Kwaku Agyemang Manu Archives

07 Dec

Ghana Produces Diphtheria, Tetanus Vaccines Locally Next Year – Health Minister

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Ghana is to begin the development, production, and distribution of Tetanus and Diphtheria Vaccines locally from next year, the Minister of Health, Kwaku Agyemang Manu has announced. The announcement followed the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Atlantic Life Sciences (ALS), a local pharmaceutical company under the government’s One District One Factory (1D1F) initiative and PT Biofarmaof Indonnesiaat a ceremony in Accra yesterday. As part of the MoU signed under the auspices of the National Vaccine Institute (NVI), PT Biofarma is to provide technical assistance to Atlantic Life Sciences to enable it produce the vaccines locally. The Chief…

Ministry Of Health Assures Clearance Of Antiretroviral Drugs By October 7; Refutes Tax Waiver Claims

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The Ministry of Health has issued a rejoinder following media reports that donated antiretroviral drugs, were left at the port in July due to the lack of tax waivers. The Ministry has also repudiated claims that these antiretroviral drugs were left at the port because of the government's failure to waive taxes. According to the ministry, headlines suggesting the above are misleading and inaccurate and, hence do not reflect the truth. The rejoinder also stated that the Ghana Supply Commission, on behalf of the Ministry of Health, has effectively managed the clearance of antiretroviral drugs and other medical items at…

La General Hospital To Be Constructed Soon – Minister

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The Minister of Health, Kwaku Agyemang-Manu has disclosed that work on the La General Hospital will begin soon. According to him, processes were being finalized to secure funds for the commencement of the project. He announced this when he took his turn at the Meet the Press at the Ministry of Information on Wednesday, September 6, 2023. Agyemang-Manu stressed that the La General Hospital will surely be constructed. “We got funding, unfortunately, something happened, we couldn’t continue that way, and we got it stuck there. For La, for example, we started working seriously on La, and we still have contractors’…