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COVID-19 Fund supports deaf persons to access health care
Ghana: Govt to Track Progress of Pregnant Women - Issue ID Numbers to New-Borns
Ghana: Govt to Track Progress of Pregnant Women - Issue ID Numbers to New-Borns
The COVID-19 National Trust Fund is supporting persons living with disabilities (PWDs), especially the deaf, to access health care as part of efforts to fight COVID-19. The fund has so far supported more than 4,500 PWDs through Ebeye Yie (EYE) Foundation, a non-governmental organization that focuses on ensuring proper, quality and inclusive health service delivery to PWDs, especially the deaf.
Source: Graphic online (13/02/2022)
Ghana: Govt to Track Progress of Pregnant Women - Issue ID Numbers to New-Borns
Ghana: Govt to Track Progress of Pregnant Women - Issue ID Numbers to New-Borns
Ghana: Govt to Track Progress of Pregnant Women - Issue ID Numbers to New-Borns
The Ghana Health Service is to begin digitally tracking and monitoring all pregnant women across the country.
This has become possible following the ongoing linkage of the data of the National Identification Authority, Ghana Health Service, Birth and Deaths Registry and Ghana Statistical Service to create a comprehensive database of all persons residing in Ghana, the Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has disclosed.
Source: http://presidency.gov.gh/
(11/02/2022)
Africa on track to control COVID-19 this year – WHO
Ghana: Govt to Track Progress of Pregnant Women - Issue ID Numbers to New-Borns
Africa on track to control COVID-19 this year – WHO
The World Health Organization (WHO) says the African continent can control the COVID-19 pandemic in 2022 if current trends continue, warning vigilance remains key.
Africa has witnessed four waves each with higher peaks or more total new cases than the previous. The surges, according to WHO were mostly driven by new variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
Source: World Health Organization (12/02/2022)