Ms Catarina Furtado, the Africa Goodwill Ambassador of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), has said investment in reproductive health was the right key to the development of every nation. She said to invest in the reproductive and sexual health of young people, especially girls, had the potential of boosting the socio-economic development of every […]
The World Health Organization (WHO) would be interested in how health managers in the Volta Region would at the end of 2016, achieve “improved health outcomes through the use of quality improvement approaches”. A representative of the WHO gave the hint in a message at the 2015 Performance Review of the Regional Health Directorate under […]
The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) with the Ghana Health Service, and the Theatre for Social Change, has taught children in the Odododiodoo Constituency to effectively wash their hands to stay healthy. This was done through storytelling, drama, dancing, playing and hand washing competition. The Theatre for Social Change, who aided the children […]
US President Barack Obama has signed into law an initiative aimed at bringing electricity to 50 million people in sub-Saharan Africa by 2020. The Electrify Africa Act of 2015 will give legal backing to Mr Obama’s flagship Power Africa scheme, which is trying to improve access to electricity through public-private partnerships. It took nearly two […]
The British High Commission in Ghana is ready to offer logistics and local support towards the conduct of the November general election. The British High Commissioner to Ghana, Mr Jon Benjamin, disclosed this in Ho when he paid a courtesy call on the Volta Regional Minister, Ms Helen Adjoa Ntoso, in her office as part […]
The First Lady Mrs Lordina Mahama, has called on the international community, donors, and partners to assist Africa to close the immunisation gap among children. Mrs Mahama who is also the President of the Organisation of African First Ladies Against HIV/AIDS (OAFLA), said regardless of where children were born, who they were or where they […]
Dr Victor Bampoe, the Deputy Minister of Health, has lauded the Egyptian medical team for the immense support rendered to the country towards the provision of health care. “We want to say thank you for the brotherhood assistance you have shown to Ghana by improving lives,” Dr Bampoe stated in Accra, at a farewell ceremony, […]
Ghana would this week host African First Ladies at a conference on Sexual Health and Rights. The Conference, which is part of a long-term process of building and fostering regional dialogue on sexual and reproductive health and rights, is scheduled to begin on February 10 to 12. A statement from the office of the First […]
United Nations Under-Secretary General Babatunde Osotimehin would next week address Members of Parliament at the Parliament House in Accra. The address of Under Secretary General, who is also the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA), would take place at the Job 600. According to the Business Statement presented to the […]
A total of 160 students and 20 teachers from the Hald Ege Efterskole High School in Denmark are in Ghana for a cultural and knowledge exchange to improve their understanding of Ghana’s culture and educational system. The ten-day knowledge seeking adventure students are in two groups. They would tour the Northern and the Central Regions […]
