Ghana receives first historic shipment of COVID-19 vaccinations from international COVAX facility
Confirming the news on Wednesday, the World Health Organization (WHO) said that further supplies of the AstraZeneca/Oxford jab will reach Côte d’Ivoire later this week. These are the first coronavirus shots from the COVAX scheme to be..
Ghana takes delivery of 600,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine
Ghana Wednesday morning took delivery of 600,000 doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine made by the Serum Institute of India (Covishield). The 600,000 doses is the first consignment of vaccines acquired through the COVID-19 Vaccine Global A..
History is made: Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala chosen as WTO Director-General
WTO members made history when the General Council agreed by consensus to select Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala of Nigeria as the organization’s seventh Director-General. When she takes office on 1 March, Dr Okonjo-Iweala will become the first woman..
2021 Theme: Women Scientists at the forefront of the fight against COVID-19
The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has clearly demonstrated the critical role of women researchers in different stages of the fight against COVID-19, from advancing the knowledge on the virus, to developing techniques for testing, and final..
President of Ghana Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo re-elected ECOWAS Chairman
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has been re-elected for a second term as Chairman of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). Heads of States of the Authority at its extrao..
