Association Pushes For Domestication of UN Convention
The Ghana Federation of the Disabled (GFD), is organizing series of stakeholder meetings, aimed at pressuring government to speed up the implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disability (UNCRPD).
Since the ratification of the UNCRPD ... Read More
Japanese Philanthropist Donates To Ghana Health Services
A Japanese woman, Ms Midori Tatsuki, on Tuesday donated medical equipment valued at $5,000.00 to the Ghana Health Service (GHS) to help in the improvement of emergency healthcare services in the country.
The equipment includes an AED Heart Start Machine with ... Read More
EU Gives Ghana €600k To Fight Cholera
The European Union has announced a €600,000 financial support to Ghana to fight cholera outbreaks in the wake of the June 3 flood which wreaked havoc in Accra. About 152 lives were lost two weeks ago in a fire and ... Read More
Ghana, France Sign Agreement To Improve Education
Ghana and France have signed an agreement in Accra to help promote and facilitate an exchange programme in the education of Ghanaian students in France and French students in Ghana. Formerly, it was difficult for Ghanaian or French students to ... Read More
United States And Ghana Partner To Improve Child Literacy
The United States Government, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and in collaboration with the Ghana Ministry of Education (MOE) and the Ghana Education Service (GES), are set to launch the Partnership for Education: Learning activity. Learning ... Read More
US Ambassador Bids Farewell To President Mahama
President John Dramani Mahama says Ghana will take advantage of the renewal of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) in September this year to increase its exports to the United States of America ( USA).
Ghana has been exporting a ... Read More
US Church Marks 200th Year With Borehole Gift
The First Baptist Church, the Wilmington Baptist Assembly of the United States of America, has presented a Gh¢ 24,000.00 water system to the Mpakadan Community, as a gift to commemorate its 200th anniversary.
Mpakadan is in the Asuogyaman District of the ... Read More
ILO Study Finds 168 Million Children In Child Labour
A new International Labour Organization (ILO) report has found about 168 million children are engaged in child labour around the world.
The report shows the need for coherent policies to tackle child labour and the lack of decent jobs for the ... Read More
WHO Calls For Increase In Voluntary Blood Donors To Save Liv...
The World Health Organization (WHO) is calling for increased and regular blood donations from voluntary unpaid donors in order to save millions of lives globally each year.
In a statement ahead of World Blood Donor Day on June 14, the WHO ... Read More
Developing Countries Face Tough Transition In 2015 With High...
Developing countries face a series of tough challenges in 2015, including the looming prospect of higher borrowing costs as they adapt to a new era of low prices for oil and other key commodities, resulting in a fourth consecutive year ... Read More