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Deputy Health Minister urges Africa to boost domestic health financing
Deputy Minister of Health, Professor Grace Ayensu-Danquah, has called on African countries to increase domestic investment in healthcare, warning that the continent can no longer depend heavily on external donor funding to sustain its health systems. She said Africa’s long-term health security will depend on its abilit...
When everyone knows but no one speaks: The silence that sustains Academic Bullying
How many people must know that someone is being bullied before silence itself becomes part of the abuse? If postgraduate students quietly warn one another about certain supervisors, if early-career academics discreetly advise colleagues to avoid particular professors, if administrative staff witness repeated episodes o...
Move beyond pursuit of academic certificates - CEO charges students
An alumnus from Cape Coast Technical University (CCTU) and the Chief Executive Officer of Elite B & C Company Limited, Derrick Akomprah, has challenged university students to move beyond the pursuit of academic certificates, saying degrees alone no longer guarantee employment in today's highly competitive job market. H...
Self-medication threatens Ghana’s public health – KNUST Pharmacy HOD
The Head of the Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Professor Isaac Ayensu, has raised concerns over the increasing practice of self-medication and drug abuse in Ghana, warning that it poses serious risks to public health. Speaking ahead of...
Bawumia leads NPP delegation to Ashanti Regional Office for meeting on Wontumi conviction
Former Vice President and the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) 2028 flagbearer, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has led a high-powered delegation of party officials to the NPP Ashanti Regional Office in Asokwa for a closed-door meeting following the conviction of the party’s Ashanti Regional Chairman, Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly...
Greater Accra Health Directorate condemns assault on midwife at Tema Community 22 Polyclinic
The Greater Accra Regional Health Directorate has strongly condemned the alleged assault of a midwife at Tema Community 22 Polyclinic by a relative of a patient, describing the incident as an unprovoked attack on a healthcare worker carrying out her professional duties.
NDC suspends Awutu Senya East Chairman for five months
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has suspended the Constituency Chairman for Awutu Senya East from office for five months following a petition filed by the area's Member of Parliament, Phillis Naa Koryoo Okunor.
Mohammed Baantima Samba: NPP Northern Regional Chairman re-elected
The incumbent Northern Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mohammed Baantima Samba, has been re-elected to lead the party in the region. Mr Samba secured 215 votes to defeat his closest contender, Amadu Inusah, who polled 122 votes out of the 387 votes cast. The other contestants in the chairmanship rac...
US court orders extradition of NDC’s Sedina Tamakloe to Ghana
A Magistrate judge in the United States of America (USA), Daniel J. Albregts of the District of Nevada, has ordered the extradition of Ms. Christine Sedina Tamakloe, former chief executive officer (CEO) of the Microfinance and Small Loans Center (MASLOC), and member of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) to G...
Asiedu Nketia wrong to link parliamentary reshuffle to NDC victory – Dr Asante Otchere
The Executive Director of the African Institute of Strategic Studies, Dr Jonathan Asante Otchere, has challenged claims by the National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, that the party’s 2024 electoral victory was partly driven by changes to its parliamentary leadership.
Pru East DCE hands over 1,028 hexagonal tables and chairs to GES to boost early childhood education
The District Chief Executive (DCE) for Pru East, Abdul Nassir Dauda, has presented 1,028 hexagonal tables and chairs to the Ghana Education Service (GES) in the district to improve teaching and learning, particularly at the kindergarten level. The presentation forms part of the District Assembly’s commitment to strengt...
'World-first' vaccine designed by artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence has been used to develop a "fundamentally new" type of vaccine that could protect against large swathes of viruses and prevent pandemics, say researchers. The team at the University of Cambridge say it is the first time a vaccine's key component has been designed entirely by AI and then trialled...