Ghanaian Artists Talk ‘sh*t’
By Jamila Akweley Okertchiri Fifteen Ghanaian artists, 15 genres of art and 15 different media, with one goal; use artwork to contribute to the fight against open defecation. The artists, selected...
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Ghanaian Artists Talk Sh*T
Fifteen Ghanaian artists, 15 genres of art and 15 different media, with one goal; use artwork to contribute to the fight against open defecation. The artists, selected across the country, will be...
How Illegal Mining Will Cost Ghana In Achieving SDG Goal 6
Ghana was part of the 189 countries that came together in the year 2000 to face the future and brig to end Famine, Draught, Poverty, Wars, and Plagues. Leaders from all the 189 countries with the...
African Govts Must Priortize Sanitation
Africa is a continent of astonishing potential. But if it is to build the future its citizens deserve, there is a need to increase efforts to remove the barriers holding it back. None is greater than...
Political Parties Urged To Prioritise Sanitation Issues
Ms Antoinette Shor-Anyawoe, the Acting Country Director of WaterAid Ghana, has encouraged political parties to integrate Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) issues in their manifestoes and discuss...
National Sanitation Day; A Top-Down Strategy At Birth Alex Blege
Development strategies have been means that seek to cause the continuous progress of human beings and their societies. Over the years development practitioners have realised that development is...
Ghana Loses over 1 Billion Cedis Yearly on Open Defecation
According to data provided by the World Health Organisation (WHO) Global Health Observatory data repository, Ghana loses Ȼ1.13 billion every year in addressing the issue of open defecation whilst...
Osu Cemetery Turned into Defecation and Refuse Dump
Osu cemetery, one of the final resting places in the city for the dead, has currently been turned into a defecation and dumping site.
In an interview, Mr William Totimeh, the sexton at the cemetery,...
Gender Minister Lauds Zoom Foundation Initiative to Involve Kids in Sanitation Awareness
Nana Oye Lithur, Ghana's minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection, has extolled efforts by Zoom Foundation to involve children in the campaign to rid the country of filth.
The ministers...
More Cholera Deaths – Kills 12 in Cape Coast
Twelve persons including a medical doctor and three student nurses have died from cholera in Cape Coast, the Central Regional capital.
A total of 922 cholera cases have been reported in various...
Cholera Outbreak 2014 – President Mahama Orders Free Public Toilet Use for Kids
President John Mahama has directed operators of public toilets in accra to allow children use their facility free of charge.
He gave the directive on Saturday when he toured parts of the Greater...
When Ignorance Cannot Be Ignored ! Open Defecation
Public officials sometimes make utterances they wish they could take back.
There are the select few who put their foot in their mouth and yet remain unapologetic.
The assembly man for Lower New...
The Shame of Lavender Hill : Warning Some Graphic Content !
The Shame of Lavender Hill -Accra's Greatest Shame
Poor sanitation and the inefficient human waste disposal has always been a problem in Accra, Ghana's largest city.
It is not uncommon to see storm...
Here’s How Many People Have Died From Cholera So Far
Cholera has killed at least 67 people in Ghana since June and infected more than 5,000 others in an outbreak that highlights the health and sanitation challenges facing one of Africa's...
Ghana Cholera Outbreak At ‘Staggering’ Level, Over 3100 Infected
A cholera outbreak in Ghana's capital has reached "staggering" levels, an official said on Friday, blaming poor sanitation and overcrowded health facilities for the rapid spread of the...