Green Gratitude supports COVID health workers in Accra Ghana

Posted on :Thursday , 30th July 2020

Green Gratitude, a local Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) committed to the welfare of frontline workers in the Covid-19 fight, has extended a hand of support to Doctors and Nurses at the Covid-19 treatment centre at the El-Wak Stadium in Accra. The NGO has decided to provide at least one hot meal to the frontline staff at the facility for the next two weeks. 

The gest. . .

Phone-based HIV support system repurposed for COVID monitoring in Uganda

Posted on :Thursday , 30th July 2020

A cost-effective phone based system developed by a Cambridge researcher and her Ugandan colleagues to support HIV patients has been rapidly adapted by the team to help the Ugandan Ministry of Health monitor those in quarantine during the coronavirus pandemic.

People entering Uganda have been required to quarantine for 14 days as part of the country's lockdown measures, during which time t. . .

US Donates Ksh 7.9 Million Medical Equipment to Kenya

Posted on :Thursday , 30th July 2020

The United States is donating personal protective and hospital equipment valued at Ksh 7.9 Million to five hospitals in Nairobi, Mombasa, Kisumu, Siaya, and Nakuru in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.  

Each hospital in  Nairobi, Mombasa, Kisumu, Siaya, and Nakuru will receive N95 masks, surgical masks, coveralls, medical goggles, face shields, and pulse oximeters.. . .

COVID patients benefit from enhanced Homecoming initiative

Posted on :Thursday , 30th July 2020

Vodafone Ghana Foundation, the charity arm of Vodafone Ghana, has organised a virtual ceremony to launch its annual Homecoming initiative. The virtual launch formed part of efforts to herald the three-phased Homecoming initiative aimed at bringing relief to many patients who are in financial distress in some medical facilities nationwide. To kick start the first phase in the Northern belt, the . . .

Cameroon to benefit from construction of a multi-functional laboratory complex

Posted on :Thursday , 11th June 2020

The Republic of Cameroon, a country on the Gulf of Guinea in the central region of Africa is set to benefit from the construction of a multifunctional laboratory complex dedicated to the analysis and control of the quality of food, pharmaceutical, textile, electronic, chemical and construction products.

The project is being carried out by Mediline Medical Cameroon, a subsidia. . .