Tag: Directorate
NCCE sensitises Kpembe Traditional Council on COVID-19
The East Gonja Municipal Directorate of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) has sensitised traditional authorities at the Kpembe Traditional Council on the...
Sissala West Health Directorate still leads in Upper West
The Sissala West District Health Directorate has consistently topped the 11 districts in the Upper West Region in the area of data quality production...
Winneba Local Prison Directorate Seeks Support
The authorities of the Winneba Local Prison has called on cooperate bodies to assist them to renovate their facility which is currently a risk...
Police Approve Uniforms For Private Security Organisations
The Inspector General of Police(IGP), Mr David Asante-Apeatu, on Wednesday launched approved uniforms for Private Security Organisations(PSO) operating in the country, in Accra.
While newly...
GHS Mobilise Obstetric Fistula Patients For Repairs
Obstetric Fistula (OBF) is one of the most devastating medical disabilities afflicting women because of complications emanating from lack of surgical intervention for prolonged...
Ministry Takes Steps To Rebrand Work Of Environmental Health Officers
The Ministry of Sanitation and Water Resources is to rebrand the scope of work of the Environmental Health Officers (EHOs) popularly known as “Samasama”...
UDS Plays Host To 2018 GUSA Games
The University for Development Studies (UDS) has inaugurated a 16-member Local Organising Committee (LOC) to kick-start preparations towards the organisation of the 2018 Ghana...
UWR: Tuberculosis screening increased
The Upper West Regional Directorate of Health Services has intensified its screening efforts at identifying persons with Tuberculosis, taking on-board screening of miners in...
13 Pregnant JHS Students Sent Home To Deliver
Eighteen pupils from 13 junior high schools in the Nanumba South District of the Northern Region who got pregnant had been sent home to...
Mentally Ill Persons Must Be Taken Off Streets – TMA
The Tema Metropolitan Assembly (TMA) has been called upon to make provisions for the catering of the abandoned mentally ill persons roaming the streets...
AOB District Records Zero Maternal Death
Zero percent maternal death was recorded at Asikuma-Odoben-Brakwa (AOB) District in 2016 against zero per cent in 2015, five per cent in 2014, two...
Maternal Deaths A Challenge In Brong-Ahafo
Dr Tmothy Letsa, the Brong-Ahafo Regional Director of Health, observed on Tuesday that maternal deaths remain a daunting challenge in the Region, though the...
Lady of Grace Hospital Records Zero Maternal Mortality
Zero Maternal Mortality was recorded at our Lady of Grace Hospital (OLGH), Breman Asikuma in 2016 as against two in 2015 and two in...
Passengers Encouraged To Report Driver To Police
The Central Regional Directorate of Road Safety Commission, has called for a national debate with stakeholders in the road transport industry, to adhere to...
Sekyere Central District Invest In Healthcare
The Sekyere Central District Health Directorate has taken delivery of items costing GHȼ155,000.00 to support quality healthcare delivery.
These included five motorbikes, weighing scales, stabilizers,...
NGO Assists Talensi District in Health Delivery
Part of the package included the construction of Community-based Health Planning and Service (CHPS) compound at Accra site, a deprived mining community in the...
Upper East: Five Vehicles Reported Missing From Health Directorate
Five vehicles belonging to the Ghana Health Service (GHS) in the Upper East region have been declared missing.
Authorities at the regional health...
Minister impress Youth to go into Agriculture
The Deputy Minister made the observation during this year’s District farmers’ day celebration organized by the Bolgatanga Municipal Directorate of the Ministry of Food...
Teenage pregnancy reduce by 14% in E/R
It is holding a series of activities including durbars to sensitise women and teenagers on the need to improve safe motherhood indicators which include...
Fire Guts Adansi South Health Directorate
Mr Courage Anku, Acting District Director of Health told the Ghana News Agency that there were no casualties and that preliminary reports of inventory taken by...
GAC organised voluntary HIV/AIDS test for Kwahu Revellers
The Ghana Aids Commission and
Actionplus Foundation, facilitated the voluntary testing of more
than 300 revellers during the Easter holiday on the Kwahu...
Corporal Punishment must give way positive discipline
Madam Vera She, rpt She, Volta and
Greater-Accra Regional Coordinator of Actionaid- Ghana, on
Wednesday challenged teachers and parents to replace corporal
punishment with...
Central Regions managers of NHIS to sign performance contract
Mr Francis Oti Frempong, the Central Regional Director of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), has said that managers of the National Health Insurance...
WPS Communication Network Instituted
The Women Peace and Security Communication Network (WPS CommNet) has been inaugurated in Accra.
The formation of the network...
Learning camp for school children in Tamale
The Savanna Signatures, a Tamale-based NGO, has organized a teaching and learning camp for some selected school children, to help build and improve their...
Accident fatalities continue to increase in UE
As the Christmas festivities draw nearer motor accident fatalities continue to increase in the Upper East Region.
Last week, three children were knocked down and...
MP assist health facilities in his constituency
The Member of Parliament (MP) for Nsuta-Kwamang-Beposo, Mr. Kwame Asafu-Adjei, has procured GH?50,000 worth of hospital equipment for distribution to health facilities in his...
MP aids school children
The Member of Parliament (MP) for Afram Plains North, Mr Aboagye Didieye has distributed 10,000 exercise books worth GH?20,000 to a number of public...
Assemblies urged to act to end open defecation
District Assemblies have been urged to focus efforts and resources on tackling poor sanitation in the communities to prevent cholera and other diseases.
Dr. Kwasi...
PARDA assist Upper East Regional Directorate
The Participatory Action for Rural Development Alternatives (PARDA), a Non-Governmental Organization, on Friday donated medical supplies to the Upper East Regional Directorate.
The items included...