Two Million Women Living With Obstetric Fistula Globally –...
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has estimated that globally there are at least two million women living with the obstetric fistula condition.
It is also estimated that about 50,000 to 100,000 new cases of the condition develop every year among ... Read More
US Forest Services Coastal Sustainable Landscapes Project Un...
The United States Forest Services is implementing a three-year Coastal Sustainable Landscapes project in 17 communities in the six coastal districts of the Western Region.
The United States Agency for International Development is funding the 3.3 million dollars project.
Dr Steve Dennison, ... Read More
World Bank Approves $45m Financing To Improve Ghana Financia...
The World Bank Board has approved a $45 million financing to support Ghana’s financial management information systems.
According to the Bank, its Executive Board of Executive Directors approved the funds May 15, 2015 in Washington DC.
The aim of the support for ... Read More
ECOWAS Expresses Satisfaction With Elections In Nigeria, Tog...
The Authority of the Heads of State and Government of the Economic Commission of West African States (ECOWAS), has expressed satisfaction at the peaceful conduct of the presidential elections in Nigeria and Togo.
The Authority warmly congratulated General Muhammadu Buhari on his ... Read More
US Special Rep Calls For Enabling Business Environment In Gh...
Mr Nathan (in suit) interacting with Mr Sampath Agalawatta, General Manager Operations of DTRT.
Mr Scott A. Nathan, Special Representative, Commercial and Business Affairs of the US Department of State, has called on government to provide the enabling environment for ... Read More
WHO Agrees On Global Malaria Strategy Budget
Member-States of the World Health Organization (WHO), had agreed to a new global malaria strategy for 2016-30, and approved the Organization’s proposed programme budget for 2016-17.
A statement issued and copied to the Ghana News Agency in Accra by Tarik Jasarevic, ... Read More
UN To Launch Hunger Report
On Wednesday May 27, the three Rome-based UN food agencies – will publish the 2015 edition of their annual The State of Food Insecurity in the World (SOFI) Report.
The SOFI Report by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the ... Read More
WHO Gets $4,400m Budget Support
In spite of the indifference expressed by civil society groups against the endorsement of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Secretariat’s biennium budget proposal for 2016-2017, delegates overwhelmingly approved it.
The proposed biennium amounts to nearly $4,400 million overall, which comprises the ... Read More
UN Committee Chastises Section Of Ghanaian Media
The United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child (UN-CRC) has chastised a section of the Ghanaian media for consistent abuse of the rights and dignity of children in the country.
“Several media houses and journalists abuse and negatively portray ... Read More
President Mahama To Address Oxford Africa Conference
President John Dramani Mahama
President John Dramani Mahama will address the Sixth Annual Oxford Africa Conference at the University of Oxford in United Kingdom on Friday.
A statement from the Flagstaff House’s media office said he would be speaking on the ... Read More