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Women in Food and Agricultural Leadership Training Forum & Expo (WOFAGRIC) and Gold in The Soil Awards Women are surviving! Women are thriving! Women are making waves within and beyond the Pandemic! Join us build capacity and alongside celebrate WOMEN – “the seed and soul of our agriculture” The Women in Food and Agricultural Leadership Training Forum & Expo (WOFAGRIC) and Gold in The Soil Awards is a pro- AgriWomen recognition, empowerment and capacity building platform that has for the past three (3) years, given a SHARE OF VOICE, to women in Agriculture, across the country. An Agrihouse Foundation initiative and organized in partnership with MOFA and NFFAWAG, the 2-day event, which moves from Region to Region annually, aims to boost, train and build the capacity of women in agriculture, through: Mentoring and Coaching Focused Group Engagement Motivational Talks Presentations Competence based and soft skills development sessions, among others. Documentary series and awards ...

Traditional Authorities and Farmer Groups from the Volta Region Congratulates Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto Traditional Leaders and Farmer Associations of the Tongu Traditional Area of the Volta Region on Tuesday, 9th March 2021 called on Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto, at his office to congratulate him on his reappointment and assumption of office as Minister for Food and Agriculture. Speaking at a mini durbar held at the forecourt of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture in Accra, Togbe Nakakpo Dugbaza VIII, Paramount Chief of Tefle Traditional Area expressed their overwhelming joy about Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto’s reappointment. He told Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto that “we are glad to have you as the substantive Minister of Food and Agriculture for another 4-year. We also thank H.E. the President and Parliament for appointment.” Togbe Nakakpo Dugbaza VIII, recalled the launch of the PFJ which underscored a new sense of urgency in government’s approach to tackling the problems of the agricultural sect...

  Canada Donates 50 Vehicles for Agricultural Extension The Canadian Government has donated 50 double cabin pick-ups to the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) for purposes of strengthening agricultural extension service delivery in the country. The vehicles are valued at GHC10.6 million and were procured with funds provided by Canada for the Modernizing Agriculture in Ghana (MAG) Programme. Canada is supporting the programme with 135 million Canadian Dollars over a six-year period. Since its inception about four years ago, the MAG Programme has procured 265 vehicles and over 3000 motorcycles for the agriculture sector and five buses for the agricultural colleges in Ghana to facilitate training to deliver modernized agricultural extension services. With the additional 50 vehicles, the Programme has supported all the regions and districts in the country with vehicles and motor bikes to improve the productivity of farmers and create market linkages for their produce. MoFA Canada ...

The eighteen (18) bed capacity male Medical ward which was successfully refurbished into a Thirty Four (34) bed capacity Male Medical Ward was duly commissioned by the able Core Management and assisted by guests on Thursday, 1st August, 2019. In attendance were the Municipal DDNS (DDNS Irene Anowa), Regional Estate Manager (Mr. Gordon Anarfo) and the Media (TV3, GTV, JOY TV, JOY FM, etc.) The Hospital Chaplain, Rev. Sackey Addo prayed for the official commissioning, after which he sprinkled Holy water to declare the block commissioned. The Hospital Director, Dr. Kwame Anim – Boamah took the opportunity related that, the expansion was necessitated by the limited capacity to admit most especially referred cases which most often comes in at a terminal state. The project, according to the Hospital Director was funded fully from the Hospital’s Internally Generated Fund. The occasion also provided an opportune platform to outdoor another flagship project (i.e, endoscopy and laparoscopy Units...

The National Nuclear Medicine and Radiotherapy Centre (NNMRC) of the Hospital has begun the treatment of prostate cancers with a new intervention called Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT). Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) is an advanced mode of high-precision radiotherapy that uses computer-controlled linear accelerators to deliver precise radiation doses to a malignant tumor or specific areas within the tumor. IMRT allows for the radiation dose to conform more precisely to the 3-D shape of the tumor by modulating or controlling the intensity of the radiation beam in multiple small volumes. Speaking to the Head of the Centre, Dr Joel Yarney, he said the Centre had within the past two weeks treated and discharged three patients who had prostate cancers. Dr Yarney said the new radiation therapy reduces the side effects of radiation to the patient, adding that “it helps us to adjust the radiation beam to the contours of the cancer, allowing for higher, more effective do...

THE HEALTH WORKPLACE AND COVID-19 CRISIS The arrival and the rapid spread of COVID-19 pandemic has reinforced the importance of mental health and the critical need to create a mentally healthy workplace for the workforce. Health care providers and mangers in the healthcare industry cannot ignore the mental stress that covid-19 has presented to the workplace adding to the already existing psychological and emotional challenges faced by healthcare workers. Today, the healthcare industry especially traditional care providers are experiencing one of the most disruptive periods in time. The health workforce has over the years suffered both emotional and psychological stress related to providing care and restoring health of the sick and vulnerable in addition to the physical, biological, and chemical hazards they face in their daily work. The healthcare work environment is dangerous and exhausting and there is a ‘tough guy’ mentality which may discourage healthcare workers from discussing iss...

  NEW CEO, DR OPOKU WARE AMPOMAH ASSUMES OFFICE             The Hospital’s new Chief Executive Officer, Dr Opoku Ware Ampomah, has assumed office after his appointment. Before his appointment, Dr Opoku Ware Ampomah was the Director of National Reconstructive Plastics Surgery and Burns Centre. He is a Consultant Plastic Surgeon with many years of experience in Hospital Management. The Board and Management of the Hospital wish to call on all staff and other stakeholders of the Hospital to accord the New CEO every support he needs to make Korle Bu the hub of quality healthcare in Ghana and beyond. Dr. Opoku Ware Ampomah, the newly appointed CEO of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital is a seasoned Consultant Plastic Surgeon and has over the past 23 years contributed in diverse ways to the Health Sector both as a Clinician and a Manager. He currently serves in various capacities; locally as the Director of the National Reconstructive Plastic Surgery and Burns Ce...

  GHANA MARKS WORLD PATIENTS’ SAFETY DAY AT THE KOMFO ANOKYE TEACHING HOSPITAL (KATH) The Deputy Minister for Health, Hon. Dr. Bernard Okoe Boye, has urged health institutions to deepen their quality assurance practices so as to help improve patients’ experiences at hospitals in the country.   He said Quality Assurance Units in the various health facilities would have to be more proactive by instituting patients-centered medical protocols for handling clients from the very onset of their presence at hospitals instead of waiting for them to be aggrieved before taking their complaints for resolution. “We need to put in place a system that ensures that patients leave our hospitals very satisfied and happy. Hon. Dr. Okoe Boye , who is also the Member of Parliament (M.P.) for the Ledzokuku constituency in the greater Accra Region, added that though health workers in the country work under enormous pressure, it was important that health facilities still make every effort to provide ...