WHILE NIGERIA’S abortion laws are some of the most restrictive in the world, the country ranks top among countries whose citizens are in search of abortion pills, a new survey has revealed. Nigeria and Ghana are the two countries with the highest search interest in Misoprostol, an abortion pill, the …

FIRST LADY Mrs Rebecca Akufo-Addo has called for increased collaboration among key stakeholders in the health sector towards achieving universal health coverage. Mrs Akufo-Addo has also asked for the intensification of domestic resource mobilisation and improved social mobilisation and health communication to address the social cultural practices that impede positive …

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EXCELLENT IN Broadcasting Network (EIB), together with the John Agyekum Kufuor Foundation, will hold a health walk on Saturday, June 16, 2018 as part of activities to raise GHȼ80 million to be put in an endowment fund to sustain the foundation’s programme. The walk, according to the foundation’s CEO, Baffour Agyeman-Duah, …

THE GOVERNMENT and Hospital Pharmacists Association (GHOSPA), through its umbrella body, Pharmaceutical Society of Ghana (PSGH), has called on President Akufo-Addo to take steps to implement their already negotiated and signed conditions of service. Addressing the President at the Jubilee House when they paid a courtesy call on him on …

FROM RICHMOND AFAGBEDZIE, HO A PUBLIC Relations Officer of the Ghana Education Service (GES), Mr Anthony Kwaku Amoah, has urged parents, teachers and stakeholders to support children against conditions that are liable to prevent them from taking part in examinations. Speaking during  a tour of some examination centres in the …

BY MUNTALLA INUSAH muntalla.inusah@dailyheritage.com.gh THE CRIMINAL Division of the Accra High Court, presided over by Justice Clemence J Honyenuga, has fixed July 4 to commence the full trial of the former COCOBOD Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Seidu Agongo, Director of Agricult, who are standing trial for wilfully causing financial …

OVER 25 technical staff members from the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT), National Pensions Regulatory Authority (NPRA), the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Employment and Labour Relations are participating in a four-day workshop on Ghana’s Pensions System using the World Bank’s pension model, Pensions Reform Options …

BY ROSEMOND BOATENG ADDAI Rosemond.adjeey@yahoo.com MTN GHANA has donated items to the National Chief Imam and the Muslim communities towards the celebration of 2018 Eid-ul-Fitr to affirm their appreciation of their support, patronage and loyalty to them. The company gave GH¢5,000.00 cash, 10 bags of rice, five cartons of vegetable …

THE GREAT thing about the World Cup is that fans from all over the world get to see teams and players whom they would not watch on a regular basis. For example, European football fans may not be as familiar with some of the players from the African nations taking …