The National Development Planning Commission is advocating a national budget allocation for contraceptives. Ghana’s population has increased by 9.1 million from the 2006 census of 18.9 million to 24 million in the last census conducted in 2010. The alarming rise in population has been attributed to low patronage of contraceptives, especially among women. It is … Read more
By Rich Akpalu People undergo training or apprenticeship for just three years and are well equipped to handle works pertaining to what they learnt. Others attend workshops and seminars for a week or two and are well vested to undertake viable businesses. How come that having spent several years at school (basic, junior high, senior … Read more
Ms Joan Eleeza, the Volta Regional Public Health Nurse, (VRPHN) has reiterated the call on men to encourage women to practice safe family planning to improve the wellbeing of the family. She said though the number of women practising family planning is appreciating in the region, the region still has a disturbing figure of women … Read more
Feedback is something that all of us want provided we really want to grow in our careers and any other endeavor but the whole review process can be filled with missed expectations, surprises or disappointment. Most especially when dealing with a seemingly difficult boss. Feedback session forms an important part of the performance management system … Read more
Mentoring defined by Megginson and Clutterbuck (1995) is the “off-line help by one person to another in making significant transitions in knowledge, work and/or thinking”. That one wise and trusted person is called a mentor as well as motivator, adviser, facilitator just to mention a few. Mentoring has been in practice since the dawn of … Read more