Public health
Children ‘exercise Less As They Get Older’
Children ‘exercise less as they get older’ The number of children doing an hour of exercise a day falls by nearly...
Residents Turn Classrooms Into Toilet In Asuogyaman District
The Asuogyaman District Education Directorate in the Eastern Region has threatened to close down the Serdom Basic...
West Africa’s Fight To Keep Bad Medicine Off Shelves
As West Africa declares war on the market for expired and counterfeit medicines, start-ups are putting quality control...
Schools Warned Over Classrooms Without Light
Deputy Director of Public Health in the Greater Accra Region, Dr. John Eleeza, has warned that the continuous...
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...
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...
Gov’t To Develop -3year Strategic Plan For Water, Sanitation – Adda
Joseph Kofi Adda, Sanitation and Water Resources Minister, has disclosed that Government says it will in the coming...
Each Region To Get Two Waste Treatment Plants – Sanitation Minister Hints
Ghana has been grappling with waste management over the years owing to indiscriminate disposal of refuse and poor waste...
Gov’t To Build Two Waste Management Plants All Regions
The government has revealed plans to build two waste management plants in all ten regions of the country to improve...
FDA Must Do All It Can To Keep Us Safe!
IN our editorial comment on Tuesday, June 20, 2017 we commended the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) for their...
USAID, Partners Refurbish Sanitary Facilities In W/R
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and the Coco-Cola Company under its Water and...
There Is No Plastic Rice On the Ghanaian Market – FDA Asserts
The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has categorically denied rumours that there is plastic rice on the Ghanaian market....
Vietnam Environment Official Sacked Over Mass Fish Kill
A senior Vietnamese environment official has been fired for negligence over a toxic waste dump that killed tonnes of...
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...
NGO To Spearheads Sanitation and Hygiene Programme
The Voice for Change (V4C) programme has been launched at Kasoa in the Awutu-Senya East Municipality of the Central...
ASEMA, Kasoa Residents Find Ways To Tackle Environmental Sanitation
The Awutu-Senya East Municipal Assembly (ASEMA) and the citizens of Kasoa, one of the fastest growing towns in the...
Health Experts Declare Extra Measures Against Abuse of Tobacco
Health experts and stakeholder organizations have declared a seven-point of action to be taken by government on tobacco...
Fire Service Steps Up Fire Safety Campaigns To Reduce Fires By 60% In Ashanti Region
The Ashanti regional office of the Fire Service has stepped up coverage of fire safety education to stem the tide of...
Health Sector Non-State Actors To Hold Gov’t Accountable
The Health sector non-state actors (NSA) have pledged to contribute significantly to the advancement of public health...