Dr Margaret Chan, Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO) has commended Professor William Kwabena Ampofo, whose term as Chairman of the WHO Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Advisory Group (PIP is coming to an end. The Ghanaian Head of PIP is an Associate Professor with the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, College of Health Sciences, […]
The European Union (EU) and Africa are committed to the Paris Climate Change Agreement for the future of the planet. A statement issued by the EU, which was made available to the Ghana News Agency by British High Commission in Accra on Wednesday, recounted that 195 countries adopted in Paris an ambitious and legally binding […]
The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) is working towards strengthening the resilience of people and their livelihoods by increasing their ability to prevent and mitigate disasters and crises. Disasters and crises in agriculture are threatening the lives and incomes of an estimated 0.7 billion smallholder farmers who depend mainly on their own production and natural […]
China has earmarked 10 major areas of development assistance to boost co-operation with Africa in the next three years. The areas include industrialization, agricultural modernization, infrastructure, financial services and green development. The rest are trade and investment facilitation, poverty reduction and public welfare, public health, people-to-people exchanges, and peace and security. China’s Ambassador to Ghana, […]
The Chinese Ambassador to Ghana, Madam Sun Baohong, has stated that bilateral trade between Ghana and China will hit six billion dollars by close of the year, from last year’s figure of $5.6 billion. “In the future, definitely we will expand and deepen our co-operation. When we take funds, we think that we can cover […]
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) is developing a “Child Marriage Tool” to be used to fight child marriages in the country. According to national statistics, the prevalence rate of child marriages in Ghana ranges between 12.2 per cent and 39.2 per cent, with the Upper East Region having the highest percentage of 39.2 per […]
Ghana and Malaysia Cooperation deserves nothing less than an expanded scope of relationship especially in trade and investments, says Charge d’Affaires of the High Commission of Malaysia, Abdullah Maamor Ibrahim. He made this statement at the Ghana-Malaysia Economic Forum 2015 in Accra on Thursday December 17, organised by Diplomatic Call in collaboration with the High […]
195 countries adopted in Paris an ambitious and legally binding agreement that includes clear, fair and ambitious targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. European and African countries decisively contributed to the positive conclusion of the negotiation. The implementation of the agreement will be regularly reviewed and countries targets strengthened in light of limiting global temperature […]
The Ghanaian Academic and Research Network (GARNET) will soon benefit from € 2.6 million Africa and European Union (EU) internet project to transform science and education in the country. The project would enable universities and research institutions in Ghana through GARNET to have high-speed networks that would foster inter-institutional collaboration, research and human networking between […]
Award winning, singer and songwriter, Chemphe is set to take on another CSR project as part of his Global Citizens Initiative. Dubbed the Ghana Autism Awareness Campaign, the project seeks to raise a stronger public and parental awareness on Autism, advocate for policies for an enhanced public and private services in health, education and specialist […]
