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Declining donor funding makes CHAG partnership more critical – Finance Ministry
The Ministry of Finance has identified the Christian Health Association of Ghana (CHAG) as a critical partner in sustaining healthcare delivery as Ghana grapples with declining donor support and increasing pressure to finance its own health priorities. Delivering remarks on behalf of Finance Minister Dr Cassiel Ato For...
NPA boss urges oil marketing firms to prioritise safety over profits
The Chief Executive of the National Petroleum Authority (NPA), Godwin Edudzi Tamakloe, has cautioned oil marketing companies against prioritising profit at the expense of safety. He emphasised that industry players must invest in robust safety systems and risk prevention measures to safeguard lives, assets, and the env...
Education Minister directs GTEC to withdraw directive on university lecturers’ post-retirement contracts
Minister for Education Haruna Iddrisu has directed the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) to immediately withdraw its controversial letter on the retirement and post-retirement engagement of university lecturers. He stressed that the Commission must respect the existing conditions of service for academic staff....
ISSER urges government to triple sanitation investment to tackle flooding and disease
The Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER) has called on the government to substantially increase investment in waste management and sanitation, arguing that inadequate funding is costing Ghana billions of cedis annually in healthcare expenditure and lost productivity while undermining national...
Wontumi’s 20-year jail term shocking; NPP must appeal – NPP communicator
An aspiring Ashanti Regional Communications Officer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Ishaq Kyei-Brobbey, says the conviction and 20-year prison sentence handed to the party's Ashanti Regional Chairman, Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, has come as a shock and left him with mixed emotions.
Extreme heat costing cities up to 8% of GDP and hitting women hardest, report says
A new report launched during London Climate Action Week says extreme heat is becoming one of the world's most underestimated threats to economic development, reducing productivity and increasing deaths.
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Anthony Nukpenu sends strong message to Energy Minister over dumsor [Listen]
Greater Accra Regional Organiser of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Anthony Nukpenu, has urged the Minister for Energy and Green Transition, John Jinapor, to allow technical experts to address the public on the country’s current power challenges. Speaking in an interview on Adom FM’s morning show Dwaso Nsem, Mr...
Ghana Medical Trust Fund reviews Cape Coast Teaching Hospital partnership to deliver better care
The Ghana Medical Trust Fund (GMTF) has intensified efforts to strengthen the delivery of specialist healthcare across the country.
University of Ghana student wins Quiz on Korea
A second-year student at the University of Ghana, Legon, Grace Amoateng, has emerged as the winner of the Ghana preliminary round of the Quiz on Korea competition in Accra. This means she will represent Ghana at the global finals in September, where she will face national winners from multiple countries in the Republic...
Mental disorders increase by 95.5% globally since 1990 – Study
Nearly 1.2 billion people worldwide had mental disorders in 2023, reflecting a 95.5% increase since 1990, a new study has found. The largest increases were in anxiety and depression, which were also the most common disorders in 2023. In third place was a residual category of personality disorders not accompanied by oth...
K.K. Fosu announces return to politics, vows to unseat Sammy Awuku in 2028
Highlife musician K.K. Fosu is making a fresh push into politics, announcing his intention to contest the Akuapem North parliamentary seat as an independent candidate in the 2028 general election. The musician, who previously shelved his political plans ahead of the 2024 elections following a motor accident, says he is...
Three million Ghanaians living with hepatitis B, health experts warn
Health experts have urged Ghanaians to make hepatitis screening part of their routine medical check-ups, warning that millions could be living with the disease unknowingly because it often shows no symptoms until severe liver damage has occurred. Speaking on the Asaase Breakfast Show on Tuesday (28 July) to mark World...