US Suspends Kenya Health Aid Over Corruption Fears

The US has suspended millions of dollars of aid for Kenya’s beleaguered health service following repeated allegations of corruption and mismanagement, officials said Tuesday. The US embassy in Nairobi said $21 million (19 million euros) of aid for the Ministry of Health had been suspended indefinitely, out of a total of $650m the US spends … Read more

Poverty Reduction Is Key To Preventing Teenage Pregnancy – DOVVSU

The Central Regional Office of the Domestic Violence and Victims Support Unit (DOVVSU) of the Ghana Police Service has tasked stakeholders to ensure that social intervention programmes targeted at addressing teenage pregnancy focus on the key factors. It said parental control and guidance were key to addressing the issue and so parents, especially single mothers, … Read more