A new International Labour Organisation (ILO) report shows that 56 per cent of people living in rural areas worldwide do not have access to essential healthcare services. According to the report, which was made available to the Ghana News Agency on Wednesday, more than double the figure in urban areas, where 22 per cent are […]
A World Health Organisation (WHO) report, shows that systems to combat antibiotic resistance are not in place in all regions of the world. According to the report, a quarter of countries that responded to a WHO survey had national plans to preserve antimicrobial medicines like antibiotics, but many more countries must step up their efforts. […]
The World Bank Group says its Board of Executive Directors has approved a $60 million credit for the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG). In a press release issued in Washington DC and copied to ghanabusinessnews.com today May 1, 2015, the Bank says the International Development Association (IDA) credit for Ghana is to improve the ECG’s […]
Ms Antoinette Sayeh, Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) African Department, says sub-Sahara Africa has experienced rapid growth and better macro-economic performance. She said sub-Sahara Africa’s Gross Domestic Product per capita growth accelerated toward the end of the 1990s to average 4.3 per cent per year over the 2000s, compared with 2.9 per cent […]
President John Dramani Mahama on Wednesday held a closed-door meeting with two neighbouring heads of state at the Peduase lodge, in the Eastern Region. The Presidents; Faure Gnassingbe of Togo and Dr Thomas Yayi Boni of Togo who arrived in Ghana on Wednesday morning have since returned to their various countries. Briefing the media after […]
Togo’s President Faure Gnassingbe has been re-elected for a third term, electoral officials say. Provisional results show that he gained 59% of the vote, extending his family’s 48-year hold on power. Observers from the African Union and regional bloc Ecowas said the election was free and fair, despite opposition complaints of voting irregularities. Mr Gnassingbe […]
The World Health Organisation (WHO) is to mark the third United Nations (UN) Global Road Safety Week, slated for May 4 to May 10. The event is to highlight WHO 10 key strategies for keeping children safe on the road include: control speed, reduce drinking and driving, use helmets for bicyclists and motorcyclists, and restrain […]
Ghana has banned the importation of poultry and poultry products from Burkina Faso due to the outbreak of Avian Influenza (Bird Flu) in that country since March. A statement issued by Dr Ben Aniwa, Acting Director, Veterinary Services Directorate of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture and copied to the Ghana News Agency on Wednesday, […]
The USAID Financing Ghanaian Agriculture Project (USAID-FinGAP) says in the last 18 months, it has facilitated the financing of agriculture in Ghana to the tune of $13.5 million. The Chief of Party, USAID-FinGAP, Rick Dvorin made this known at a one-day Ghana Agribusiness Investment Summit in Accra, Ghana Wednesday April 29, 2015. The investments were […]
The government cannot achieve the targets outlined under the International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme with the country because of the design of the programme, the Institute of Fiscal Studies (IFS), a think tank, has observed. “In its current form, I can tell you that by the next review, the government will slip. There is no […]
