The Ghana Health Service (GHS) is stepping up efforts to address the increasing misinformation and rumours about COVID-19 vaccines and the general management of the pandemic in Ghana.
The spread of misinformation, according to the GHS, …
The Municipal and District Assemblies (MDAs) have been urged to intensify public education and sensitization on the government's social intervention programmes and educational opportunities for people in the rural areas.
Mr Ernest Yaw …
The Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has deployed 3,793, made up of 3,151 Enumerators and 642 Supervisors for the 2021 Population and Housing Census Data collection in the 18 districts of the Volta Region.
Mr Chris Amewu, Volta Regional …
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has commended the chiefs and people of the Upper East Region for the successful management of the COVID-19 pandemic in the area, which has claimed several lives across the world.
He said the chiefs …
Ghana is preparing an Adaptation Communication (ADCOM) to inform synthesis reporting for the Global Stocktake (GST) under the Paris Agreement ahead 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26).
The ADCOM will enhance the v…
The Ghana Atomic Energy Commission (GAEC) says Ghana is competently managing her radioactive sources and related issues to keep citizens safe.
Professor Benjamin Jabez Nyarko, the Director-General of GAEC, said the Commission had ensure…
The Wa office of the Domestic Violence and Victims Support Unit (DOVVSU), Ghana Police Service, has appealed to communities to report domestic violence cases to the police to ensure perpetrators are punished to serve as a deterrent to othe…
The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has described African Education Watch independent assessment report on 2020 WASSCE in the country as misleading.
Mrs Agnes Teye-Cudjoe, Head of Public Affairs, WAEC National, at a press confer…
The Government Statistician, Prof. Samuel Kobina Annim, has rejected claims that the cost of the 2021 Population and Housing Census is bloated.
According to him, the over GHS520 million budget for the exercise is necessary and within al…
The Head of the West Africa Center for Cell Biology and Infectious Pathogens at the University of Ghana, Professor Gordon Awandare, is urging the government to consider the procurement of Pfizer vaccines to combat the new COVID-19 strains.…
The food crisis that hit West Africa in 2008 highlighted the need to strengthen the emergency food security reserves at national and local levels and to create a solidarity mechanism at the regional level.
This led to the creation of th…
Nearly 9 million Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), 4.7 million refugees and asylum-seekers, and hundreds of thousands of migrants in East and Horn of Africa are suffering some of the worst impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to …
Nairobi and Kisumu Counties are part of the pilot phase of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)’s newly launched Green Cities Regional Action Programme for Africa. The Programme aims to apply innovative solutio…
UNESCO and the World Health Organization today launched the Global Standards for Health-promoting Schools, a resource package for schools to improve the health and well-being of 1.9 billion school-aged children and adolescents. The closur…
On 30 June, live on its social networks, the French-African Foundation will reveal the composition of the 2021 class of its flagship Young Leaders programme. This is a high point of this new edition, which comes at the end of a selection p…
The global population has been growing at a staggering rate. Improvements in healthcare have extended the human lifespan and reduced infant mortality which means more people, living longer. This population weight is drawing ever more heavi…
The Facebook Journalism Project has partnered with Reuters to launch a free online training programme for Journalists, called the Reuters Digital Journalism Course (bit.ly/3qlA8R1).
The Project works with publishers around the world to …
What Lessons Can the World Learn from Iceland is the new podcast from Planet Classroom. Like other immigrant-receiving countries, Iceland has had to grapple with accommodating foreigners. What is the line between embracing globalization an…
Global air transport IT provider SITA has released its annual Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) report [2], which reveals that, despite the pandemic, the company remains set to become a certified carbon neutral organization by or befor…
Ministers of Health from four African countries (Algeria, Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt and Cabo Verde), representatives from international organizations, patient groups and the pharmaceutical industry reiterated today at a high-leve…
The government has expressed appreciation to Ghanaians for their participation and making the June 11 Green Ghana Day successful.
Mr Samuel Abu Jinapor, the Minister of Lands and Natural Resources expressed the appreciation in a stateme…
Biomedical Scientists in Ghana say they have detected the Indian strain of Covid-19 also known as 'Delta' in Ghana.
It was detected in travelers who arrived in Ghana and has not been detected in the general population.
A statement da…
The Radiological and Medical Sciences Research Institute (RAMSRI) of the Ghana Atomic Energy Commission (GAEC) has proposed to establish a laboratory for studies in human papillomavirus (HPV) and cervical cancer.
This will enhance the r…
The Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) has been explaining why it cannot meet the safe drinking water needs of residents in Obuasi and its environments as a result of activities of illegal miners (galamsey).
About 140,000 people are bei…
The country’s criminal justice system is set for a massive overhaul, with a law on plea bargaining in the offing.
A draft plea bargaining bill has been developed by the Attorney-General’s (A-G’s) Department and is currently being valida…
The Country Representative of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), Mrs Esther Kiragu, has urged the government to integrate issues of refugees and asylum seekers into its national development agenda.
This, she said, …
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said the government will establish a permanent military base in the Bawku municipality in the Upper East Region.
He said considering the proximity of the municipality to the Ghana-Burkina Faso…
The Director of the Centre for Malaria Research of the University of Health and Allied Sciences (IHR-UHAS), Professor Evelyn Korkor Ansah, has called for immediate action and response to eradicate malaria from households in the country.
…
Life in our oceans will continue to be destroyed without a coordinated global approach
A new United Nations report calls for an urgent change in the way the world’s oceans are managed.
The report from the International Resource Panel…
Ghana is a party to the Paris Agreement on climate change, which is seeking to reduce the rising atmospheric temperature to well below 2oC, preferably to 1.5 degrees Celsius, compared to pre-industrial levels. In line with the requirements…
Ghana's refugee and asylum seeker population stands at about 14,000 with roughly 50 per cent of the population in refugee camps, Mr Tetteh Padi, Acting Executive Secretary of the Ghana Refugee Board (GRB) has said.
He said the remain…
Mr Thomas More Mensah Tsorhe, the District Director of Ghana Education Service (GES) in Denkyembour, has cautioned students to desist from deviant behaviours that hamper effective teaching and learning.
He said his outfit was poised for…
Ninety four per cent of children are in fear over unemployment in the next two decades in the country, a research by Child Rights International (CRI), a non-governmental organization, said.
The research, conducted from June 2020 to Ap…
A six-member National Executive of CSIR College of Science and Technology (CCST) Alumni Association has been inaugurated with a call on them to mobilise graduates of the college to serve as good ambassadors.
As the first National E…
The Lions Clubs International (LCI) District 418 - Ghana, has unveiled a twenty-four month project to expand and improve diabetes diagnostic and management services in the Ashanti region.
The project, "Hope for Diabetic Foot", aims to c…
The Ghana Mineworkers' Union has launched its maiden annual week celebration to appreciate the hard work and loyalty of members.
The event is also to develop and deepen familiarity among members, create awareness and campaign on key is…
AngloGold Ashanti Iduapriem Mine has commissioned a teacher's quarters for Abompuniso Basic school and an ultra-modern 300 capacity social centre for residents of Timber Road both in the Tarkwa-Nusaem Municipality of the Western Region.
…
The Greater Accra Regional Directorate of the Centre for National Culture (CNC) has intensified public education on COVID-19 and its preventive measures using theatre performances in the Ashaiman Municipality.
The event, dubbed: "Theatr…
The Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) last year caused an increase in number of cases documented for non-maintenance of children, women's and child right abuses in the Dormaa enclave of Bono Region.
Mr Eric K. Aboyer, the Dormaa Distric…
Residents of Bediako, in Kpone-Katamanso Municipality have appealed to Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) to resolve the water crisis in the community.
They claimed that for about a month now, there had not been any flow of water thro…
Recruits of the Ghana Police Service (GPS) have been advised to maintain high discipline and improve on the standard of professionalism in the performance of their duties to maintain law and order.
The recruits numbering 326 who pass…
The Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has described as worrying the refusal of some communities in the Ahafo-Ano North District of the Ashanti Region to patronize in the Population and Housing Census (PHC) exercise.
Some field officers of…
Ivory Coast and Ghana, the world's top two cocoa producers, have threatened to name and shame chocolate brands they say are undermining a scheme to pay cocoa farmers a decent income.
They introduced a premium scheme last year to help li…
Rwanda’s High Commissioner to Ghana, Dr Aisa Kirabo Kacyira, has underscored the steady development of mutual ties between Rwanda and Ghana, in spite of disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
She noted that the strong relations bet…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says construction of the Bolgatanga-Bawku-Pulimakom road in the Upper East Region is near completion.
He said even though the condition of roads in the Region was not the best, there had been some i…
African Development Bank Group president Dr Akinwumi A. Adesina has again urged regional leaders to focus on vaccine production and access for the African continent as the Covid-19 epidemic continues to take lives and hurt economies and li…
Ashesi University has introduced a new masters degree in Mechatronic Engineering. The Masters Programme, designed to be taught at the university together with ETH Zurich, will train Engineering leaders in Africa to harness emerging and d…
An aspirant for President of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA), Mr Dave Agbenu, has pledged to promote the welfare of journalists and undertake income-generating activities to support its operations if elected.
In that regard, he …
More than 80 percent of structures in the Central Region have been listed since the 2021 Population and Housing Census took off on Monday, June 14, Mr. Isaac Addai, the Central Regional Statistician has revealed.
The chalking and listin…
The Ministry of Roads and Highways has drawn the attention of the public and all road users to expected disruption to traffic flow on a section of the N1 Highway in Accra from Wednesday, 23rd June 2021 to Thursday, 24th June 2021 from 11am…
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