KENYA — The United Kingdom has pledged a substantial financial boost to support healthcare staff recruitment and retention in three African nations: Kenya, Nigeria, and Ghana. This investment, totaling £15…
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Ghana enhances salmonella serotyping expertise with UK training strengthening One Health
GHANA — In a significant stride toward advancing both human and animal health, four experts from Ghana’s National Food Safety Laboratory (NFSL) have completed intensive training in Salmonella serotyping in…
Read MoreGerman Development Cooperation and Bayer partner to combat prostate cancer in Ghana
GHANA — German Development Cooperation and Bayer Group have launched a prostate intervention project in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. The initiative, spanning eight strategically selected district health facilities,…
Read MoreIVI, EuBiologics, and DEK forge partnership to boost oral cholera vaccine production in Ghana
GHANA — The International Vaccine Institute (IVI), EuBiologics, and DEK Vaccines Limited (DEK) have solidified their collaboration by signing a memorandum of understanding (MOU) aimed at amplifying the production of…
Read MoreKenya will receive a share of the new US$267M fund to improve AMR surveillance and response activities
KENYA – Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) surveillance and response activities in Africa and Asia will receive a significant boost from the UK government and the Fleming Fund over the next 3…
Read MoreGhana Health Services announces a new approach to healthcare delivery
GHANA – The Ghana Health Services (GHS), is set to launch a new health approach to healthcare delivery in the country. The new move was announced at a press briefing…
Read MoreFrancis Crick Institute receives US$9.54M from LifeArc to support medical research in Africa
SOUTH AFRICA – LifeArc, a UK not-for-profit medical research organization, has invested US$9.54 million into the Francis Crick Institute’s Crick Africa Network (CAN) program. The infusion into CAN is set…
Read MoreWHO’s red list fails to stem Africa health worker exodus: SciDev.Net
AFRICA – SciDev.Net has reported that the outbound healthworker movement from Sub-Saharan Africa to developing nations in Europe and the Americas has unfortunately only gone up despite the World Health…
Read MoreGhana steps up Mental health care with support from WHO’s Director General Global initiative
GHANA – The World Health Organisation (WHO) Director General’s Special Initiative for Mental Health (DG-SIMH, recently conclued a four day techical workshop in Accra, Ghana to map progress made a…
Read MorePresident Akufo-Addo inaugurates US$6.6M sewerage & treatment plants
GHANA—In order to curb the scourge of waterborne and diarrheal diseases in the Greater Accra Area, the President of Ghana has commissioned two Simplified Sewerage Facilities & Treatment Plants at…
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