Pharmacists cost impact of strike on health service deliveryWednesday, May 22, 2013
Public health facilities in the country are incurring huge revenue losses as a result of the ongoing strike by the Government and Hospital Pharmacists Association GHOSPA.The pharmacy departments in the hospitals contribute significantly to internally generated funds, which help sustain operati ...
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Striking pharmacists caution management against victimization of membersTuesday, May 21, 2013
The Government and Hospital Pharmacists Association GHOSPA has cautioned heads of health facilities against what it says are subtle threats against striking members.The public pharmacists have been on strike over their market premium and implementation of a ruling by the National Labour Comm ... |
MTN expands Traders’ Forum to increase mobile technology useTuesday, May 21, 2013
Leading mobile telecom operator, MTN Ghana, is expanding its Traders Forum to engage more trade groups and professions in the use of mobile technology to enhance business operations.The Forum was instituted in 2011 with the aim of meeting identifiable groups to share information on use of techn ... |
Ghana hosts 6th Africa Agriculture Science WeekFriday, May 17, 2013
The Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa FARA is collaborating with Ghanas Ministry of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation MESTI and the Ministry of Food and Agriculture MoFA to organize the 6th Africa Agriculture Science Week.The event is a continental gathering of all s ... |
GSMA establishes new office in Africa to support burgeoning telecoms marketThursday, May 16, 2013
The GSMA has opened a permanent office in the heart of Nairobis Innovation Hub iHub for the technology community, which is an open space for the technologists, investors, tech companies and hackers in the area.The move is to enable the GSMA to work even more closely with its members and other ... |
The imminent bubble of Ghana’s booming microfinance industryThursday, May 16, 2013
Microfinance companies, under the Bank of Ghanas new regulated licensing regime, offer both lending and deposit products to their clients.In the past year, about 100 firms have received full operational license. Over 400 others have provisional license to serve the needs of the unbanked populat ... |
African leaders promote bread baked with 40% cassava flourWednesday, May 15, 2013
The inclusion of cassava flour in bread has received continental attention with some African leaders demonstrating their support for the innovation in Tanzania.Nigerias former President Olusegun Obasanjo and the President of Tanzania, Dr Mrisho Jakaya Kikwete, eat bread baked with 40 percent ca ... |
Chiefs urged to assert leadership roles in economic developmentWednesday, May 15, 2013
Traditional authorities would have to assert their leadership roles in the economic development of their localities to reduce environmental degradation caused by resource exploitation.This is emerging from the last session of the ongoing service management and leadership training for traditional ... |
The re-emergence of network marketing business in GhanaSunday, May 12, 2013
Several global businesses have in the past decade placed their products or services on the Ghanaian market through various network marketing concepts.Though the concept has yet to fully blossom, there is a renewed interest in network marketing as local businesses experiment the membership pyrami ... |
JOBOST Phones unveils Samsung’s Galaxy S4 in KumasiFriday, May 10, 2013
The Samsung Galaxy S4 has been unveiled to technology savvy and phone lovers at a colourful ceremony in Kumasi.The latest of Samsungs fourth generation phones is designed to get consumers closer to what matters in life and bring their world together.Local Samsung partner, JOBOST Phones in K ... |
Farmer experiments Ghana’s agro-tourism prospectsMonday, May 06, 2013
Agro-tourism has the potential to support the sustainable development of Ghanaian local communities. As a direct expansion of ecotourism, the concept of agro-tourism encourages visitors to experience agricultural life at first hand. In spite of Ghanas rich agricultural history, this venture ha ... |
Patients drift to alternative medicine as doctors strike continuesSaturday, May 04, 2013
People seeking medical care are increasingly drifting to alternative medical practitioners for attention as medical doctors continue with their industrial action.Members of the Ghana Medical Association GMA have been on strike for the past four weeks over unpaid allowances and other welfare is ... |
Fomena Nursing Training School decries abandoned infrastructure upgradingFriday, May 03, 2013
The Community Health Nurses Training School at Fomena in the Adansi North District of Ashanti recorded a 99.4 percent pass rate in the 2012 Community Health Nursing Licensing examinations.The school has consistently performed creditably in the exams, organized by the Nurses and Midwives Counci ... |