Ghana has been selected alongside Bangladesh and India, to benefit from the15-million Canadian-dollar project for Delta, Vulnerability and Climate Change, Migration and Adaptation (DECCMA) The DECCMA project which is been sponsored by the Canadian and the British Governments, under the Collaborative and Adaptation Research Initiative in Africa and Asia (CARIAA) project, is meant to evaluate […]
US President Barack Obama is due to address the African Union in Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa, on the last day of his trip to East Africa. He is the first US leader to deliver a speech at the 54-member body, with security and action against terrorism likely to dominate the agenda. On Monday, Mr Obama […]
Almost all the major religious practices in West Africa has components that support the practice of family planning. As a result, the Health Policy Project (HPP), in collaboration with religious leaders of the major religions practiced in the sub-region had come together to develop an advocacy tool for the promotion of family planning among the […]
The Canadian Teachers Federation (CTF), in partnership with the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), had donated assorted educational materials to the Damolgo Primary School in the Nabdam District of the Upper East Region. The materials, which cost 2,500 dollars, included boxes of chalk, pens, pencils, books, crayons, dusters, A4 sheets, footballs amongst others. Two […]
The World Health Organisations (WHO) is to use the 2015 World Hepatitis Day, slated for July 28 to highlight the urgent need for countries to enhance action aimed at preventing viral hepatitis infection. A statement issued by Christian Lindmeier, WHO Communications Officer and copied to the Ghana News Agency on Monday, urged nations “to ensure […]
The ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID) says it would continue to focus efforts on providing support to private and public sector initiatives to grow the economies and create jobs in the sub-region. Mr Bashir Ifo, EBID President, said everything would be done to lift the people out of poverty and transform their economic […]
The ECOWAS Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ECREEE), has organised a five- day training workshop for Anglophone West African entrepreneurs and technicians in the clean cooking industry. The workshop, which started on Monday, was organised through the West African Clean Cooking Alliance (WACCA) to bring clean, safe, affordable cooking energy solutions to the […]
Ghana has been lauded for being the first African country to join the Voluntary Principles (VPs) to guide extractive companies in maintaining safety and security of their operations. Pat Alsup, the outgoing United States Deputy Ambassador said as the first African country to join the VPs, Ghana took a brave step forward. “In March 2014, […]
It is estimated that cancer kills over eight million people globally every year, constituting close to 13 per cent of the total deaths worldwide. Seventy per cent of cancer deaths occur in low and middle-income countries, majority of which are in Africa. Worried about the increasing number of deaths on the continent through cervical, breast […]
Government in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has launched the Technical Cooperation Project in support of the safe disposal of obsolete pesticides in Ghana. The project is to improve on the capacity of relevant government institutions and agro-input dealers to ensure sound management of pesticides and disposal of the current stockpile of […]
