Traders in Kpeve Market in the South Dayi District of the Volta region have staged a protest against payment of market tolls which they claim does not inure to their benefit. The aggrieved traders,...
Children ‘exercise less as they get older’ The number of children doing an hour of exercise a day falls by nearly 40% between the ages of five and 12. Figures suggest that by the final year of...
The Asuogyaman District Education Directorate in the Eastern Region has threatened to close down the Serdom Basic School because residents in the area defecate in the classrooms. Because the area...
As West Africa declares war on the market for expired and counterfeit medicines, start-ups are putting quality control in the hands of patients to stop them risking their lives trying to get well....
Deputy Director of Public Health in the Greater Accra Region, Dr. John Eleeza, has warned that the continuous construction of poorly lighted classrooms would result in the mass of students suffering...
The First Lady, Mrs Rebecca Akufo-Addo has called for the need for a resolute and cooperative leadership comprising the family, community, educationists, health professionals and religious leaders in...
A study conducted on Adolescent Reproductive Health (ARH) in Ghana has revealed that teachers lacked the requisite resources and time for Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) Education. It also...
Joseph Kofi Adda, Sanitation and Water Resources Minister, has disclosed that Government says it will in the coming days develop a three-year strategic plan for the water and sanitation sector. This,...
Ghana has been grappling with waste management over the years owing to indiscriminate disposal of refuse and poor waste collection systems. Over four thousand metric tonnes of waste is said to be...
The government has revealed plans to build two waste management plants in all ten regions of the country to improve sanitation. The issue of collection, management and disposal of solid waste,...
IN our editorial comment on Tuesday, June 20, 2017 we commended the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) for their proactiveness, which led to the arrest of two women suspected to be involved in artificial...
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and the Coco-Cola Company under its Water and Development Alliance, (WADA) programme, have provided sanitary facilities to be used by...
The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has categorically denied rumours that there is plastic rice on the Ghanaian market. Addressing the media at a press conference in Accra on Friday, June 23, 2017,...
A senior Vietnamese environment official has been fired for negligence over a toxic waste dump that killed tonnes of fish in a major environmental crisis last year, according to officials and state...
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...
The Voice for Change (V4C) programme has been launched at Kasoa in the Awutu-Senya East Municipality of the Central Region with a call on the citizenry to ensure improved sanitation and hygiene in...
The Awutu-Senya East Municipal Assembly (ASEMA) and the citizens of Kasoa, one of the fastest growing towns in the Central Region, have resolved to tackle environmental sanitation and hygiene...
Health experts and stakeholder organizations have declared a seven-point of action to be taken by government on tobacco control, the reduction of its usage and its effect on non-communicable...
The Ashanti regional office of the Fire Service has stepped up coverage of fire safety education to stem the tide of fires in the region. Statistics compiled across the country suggests that even...
The Health sector non-state actors (NSA) have pledged to contribute significantly to the advancement of public health in the country. They said their main roles will include ensuring accountability...
