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Ghana National Population Policy

Demographic experts are concerned that Ghana’s population is growing at a faster than normal rate. The National...

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From ‘never Aggressive’ Asylum Seeker To Hamburg Knife Attacker

Muddy bootprints along the corridors marked the tell-tale signs of a massive police raid at an asylum seeker shelter in...

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ECOWAS Leaders Call For W.African Birth Rate To Be Halved

Senior politicians in the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Saturday called for measures to cut the...

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NDPC Advocates National Budget For Contraceptives In Ghana

The National Development Planning Commission is advocating a national budget allocation for contraceptives. Ghana’s...

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Fast-Growing Pakistan Aims To Raise Contraception Use

Pakistan will raise the rate of contraception use to at least 50 percent within the next three years, the health...

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First Lady Calls For Support For Adolescent Reproductive Health

The First Lady, Mrs Rebecca Akufo-Addo has called for the need for a resolute and cooperative leadership comprising the...

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Teachers Lack Resources For Reproductive Health Education – Survey

A study conducted on Adolescent Reproductive Health (ARH) in Ghana has revealed that teachers lacked the requisite...

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Ghanaian Woman In South Africa Marches For Refugee Rights

A Ghanaian refugee in South Africa marched in a group with other refugees to the office of the UN High Commissioner...

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Traditional Birth Spacing Method Gains Grounds

Traditional method of birth spacing through the use of the menstrual cycle is gaining grounds in rural areas in parts...

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US Balks At ‘abortion’ Mention In UN Call To Fight Abuse of Women

The UN Human Rights Council unanimously adopted a resolution Thursday condemning abuse and discrimination of women, but...

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Starvation Looms As Food Runs Out In Drought-Hit Ethiopia

The Somali people of Ethiopia's southeast have a name for the drought that has killed livestock, dried up wells and...

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Kofi Adjei Commends UNHCR

Mr Kofi Adjei, Berekum Municipal Chief Executive has commended the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR)...

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World Refugee Day Takes On New Meaning In Ghana

The UN High Commission of Refugees today , June 20, 2017, released the world’s first satellite for distance...

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Ash Reg Health Directorate Scales Up Efforts In Preventing Adolescent Pregnancy

The Ashanti Regional Health Directorate has promised to concentrate on it’s efforts in keeping Adolescents safe and...

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SA and UNHCR To Mark World Refugees Day With Tolerance Exercises

The Department of Home Affairs and United Nations Commission on Human Rights (UNHCR) have announced that they will...

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Somalia Migration Is A Great Cause For Concern – UN

The UN Migration Agency (IOM) has indicated that it is deeply concerned by the situation of approximately 260 Somali...

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Ghana Named In Top 10 Environmentally Negative Countries

A new study from MoneySuperMarket reveals how people impact their environment, from different countries around the...

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Teenage Pregnancy Reduces In Atwima-Kwanwoma District

Stepped up reproductive health education in the Atwima-Kwanwoma District is paying off as teenage pregnancy drops in...

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South Africa To Harvest the Highest Maize Crop In 40 Years

South Africa is expecting to harvest its biggest maize crop in four decades a year after drought devastated output of...