A fifteen-member Girl-Child Education task-force has been inaugurated in Cape Coast with the responsibility to champion girl-child education in the region. The team would among others provide education and training to young girls to increase enrollment, retention, performance and transition into higher levels of education. It has also been tasked with the responsibility of providing … Read more
The acting Central regional Director of Health Dr. Stephen Anyomi has disclosed that teachers at the Primary and Secondary School levels are responsible for 5.9% of teenage pregnancies within the region. Out of 12,048 teenage pregnancies in the region, 301 were impregnated by teachers. However, the 12,048 figure is a slight drop from the previous … Read more
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) on Tuesday launched Adolescent Health Service Policy and Strategy to provide the framework within which health provision and other related interventions for adolescents and young people would be coordinated and implemented. The 54-page document, which contains a host of interventions is expected to serve as a reference for planning for the … Read more