The UCC 1998 Alumni Year Group has donated sanitary items and medical equipment valued at GH ¢75, 000 to the University Health Services as part of efforts to fight COVID-19.
The items included gallons of detergents, hand sanitizers, and seven nebulizers.
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra, Dr. Daniel Asare, has donated two sets of Cadiothocograph and their accessories valued at $20, 000 to the University Hospital.
The Association of Concerned Cape Coast Citizens and Residents (ACCCCAR) has presented sanitary items to the University Hospital to protect staff and clients from contracting COVID-19.
The items included two veronica buckets with stands, bottles of hand sanitizers, and some packets of tissue papers.
The Pro Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Dora Edu-Buandoh has presented shopping vouchers and other items to international students of the University who are still staying on campus as a result of the closure of Ghana’s borders.
The Ghana Association of University Administrators, UCC Chapter, has supported the University Hospital with an amount of ¢5, 000 to procure Personal Protective Equipment for its staff in the wake of COVID-19.
The University Teachers Association (UTAG), UCC Chapter, has presented a cheque for GH ¢10,000 to the University of Cape Coast Hospital to support the fight against COVID-19.
The Senior Staff Association-Universities of Ghana (SSA-UoG), University of Cape Coast branch, and the Teachers and Education Workers Union (TEWU) have donated sanitary items to the University Hospital to help prevent the spread of Coronavirus.
The items included eight (8) boxes of gloves, five (5) gallons of hand sanitizers and 10 gallons of parazone.
The Nursing Students Association (NUSA) of UCC in conjunction with Nursing students from Grand Valley State University (GVSU) has held health outreach at Bronyibima, near Elmina in the Komenda Edina Eguafo Abrem (KEEA) Municipal Assembly.
The outreach programme which was organised as part of the NUSA week-celebrations was aimed at educating, counseling and screening people in the community for some medical conditions.
The Centre for Gender, Research, and Advocacy Development, CEGRAD, has commemorated this year’s International Women’s Day with a symposium on campus.
The Day, marked annually on March 8, is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. Globally, the theme for this year’s celebration was “I am Generation Equality: Realising Women’s Rights”.
Locally, CEGRAD marked the day with a symposium and a debate competition at the C.A Ackah Lecture Theatre Auditorium 900.
The School of Nursing and Midwifery has welcomed the eighth batch of nursing students from Grand Valley State University (GVSU), USA, for the 2020 Study Abroad in Ghana.
The GVSU students who were accompanied by three lecturers are in Ghana for a two-week Community Health Nursing programme in some communities in the Central Region.
