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, WHO Communications Officer, said the strategy aimed to reduce the global disease burden by […]
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 International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), and the UN World Food Program (WFP), covers […]
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 base programmes for the various projects and interventions WHO deemed appropriate to undertake. These […]
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 children to danger and ridicule, especially those who had been sexually abused. The disrespect of […]
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 topic, “A Continent on the Move: People, Politics and Business Across Borders”. He will, among other things, explore […]
The Heads of State and Government of ECOWAS on Tuesday adopted the “Abidjan Ministerial Declaration”, on the eradication of statelessness at the 47th Ordinary Summit of Heads of State held in Accra. “It is a very important step in the fight against this plight which affects hundreds of thousands of people in West Africa”, said […]
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has provided $ 382,957.00 to two agricultural firms to aid the multiplication of improved quality root and cereal crop varieties for distribution to farmers across the country. The Josma Agro-Industries at Woraso, near Asante Mampong in the Asante-Mampong Municipality and Pee Farms at Ejura in the Ejura-Sekyedumase […]
President John Dramani Mahama has handed over the ECOWAS leadership baton to President Macky Sall of Senegal who was elected Chairman by the ECOWAS Authority of the Heads of States and Government. President Mahama whose tenure of office has ended was elected Chairman of ECOWAS on February 17, 2013 at Yamoussoukro, Ivory Coast. Mr Sall, […]
Dr. Margaret Chan, Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO), has said the stride to eradicate guineaworm, has chalked another milestone with Ghana, which once saw 180,000 cases now certified free of the disease in January. She said Nigeria looked extremely encouraging, with no cases reported in the past nine months. Dr Chan stated these […]
The Czech Ambassador, Margita Fuchsova has called for closer collaboration in the area of arts and culture between Ghana and her country. She made the call during a courtesy call on the Minister of Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts, Mrs Elizabeth Ofosu-Adjare in Accra. A statement from the Ministry and copied to the Ghana News […]
