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Saving our dying mothers; Fate of Maternal Health Care in rural Ghana

Primary Health Care in rural Ghana is constraint with requisite tools and resources as a result of inequalities that exist in the health sector. Many women die at childbirth or even before reaching the health facilities due to what is known technically as the “three delays”- deciding to seek care, reaching the health care facility and receiving timely care.  In Ghan... read more

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Ghana TB Voice Network Trains Community Adolescent Treatment Support On the benefit of TPT (3HP) Take-off

About 7 billion people are affected globally by latent tuberculosis annually. Out of this, Ghana saw 13,978 incident cases of TB representing 32 percent in 2018. And according to the national TB prevalence survey, 2013 estimated TB prevalence of 264 cases per 100,000 population for all forms exist in Ghana. Though TB is a curable and treatable disease, millions of p... read more

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The Basic Need of the Cocoa Farmer is Not Price Increment; But Access To Basic Amenities.

Cocoa has continually played a central role in Ghana’s economy - as it currently stands as the second largest producer of cocoa beans in the world. The key to this success is anchored by the specific strategies put in place and managed by the state-run COCOBOD. According to the Bank of Ghana, cocoa beans and its products export receipts for the first quarter of 2011... read more

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The “Fate of Tailored-Made Medicine Amidst African Cultural Patrimony”

The evolution of personalized medicine is gradually gaining momentum in the developed countries around the globe. Its attainment is realized through robust research, health infrastructure, data analysis, skills in bioinformatics and the availability of datasets from the control of disease cohorts. While precision medicine is improving health outcomes and producing r... read more

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Imminent Shutdown of Ghana’s Cocoa Sector as Farmers Laments Over Nonexistence Welfare Package and Meager Income

Setting up of a farmer’s welfare fund is one of the core mandates of Ghana’s cocoa sector regulator COCOBOD since its inception. But after 36 years of its existence, the Ghanaian cocoa farmer is becoming poorer each passing day as they lament the outcome of their toils over the years has not reflected their gains. 

The average cocoa farmer... read more

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