My New Year Resolutions
Accra, Jan. 3, GNA - On the last day of every year, most people reflect on what they were able to achieve and what they could not. So in the beginning of every New Year, no matter the loss or gains...
Tag: Hygiene
Dodging ‘land Mines’ On the Beach of Chorkor
In the sweltering afternoon on the beach of Chorkor, a slum along the Atlantic Coast of Ghana, two playful boys were competing in a race; breathing uncontrollably. The front runner, with short legs...
‘Smartphone Toilet Paper’ At Tokyo Airport
Don't forget to wipe before you swipe the next time you are at Tokyo's Narita International Airport. Toilets at the airport have been equipped with "toilet paper" that you can use to disinfect your...
142 Sanitation Facilities Constructed In Six Districts In Northern, Upper East Regions
One hundred and forty-two gender and disability-friendly sanitation facilities have been constructed in six districts in the Northern and Upper East regions. The facilities are expected to support...
Ensuring the Sustainability of SNV’s V4C WASH Project
A GNA feature by Iddi Yire Accra, Dec. 15, GNA - Community participation and ownership of projects is very essential in ensuring the success and sustainability of SNV Netherlands Development...
Our Sanitation Management Needs Holistic Approach
The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) has reportedly hired workers to go round the newly-inaugurated Kwame Nkrumah Circle Interchange to pick up empty water sachets and other waste materials that...
The Stinky Catastrophe
I’m sure all of us would agree that stinking isn’t appealing! We buy various kinds of lotions, perfumes, deodorants, etc. so that we can smell good because we’re all aware of the fact that...
I Will End Open Defecation By 2021 – Mahama
President John Mahama has said his government is committed to ending the practice of open defecation by 2021. To this end, the President has outlined the investment made in the provision of proper...
I’ll End Open Defecation By 2021
President John Mahama has said his government is committed to ending the practice of open defecation by 2021. To this end, the President has outlined the investment made in the provision of proper...
USAID-RING Combats Open Defecation In the Northern Region
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Resiliency in Northern Ghana (RING) project has succeeded in combating open defecation in 56 communities of 17 districts in the Northern...
Nana Ama McBrowns Campaigns Against Cholera
Beautiful and versatile Ghanaian screen diva Nana Ama McBrown has finally started a charity project which is very dear to her heart. After researching and leaning more about the deadly Cholera...
WaterAid Ghana Calls Gov’t To Action On Access To Sanitation
WaterAid Ghana, has called on the government to keep its promise to deliver universal access to sanitation. This followed new analysis in ‘WaterAid’s Overflowing Cities’, which ranked Ghana...
Open Defecation – A Lingering Eyesore
“It’s in the early hours of the day. A young man squats a few steps away from his house. His neighbour suggests to him: “massa, go into the bush a little”. His response: “come and push me...
3 Out of 4 Practise Open Defecation
The Upper East Region recorded the highest open defecation in Ghana with a percentage of 74.7 according to the Demographic Health Survey (DHS) of 2014. This was revealed in Bolgatanga at the...
Lack of Toilet Facilities In Ghana
An estimated 1.1 billion people in developing countries, including Ghana, ease themselves outdoors, though the practice is considered the greatest danger to human health. Ghana as a country was...
Ministry Urges Ghanaians To Stop Open Defecation
The Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development has urged Ghanaians to build, own and use improved toilet facilities at home as a means to ending open defecation. “We want our people and...
Public Urged To Make Hand Washing A Habit
The Ledzokuku Krowor Municipal Assembly (LEKMA) has launched this year’s Global Hand washing Day at the Quaye Nungua Basic School with a call on Ghanaians to wash their hands regularly with soap to...
Residents Indifference Attitude Towards Sanitation Very Worrying
Mr Sam Ayeh-Datey, Coordinating Director of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA), has expressed concern about the apathy being shown by some residents of Accra towards the National Sanitation Day...
Over 500 SMEs To Benefit From Financial and Technical Support
Over 500 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) working in the water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) sector are to benefit from financial and technical support to enhance their operation. This is...
Poor Sanitation, River Pollution, the Most Threatening Environmental Problems
Poor sanitation and river body pollution are the most threatening environmental problems in the Ghanaian society, a new study has found. The Ghana Environmental Concern Meter (GECM), an annual public...