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The Director of Health Promotion at the Ghana Health Service (GHS), Dr DaCosta Aboagye has encouraged the public not to fret over safety issues concerning vaccines for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), as the government is committed to ensuring that all the vaccines it is acquiring will be safe for use locally.
Additionally, the Health Promotion Unit would make public all the necessary information on the vaccines and the vaccination exercise ahead of administration.
Speaking to the Daily Graphic in Accra yesterday, Dr Aboagye said there was no room for uncertainties because all the necessary safety and efficient arrangements had been instituted to ensure that only vaccines that had been tested in manufacturing jurisdictions and approved by national, global and regional vaccine testing and approving bodies were used on the Ghanaian population.
Junior Health Minister Brandy-Williams commemorates âWorld Cancer Day 2021â
Hon. Hazel Brandy-Williams, Junior Minister of Health in the Nevis Island Administration commemorates World Cancer Day.
CHARLESTOWN, Nevis Today is World Cancer Day, a global initiative under which nations unite to target misinformation, raise awareness, encourage support, action, and advocate for funding for the prevention, detection, and treatment of this malignancy.
The following is an address by Hon. Hazel Brandy-Williams, Junior Minister of Health in the Nevis Island Administration (NIA):
âToday is World Cancer Day, as we are aware, cancer remains a major universal concern, as millions of persons would have lost their lives to this dreaded disease,â said Hon. Brandy-Williams. âIt has been reported that breast and prostate cancer are the most prevalent in women and men, while colorectal and lung cancer are common in both genders.
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All members of dedicated Health Communications Team now confirmed
Article by January 9, 2021
Prime Minister Mia Mottley has now confirmed the acceptance of all members to participate in the new dedicated Health Communications Team she announced on Friday evening.
The fourth member of the team is retired head of the Ministry of Health’s Health Promotion Unit, Denise Carter-Taylor.
Carter-Taylor joins former Minister of Health, Ambassador Elizabeth Thompson, president of the Barbados Association of Medical Practitioners, Dr. Lynda Williams, and Communications Specialist, Tyson Henry.
The team’s mission is to streamline and improve communications related to COVID-19 and the national effort to combat and eradicate the virus from the island.
January 09, 2021 THE Department of Health Western Visayas Center for Health Development (DOHWVCHD) reported Saturday, January 9, 2021, that 12 of its employees tested positive for coronavirus.
In an advisory released Saturday afternoon, it said 12 of its employees had mild symptoms of the disease.
According to DOH Director Emilia Monicimpo, one was admitted to a hospital, two in a quarantine facility, while the rest were on strict home quarantine.
Of the 12 employees, one is from the engineering office of the region s Health Facility Unit, one from the Health Promotion Unit, and ten from the Regional Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit.
Contact tracing is ongoing in coordination with local government units and Barangay Health Emergency and Response Teams.