Tag: WHO
WHO warns of “mass trauma” caused by COVID-19 pandemic
World Health Organization (WHO) officials said on Friday that the COVID-19 pandemic has caused more "mass trauma" than World War II and warned of...
WHO salutes President Akufo-Addo for taking COVID-19 jab
Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), has lauded President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for showing leadership by taking...
Zimbabwe denies suspending WHO and UNICEF in COVID-19 programs
The Zimbabwean has government refuted media reports that it had barred the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF from participating in the country's COVID-19...
WHO and UNFPA support Ghana’s fight against COVID-19
Dr Francis Kasolo, the World Health Organisation (WHO) Country Representative, has reiterated calls for deepened and sustained stakeholder collaboration towards winning the fight against...
President Biden To Help Africa Fight Ebola and COVID-19
The new administration of President Biden has initiated three important policies to help fight disease in Africa, all of which are in the self...
COVID-19: Ghana to receive compensation for COVAX vaccine side effects
Ghana is among 92 countries that will receive a no-fault compensation claim of serious side effects for people who are vaccinated with a COVID-19...
WHO and partners launch vaccine injury compensation program for poorer countries
The World Health Organization (WHO) and its partners have agreed to launch a program for claims of serious side effects among people in 92...
UN teams, partners move to contain Ebola outbreak in DRC amd Guinea
Teams from the United Nations and humanitarian partners are in the northeast of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and southeast Guinea to...
US to pay more than US$200 million to WHO by end of month
dpa/GNA - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday that the United States will meet its obligations to the World Health...
WHO roots for training of African health workers ahead of COVID-19 vaccine roll-out
A seamless roll-out of COVID-19 vaccine in Africa hinges on improving the knowledge of the continent's frontline health care workers in critical areas like...
African Health Experts should make strong impact on anti-covid-19 fight – KNII
Health experts in Ghana and Africa as a whole, have been urged to quicken their steps towards halting the covid-19 pandemic.
"This is the time...
WHO recommends AstraZeneca vaccine use amid concerns over efficacy against virus variant
Benefits of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University outweigh known and potential risks, the World Health Organization (WHO) has ruled amid...
Young Boxing Champion Joseph Awinongya Jr To Convert To Nursing Practice
Joseph Awinongya Jr the exciting young fighter with 7 national boxing championships to his name has announced that he would like to become a...
President Kagame is Right: Africa Must Get Covid-19 Vaccinations
It is Morally and Economically Just.
February 9, 2021
The Guardian on February 7, published an insightful statement from Rwandan President, Paul Kagame, on the importance...
WHO experts meet to review efficacy of AstraZeneca vaccine
Experts from the World Health Organization (WHO) met on Monday to review the efficacy of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine against COVID-19, after a study showed...
Looming supply gap threatens EU and U.S. vaccination plans
COVID-19 vaccines are key to bringing life back to normal around the world. Yet, a fair and efficient rollout of the vaccines was never...
Who Is Better In Management: Chief Finance Officer (CFO) Or The Chief Strategy Officer...
Businesses or companies, in this modern age and at these critical times, are doing everything to stay afloat; in growing their businesses for increased...
Africa to receive 90 million COVID-19 vaccine doses in February – WHO
Nearly 90 million COVID-19 vaccine doses negotiated through the COVAX facility will be shipped in Africa beginning from February, a senior World Health Organization...
New COVID-19 strains could prolong second wave in Africa – WHO
Discovery of new COVID-19 variants in several African countries risk prolonging the second wave in the continent and overwhelm its already fragile public health...
With quarantine ended, WHO begins hunt for Covid-19 origins in China
dpa/GNA - The quarantine came to an end on Thursday for a team of World Health Organization (WHO) researchers in China hoping to...
Priority Insurance donates Gh¢2,000.00 worth of PPE to Police Education Schools
Priority Insurance, a member of the Tobinco Group of Companies has donated Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) such as boxes of hand sanitizers worth Gh¢2,000.00...
Tedros welcomes U.S. announcement to maintain membership in WHO
World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Thursday that the organization welcomed the pledge that the United States will remain a...
COVID-19 surge: GEA urges employers to revisit WHO protocols
The Ghana Employer’s Association (GEA) on Thursday urged employers to ensure strict compliance with World Health Organization (WHO) COVID-19 protocols in view of the...
‘Sustained boom’ in cases straining hospitals in Americas – WHO
dpa/GNA - The World Health Organization warned on Tuesday that hospital resources in parts of North and South America are being severely stretched...
Who is Kamala Harris, Biden’s pioneering vice president?
dpa/GNA - Trailblazer Kamala Harris joins the White House as Joe Biden's vice-president as the first African-American, first woman and first person of...
New COVID-19 strains threat to Africa’s public health system – WHO
The new COVID-19 variants that have been reported in several African countries could undermine efforts to contain the pandemic, a World Health Organization (WHO)...
By hosting WHO team, China shows support for COVID-19 origin-tracing
A World Health Organization (WHO) expert team is traveling to China on Thursday to work with Chinese scientists on origin-tracing of the novel...
Science, and only science, in COVID-19 origin-tracing
Experts from the World Health Organization (WHO) arrived in Wuhan Thursday to conduct scientific cooperation in tracing the origin of COVID-19 with Chinese scientists....
Origin-tracing on coronavirus is about scientific answers – WHO
The mission of the research team to arrive in China for novel coronavirus origin-tracing is about scientific answers, a senior World Health Organization (WHO)...
Upcoming arrival of WHO experts shows China’s support to uncover virus origin
China announced Monday that a World Health Organization expert team will arrive in the country on Thursday to jointly work with Chinese scientists on...