Africa Ghana The use of the R21/Matrix-MTM malaria vaccine developed by Oxford University has been authorized by the Food and Drugs Authority
Africa Ghana Parliament has amended sections of the Criminal Offences Act 1960, which made attempting to take one's own life an offence, making it a mental health issue
Africa Ghana Gladys Brew, Safe Motherhood programme manager at the Ghana Health Service, says Ghana should consider making human papillomavirus vaccination a public sector programme
Africa Ghana The University of Ghana has been commissioned to set up a centre - Mosquito Ecology Research Facility - to foster research into the biology of mosquitoes and their role in the environment
Africa Ghana The country risks an epidemic of childhood diseases if the government does not address the current shortage of vaccines, says an alert issued by the Ghana Paediatric Society
Africa Ghana A $6,3 million project to minimise the use of mercury in mining has been launched in Accra by the government in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme and the United Nations Industrial Organisation
Africa Ghana The country is optimistic that the ongoing negotiations with the IMF to obtain the fund's support by March will have positive outcome, with issues related to the domestic debt swap programme, one of the requests, "virtually concluded"
Africa Ghana International attention is gathering around the works of Michael Tetteh, professional glassblower and pioneer artist in Ghana, who makes his colourful glass artworks using scrap metal, glass, TV screens, bottles and other waste
Africa Ghana Africa's largest photo library recently opened in Accra; the Dikan centre, crowdfunded by filmmaker and photographer Paul Ninson, has a collection of more than thirty thousand photo books
Africa Ghana The country receives around 15 million pieces of used clothing every week from Western countries and China; according to the US-based Or Foundation, around 40% of this ends up in huge urban landfills
Africa Ghana Passengers at the Bolgatanga township of the Upper East Region have expressed worry as tricycle drivers haven’t reduced transport fares, despite the decrease of fuel prices and a specific direction to reduce fares by 15.3%
Africa Ghana Cocoa farmers have been urged not to allow themselves to be influenced by the huge sums of money being offered by some individuals to sell their farmlands for illegal and small-scale mining activities
Africa Ghana Unstable currency and delayed payments to pharmacies, particularly by government facilities, are crippling the pharmaceutical industry; members of the Chamber of Pharmacy, though worried, have extended credits to local distributors and health facilities