, President Nana Akufo-Addo has pleaded with Ghanaians to continue paying the Covid-19 levy. The COVID Health Recovery Levy, which was established to help close some budget gaps, might not be the most popular tax, but I implore all of you to bear with us, the …

The COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana has officially been declared over by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. President Akufo-Addo stated that the decision to proclaim the epidemic over was made during a meeting of the national COVID-19 Taskforce on May 17, 2023, in his 29th televised address to the nation since …

Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, the president of the republic, officially opened an ultramodern office building that would work as the strategic coordinating body for vaccine development and production in Ghana. It will be recalled that on February 28, 2021, President Akufo-Addo established a Presidential Committee on Vaccine Development and Manufacturing …

Due to the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission’s (FWSC) failure to address concerns regarding the Medical Laboratory Professional Workers Union’s (MELPWU) Conditions of Service, the MELPWU has given notice that it will go on strike. The FWSC has not yet started negotiations with the MELPWU, despite the union having submitted …

Covid-19 is no longer considered a worldwide health emergency, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), which is a crucial step towards the pandemic’s ending. Over 6.9 million people have died as a result of this virus, which has also disrupted the international economy and wreaked havoc on communities. The …

Due to the generosity of the Nsukwao Estates Calvary Congregation of the Presbyterian Church Young Adults Fellowship (YAF) group on Saturday, 29th April 2023, the faces of children at the Akwadum Christian Village orphanage in Akwadum in New Juaben North of the Eastern Region are beaming with smiles. The Akwadum …

The Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, and the leadership of the Bank of Ghana have been thanked by the Board, Management, and staff of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital for their contributions to the purchase and installation of a catheterization laboratory at the top medical facility in the country. The …