The Ghana Health Service has targeted a total of 407,881 children from nine to 59 months old in the Volta Region for immunisation under the fifth nationwide Measles and Rubella campaign. Dr Yaw Ofori Yeboah, Deputy Regional Director, Public Health, launching the campaign in Ho on Thursday said sustained education, vaccination, and the hard work … The post GHS
Cocoa farmers have been advised to adhere to health and safety measures, especially in the use of agro-chemicals on their farms, to stave off accidents and prolong their lives. Mr. Geoffrey Sam, the Ashanti Regional Extension Officer of the Cocoa Health and Extension Division (CHED) of the COCOBOD, said they had to abide by instructions … The post Cocoa
Former President John Dramani Mahama has said the method in which the New Patriotic Party (NPP) used to win the 2016 general elections offered the National Democratic Congress (NDC) a good chance to win the 2020 general elections. According to him, the NPP “used lots of sweet words, I do not think they thought through … The post Mahama predicts win for NDC in 2020 appeared
A group of National Democratic Congress (NDC) Branch Executives has revealed that a groundswell of support for Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, in the party’s flagbearership race shows that the second Deputy Speaker of Parliament will win massively ahead of other competitors. At a news conference in Accra on Thursday, the executives who themselves are also … The post NDC
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) of the World Bank Group, has committed $6.2 billion in long-term financing in private investment in sub-Saharan Africa in 2018 to help drive infrastructural development, job creation and growth in the region. This is the first time the region is receiving IFC’s largest investment in a financial year. The previous … The post IFC
A Professor of Geology at the Department of Earth Science, College of Basic and Applied Sciences, University of Ghana, has advocated the study of Geoscience at the basic to the tertiary education levels to ensure sustainable and equitable distribution of the natural resources. This, he said, would enable the future generation to formulate policies to … The post Geoscientist
The Governments of Ghana and Ecuador have signed an Aide Memoire (agreement) expressing interest to cooperate on environmental protection, with focus on forestry development. A statement from United Nations Development Programme ((UNDP) said the signing took place in Quito, the capital of Ecuador, during a South-South Knowledge Exchange which was facilitated by the UNDP. The … The post Ghana
Dr. Keziah Malm, the National Programme Manager of the National Malaria Control Programme (NMCP), has indicated that it has achieved the 90 per cent target set for the registration of households in Insecticide Treated Nets Distribution Exercise. He said nine out of the 10 regions in the country had successfully achieved the target, except the … The post 90%
African scholars, with background in law and social issues, have called on leaders to help abolish negative cultural practices. They said practices such as widowhood rites, succession laws, Polygamy, “Trokosi (females sent to shrines to atone for ancestral sins),” among others were against human rights and must be dealt with. Dr Ruth Murambadoro of the … The post Abolish
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