In Africa’s most congested and highly populated cities and slums, millions of families will be confined to less than 2 square meters of living space in unsanitary conditions
Across Africa, affordable housing is in acute short supp…
African Union Member States (52) reporting COVID-19 cases (23,505) deaths (1,158), and recoveries (5,833) by region:
Central (1,912 cases; 75 deaths; 384 recoveries): Burundi (6; 1; 4), Cameroon (1,163; 42; 305), Central African…
Coronavirus - Africa: COVID-19 will double number of people facing food crises unless swift action is taken
South Sudan had 61 percent of its population in a state of food crisis (or worse) in 2019
The COVID-19 pandemic could almost …
Joshua Owusu-Ansah, Country Lead, Talamus Health Ghana; and Daniel Marfo, General Manager, Zipline Ghana
On leveraging health technology to combat Covid-19
How can technology complement health measures during and after the Covid-19 p…
Microverse is the first online school for remote developers to offer an income share agreement to students in 200+ countries, which means no upfront tuition costs. The school is working to close the global gap between talent and opportu…
European Commission approves nintedanib for the treatment of systemic sclerosis-associated interstitial lung disease (SSc-ILD)
Approval is based on the SENSCIS® study which showed nintedanib slows the loss of pulmonary function in pe…
About 56 million learners live in locations not served by mobile networks, almost half in sub-Saharan Africa
Half of the total number of learners – some 826 million students – kept out of the classroom by the COVID-19 pandemic, do not h…
Coronavirus - Africa: Global Report on Food Crises reveals scope of food crises as COVID-19 poses new risks to vulnerable countries
More than half (73 million) of the 135 million people covered by the report live in Africa
Annual rep…
It's the Queen's 94th birthday today.
To mark the occasion, Kensington Palace has shared a picture of her in happier times before the outbreak, attending last year's Chelsea Flower Show with the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.
Kensing…
The husband of a 68-year-old woman who delivered twins in Nigeria has told the BBC it took 43 years and three unsuccessful IVF procedures before conceiving their babies.
Noah Adenuga said their search for children had taken them to the …
The world's largest business education network—announces 25 business schools as highlights of its Innovations That Inspire [2] member challenge. An annual initiative, the challenge recognizes institutions from around the world that serve a…
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) says it has deployed trained Rapid Response Teams (RRTs) at the regional and district levels of various health facilities as well as communities to undertake meningitis case search and support case management…
A health expert, Dr John Amoasi says Ghanaians should prepare for a spike in coronavirus cases due to the lifting of restriction of movement in some parts of the country.
“What I want to tell the people of our dear nation is that they s…
As many countries seek an end, or partial end to their lockdowns, the World Health Organization has once again given a warning that this should be a gradual process.
Premature relaxations may lead to a surge of new Covid-19 infections, …
There has been a mixed reaction in Ghana after a three-week lockdown which had been imposed on several areas of the country was eased.
Some say Ghana's President Nana Akufo-Addo has taken a risky move, noting that the country has confir…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo Monday said a careful balance of factors informed the easing of the three-week restriction on movements of persons in Accra, Kumasi, Tema and Kasoa.
He said the medical initiatives adopted by the Go…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo Monday swore into office, Dr Bernard Oko Boye, Member of Parliament for Ledzokuku, as Deputy Health Minister.
At a short ceremony at the Jubilee House, Accra, at which the President adm…
Dr Anthony Yaw Baah, the Secretary-General of the Trades Union Congress (TUC), has applauded government’s decision of lifting the three-week restriction on the movement of people in Accra, Kumasi, Tema and Kasoa.
He said though the rest…
Mental Health Advocacy Foundation (MHAF), a local Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) based in the Northern region, has donated 20 gallons of liquid soap to the Out-Patient Department (OPD)of the Tamale Teaching Hospital (TTH),to aid fight…
Send Ghana, a think tank group into policy research and civil society advocacy, has called on government to halt any further demolition exercise at Old Fadama in Accra, until collective efforts at stemming the Coronavirus pandemic received…
Two Baptists charity organisations have presented solar powered boreholes to the Kampong and Bongnayili communities in the Central Gonja district of the Savannah Region and Kumbungu District in the Northern Region.
The facilities valued…
The Western Regional National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE), with support from Vivo Energy Ghana Limited, Church of Pentecost, Takoradi Branch is educating the public on the dangers of the COVID 19 pandemic and possible solutions.
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As part of efforts to prevent the spread of the coronavirus to the Birim Central Municipal Area, the Municipal Health Service Directorate has deployed nurses to each of the three entry points to the municipality to start screening people…
Dr Archibald Yao Letsa, the Volta Regional Minister has called for collaborative efforts of the citizenry to rid the region and Ghana of the global pandemic, COVID-19.
He said the time had come for everyone regardless of political affil…
The Bono Region requires more Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to protect health officials and strengthen an "aggressive war" against the spread of the Corona Virus Disease (COVID-19), Mrs Evelyn Ama Kumi-Richardson, the Regional Minist…
The public has been urged to plan towards collecting as much rain water as possible, towards ensuring that the high sanitary standards required to fight against the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic is attained.
This is because the freque…
Water4 /Access Development, a safe water enterprise providing communities in the Wassa-East District access to safe and reliable water, has distributed hand washing items to communities in the Wassa-East District.
The items are Veronica…
The Vice-Chancellors of Technical Universities of Ghana, VCTU-G have commended the government of Ghana for effectively managing the COVID-19 pandemic to the admiration of all.
The group held a virtual meeting to deliberate on the impact…
There are millions of non-hand-washers hiding among us. Why won’t they adopt this simple hygiene habit – and how can we change their minds?
"My 2019 resolution is to say things on air that I say off air…" – the famous last words of Pe…
Zipline, Ghana has begun delivering COVID-19 test samples by flying test samples collected from patients in more than 1,000 health facilities located in difficult to reach rural areas of Ghana to Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Res…
Sir Richard Branson has pledged his luxury island resort as collateral to help get a UK government bailout of his stricken airline Virgin Atlantic.
The billionaire Virgin Group boss said in an open letter to staff he was not asking for …
The African Economic Research Consortium (AERC) Senior Policy Seminar has placed a spotlight on fragility of growth in African economies, seeking to stimulate an informed policy dialogue and related policy-making aimed at reducing identifi…
The UK is gearing up to use the blood of coronavirus survivors to treat hospital patients ill with the disease.
NHS Blood and Transplant is asking some people who recovered from Covid-19 to donate blood so they can potentially assess th…
Advancing the renewables-based energy transformation is an opportunity to meet international climate goals while boosting economic growth, creating millions of jobs and improving human welfare by 2050, finds the first Global Renewables Out…
Merck Foundation in partnership Ghana First Lady support casual and daily workers affected by Coronavirus lockdown
The boxes which contain rice, cooking oil, milo, sugar, milk, canned tomatoes canned fish and other items, were distribut…
Absa Bank partners Univ. of Ghana Career and Counselling Centre to provide ‘ReadyToWork’ e-Learning for students amid COVID-19
Absa Bank Ghana has partnered the University of Ghana Career and Counselling Centre (UGCCC) to provide onli…
The World Health Organization (WHO) has said people exposed to high levels of air pollution over long periods could face a higher risk of developing severe Covid-19 infections.
WHO officials told the BBC they were looking into Asia, Afric…
A nationwide strike by nurses in Malawi has paralysed operations in public hospitals as the southern African country battles the spread of Covid-19.
The nurses are complaining about poor work conditions, being overworked and lacking saf…
GET Network to judge and fund six winning teams from 13 markets
Innovative students from across 13 markets who want to help the world and be rewarded for their ingenuity will now have the chance.
This press release features multimedi…
Ghanians have been urged to wear masks
Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo has lifted restrictions on movement in parts of the country that were under a partial lockdown and urged citizens to wear face masks.
Other restrictions like a…
A cross-section of the public have expressed their support for efforts being made by government to control the spread of COVID-19 in the country.
As Ghanaians await an address from the President of the Republic later today, many are of …
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo, efforts are underway to recalibrate 100 Regional and District Tuberculosis Gene Expert Laboratories to ensure that each region has a minimum of one testing centre for COVID-19.
He explained the enh…
President Akufo-Addo has announced that some social gatherings will remain suspended even as the partial lockdown of the country is lifted on Monday, April 20, 2020.
In a televised address on Sunday night, President Akufo-Addo advocat…
Measures instituted by African governments to combat the COVID-19 pandemic should not lead to food crisis on the continent, the Alliance for Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), has said.
AGRA said there would be food security crisis on t…
Protesters have taken to the streets in states across the US, demanding that governors reopen economies shut by the coronavirus pandemic.
Rallies in Arizona, Colorado, Montana and Washington state took place on Sunday, following earlier…
The tourism sector is on its knees because all national parks, hospitality industry, among many others, have either shut down completely or are working at about 20 per cent capacity.
The situation has caused many job losses in the…
The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has announced a recall of the food supplement, COA FS and directed the public to return the product to the manufacturer after some samples of the product were found to be contaminated.
The FDA in a p…
ADDRESS TO THE NATION BY PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC, NANA ADDO DANKWA AKUFO-ADDO, ON UPDATES TO GHANA’S ENHANCED RESPONSE TO THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC, ON SUNDAY, 19TH APRIL, 2020.
Fellow Ghanaians, good evening,
Today, Sunday, 19th Apri…
The Ghana Health Service is continuing with the supervision of the completion of a backlog of laboratory samples which have been picked for testing for COVID-19.
Total samples tested so far now stands at 68,591 with 1.52 % testing positiv…
A new poll suggests that most people in the UK will want to alter their lives in some way after the coronavirus pandemic.
In fact, only 9% of people say they want life to return to how it was before. Some 54% agreed with this statement:…
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