The Ashanti Regional Health Directorate has promised to concentrate on it’s efforts in keeping Adolescents safe and in good health by providing unimpeded access to their sexual and Reproductive...
To me, one of the greatest creations of God is the family. I love to see togetherness in families. The cohesion speaks in volumes about the beauty of God’s creations. I get even more encouraged...
Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection Otiko Afisah Djaba has advised parents to avoid being negligent and rather make the welfare of their children a priority by respecting and treating...
The Founder of Global Rescue Project, Leah Stenzel, says Ghana’s achievement in the fight against child labour is unacceptably low. The leader of the American volunteer group told 3news.com that...
The Guardians of Gray Masters Foundation, a not-for-profit institution, is advocating early passage of Ghana’s National Aged Bill to protect and promote the rights and well-being of older persons....
When children live through a contentious divorce or separation by their parents, the fallout appears to harm their health for decades, even into adulthood, researchers said Monday. The study involved...
The Deputy Minister for Roads and Highways and Member of Parliament (MP) for Lawra Constituency in the Upper West Region, Anthony Abayifaa Karbo has bemoaned the continuous existence of streetism,...
Queen mothers in the Ashanti region are considering reintroducing puberty rites to curb the high rate of teenage pregnancies in the region. According to statistics from the regional health...
One in five children born with a twin sibling in sub-Saharan Africa dies before the age of five -- three times the rate among singletons, said a study Thursday. Almost two-thirds die in the first...
Barefoot and wearing shabby clothes, the two-year-old wanders through the dirty streets of Cairo alongside her mother, who has also spent all her life without a home of her own. For Egypt's...
A total of 18,441 adolescents got pregnant representing 11.4% of all pregnancies last year 2016 A total of 18,441 adolescents got pregnant representing 11.4% of all pregnancies last year 2016, the...
Kumasi, May 22, GNA – Teenage pregnancy is on a downward trend in the Ashanti Region as the various interventions and intense public education campaign begin to show positive results. A total of...
Education stakeholders have expressed concern about the high rate of teenage pregnancy in the Central Tongu District of the Volta Region, describing it as alarming. The situation has led to several...
The Upper East Region has made remarkable improvement in the implementation of the Mother-Baby Friendly Health Facility Initiative (MBFHFI) in the Upper East, according to UNICEF’s programme...
New Jersey teenager Megan Flaherty knows how to make an entrance at her senior prom ― by pretending it’s her end. She really shocked the crowd when she stepped out of a coffin looking, dare we...
Marking this year’s Mother’s Day celebrations, female employees of Voltic (GH) Limited (Voltic) inspired both teenage mothers and expectant mothers to dream again and become symbol of hope for...
The First Lady, Rebecca Akufo-Addo’s Mothers’ Day message highlighted the strides left to be made in order to reduce child and maternal mortality to acceptable levels in Ghana. Mrs. Akufo-Addo...
More needs to be done to support struggling teenage mothers and kayayei mothers who have been largely neglected by society, the Alliance for Women in Media Africa, (AWMA) has said. The alliance in a...
Australian Senator Larissa Waters has become the first politician to breastfeed in the nation's parliament. Ms Waters, from the left-wing Greens party, fed two-month-old daughter Alia Joy during a...
The campaign to bring down teen sex and teen pregnancy has been scaled up in the Ashanti Region with the training of more young people for reproductive health advocacy. This is being done under the...
