A report on Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs), has revealed that many countries are increasingly taking ownership of NTD programmes and are pursuing innovative approaches to combat these devastating diseases. While these new methods have produced substantial progress, a further scale-up is ... Read More

Mr. Henry Kerali Mr. Henry Kerali has been appointed the new World Bank Country Director for Ghana, Liberia and Sierra Leone, effective July 1, 2015, a statement from the World Bank said Wednesday. Under this new dispensation, his top three priorities ... Read More

Dr Ekwow Spio-Garbrah, Minister of Trade and Industry has called on China to invest into priority areas especially the agro-processing and light manufacturing sectors, to boost the growth of the Ghanaian economy. “We want investors to take advantage of the numerous ... Read More

Japanese Ambassador Naoto Nikai and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ms. Hannah Tetteh signing the grant agreement. The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has signed a $1.2 million grant agreement with Ghana to sponsor 10 young government officials to pursue Master’s ... Read More

The World Bank Groups Board of Executive Directors, Wednesday, approved US$150 million budget support for Ghana. The credit from the International Development Association (IDA) supports the First Macroeconomic Stability for Competitiveness and Growth Development Policy Financing (DPF), the first of three ... Read More

The Coordinator for the American Youth Leadership Program (AYLP), Ms Kim Reaman of the University of Wyoming has lauded the National Sanitation Day (NSD) exercise introduced by the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development. She said, with many hands, the ... Read More

The Italian Embassy on Tuesday donated medical equipment to the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital to help in the treatment of victims who survived the June 3 fire explosion at the GOIL fuel station in Accra. The equipment, valued at $30,000.00, include a ... Read More

Judges of the ECOWAS Community Court of Justice have called for the amendment of the Court’s Rules of Procedure to take cognizance of its expanded mandate relating to the protection of the human rights of community citizens. “The existing rules were ... Read More

A joint report by the WHO and UNICEF has warned that lack of progress on sanitation threatens to undermine child survival and health benefits from gains in access to safe drinking water. The final MDG progress report on water and sanitation ... Read More

The Government of Japan has donated $ 300,000 to support the United Nations Refugee Agency’s (UNHCR) operations in Ghana. A statement by Ms Patience Folley, the UNHCR’s Assistant Public Information Officer, and copied to the Ghana News Agency, said the money ... Read More