Day: October 3, 2024

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Environment Minister visits land restoration project sites in Ashanti Region

A team of officials from the Ministry of Environment, Science, Technology, and Innovation (MESTI) are in the Ashanti Region to inspect progress of work on the implementation of the Ghana Landscape Restoration and Small-Scale Mining Project (GLRSSMP)….

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Central Regional Minister embarks on menstrual hygiene campaign, donates 3,000 sanitary pads

Mrs Justina Marigold Assan, the Central Regional Minister, through her Marigold Foundation, has donated more than 3,000 sanitary pads to about 1,500 basic schoolgirls in three districts of the Central Region.

They are Cape Coast North, Assin South a…

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Ghana confirms first case of MPOX

Ghana has confirmed its first case of Monkey Pox (Mpox) in the Western North Region.

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) MPOX Disease Situational Report (SITREP) on October 2 indicates that on the 1st of October 2024, the National Public Health and Refer…

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Dr. Benard Okoe Boye appointed Gavi Alliance board member

Dr. Bernard Okoe Boye, Minister of Health, has been appointed as the ‘Alternate Board Member’ of the Gavi Alliance Board, representing the Anglophone Africa constituency.

According to a statement by the Gavi Alliance Board shared with the Ghana News…

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UNICEF and partners lauded for addressing malnutrition in Northern Region

The Community-Based Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM) and the Community Infant and Young Child Feeding (C-IYCF) interventions have been lauded for helping to improve the nutritional status of children in the Northern Region.

The interventions …

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Prudential Bank, Catholic Church organise breast screening for Takoradi residents

The Takoradi Branch of Prudential Bank in collaboration with the Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic cathedral, have organised a free breast screening for residents in Takoradi as part of this year’s Breast Cancer Awareness month celebration.

Breast C…

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World Alcohol-Free Day 2024: Government to accelerate action on alcohol control in Ghana

The Vision for Alternative Development-Ghana (VALD-Ghana) has called on the government to take action to control alcohol consumption in the country to curb the pervasive health and societal harms.

It said while alcohol consumption was often embedded…

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PSGH calls on government to address its grievances to safeguard healthcare delivery

The Pharmaceutical Society of Ghana (PSGH), has called on the government to address its concerns to enable them deliver effective healthcare for Ghanaians.

A statement issued by PSGH and copied to the Ghana News Agency in Accra said the government s…

Education

21 pupils in Baatsona receive educational support from Automation Ghana Group

The Automation Ghana Group (TAGG) has supported the education of 21 pupils of the Baatsona Primary and Junior High Schools (JHS) through its Process and Plant Automation Limited (PPA) Future Leaders’ Fund Scholarship programme.

The scholarship aim…

Education

STEMnovation Event Showcases Ghana’s Youth Innovation at ‘The Ghana Report Jobs Fair’

STEMnovation, a highlight of the Ghana Report Jobs and Entrepreneurship Fair brought the Independence Square to a standstill as young innovators gathered to exhibit their skills.

The groundbreaking event which was organized in partnership with the…