15 Percent of Kumasi Residents Engage in Open Defecation
Fifteen (15) per cent of residents of the Kumasi Metropolis, Ghana’s second largest city, is said to engage in open ...
Tag: Public health
Open Defaecation Gets Out of Hand Around University of Health & Allied Sciences; Lecturers, Chiefs Fingered
Open defaecation gets out of hand around University of Health & Allied Sciences; lecturers, chiefs fingered A resident of Sokode ...
Minister Targets Poverty Reduction With Clean-Up Exercise In Zongos
Saturday, April 28 will witness the launch of the Clean Zongo Project, an initiative of the Ministry of Inner City ...
[Audio] Survival By Handwashing, the Story of 45-Year Old Awo
Survival by handwashing, the story of 45-year old Awo 45 year old Awo Lamptey has commercialized the art of ...
Malaria Prevention Integral To Ghana Beyond Aid Agenda – First Lady
The First Lady, Mrs. Rebecca Akufo-Addo has stated that taking the necessary steps, to vigorously fight malaria will have positive ...
Polytanks Ghana Supports Safe Water Network
Polytanks Ghana, one of the leading producers of plastic storage tanks in Ghana, has presented an undisclosed amount to Safe ...
Gov’t Indebtedness To Waste Managers Hits GHC800 Million
Government says it owes waste collectors and operators of landfill sites across the country about 800 million cedis, a situation ...
National Health Insurance Authority Proposes Special Tax On Sugary, Alcoholic Beverages
The National Health Insurance Authority is proposing a special tax on sugar-sweetened and alcoholic beverages as additional source of funding ...
Jospong Will Support Govt’s Sanitation Drive – Agyepong
The Executive Chairman of the Jospong Group of Companies, Dr Joseph Siaw Agyepong, has pledged his support and commitment towards ...
AMA Clears Filth At London Market In Accra
The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) on Saturday cleared filth at the London Market in Accra. Mr Sam Ayeh-Datey, the AMA ...
Sale of Forms Into Health Institutions Fake
The Ministry of Health has denied putting out any forms for sale for persons interested in enrolling in any of ...
Assemblyman, 4 Others Fined For Open Defecation
The Komenda Edina Eguafo-Abrem (KEEA) Municipal Assembly in the Central Region has fined five persons, including an Assembly Member, for ...
LIXIL Group To Improve Access To Sanitation For 100 Million People By 2020
LIXIL Group Corporation, a global leader in the housing and building industry, has endorsed a joint declaration with the World ...
Akufo-Addo To Pursue ‘Toilet For All’ In 2018
Government has announced it will from next year pursue a ‘Toilet for All’ agenda in a bid to end open ...
Open Defecation Claims 19,000 Lives In Ghana Annually
A World Bank report has revealed that 19,000 lives are lost in Ghana annually through the effects of open defecation ...
Landlords Given 3 Months To Build Toilets
Landlords owning houses without conveniences in the Upper East Region of Ghana has been given 3 months -from now to ...
Involve Our Neighbouring Countries In Armyworm Fight
The Member of Parliament for Zabzugu Constituency in the Northern Region has advised the government to start engaging the neighbouring ...
UNICEF Advocates For Information Sharing
UNICEF Ghana Chief of WASH, Mr. David Duncan, has advised WASH sector partners to share more information on WASH programme ...
46 Graduate With Masters In Public Health At Ensign College
Ensign College of Public health, located at Kpong in the Eastern region and affiliated to the Kwame Nkrumah Universitg of ...
‘Recognise Efforts of RICCS, DICCS’
Country Director of WaterAid Ghana, Mr. Mohammed Abdul-Nashiru, has expressed the urgent need to recognise efforts and contributions of the ...