Tag: HYGIENE
300 Basic Schools to benefit from Hygiene and Handwashing Education – “GAMES NOT GERMS”
300 Basic Schools are to benefit from a programme dubbed, Hygiene and Handwashing Education- “GAMES NOT GERMS”.
This was made known at the press briefing...
WaterAid calls on government to increase investment in water and hygiene
WaterAid Ghana has called on the government to increase investment in the provision of clean water and hygiene to help prevent the spread of...
WaterAid Ghana launches hygiene and behavior change coalition for COVID-19 control
WaterAid Ghana on Wednesday, launched a Hygiene and Behavior Change Coalition (HBCC) project for COVID-19 control.
Mr Abdul Nashiru Mohammed, the Country Director of WaterAid...
Fighting COVID-19 through hygiene: Innovations for non-piped communities
There has never been a time when the need to regularly wash hands with soap under running water has highly been recommended more than...
COVID-19: WVG strengthens education in rural communities
The Sekyere East Cluster Office of the World Vision Ghana (WVG) has embarked on an intensive outreach programme to educate people in rural communities...
Two families support Kumasi Children’s Home with food items
Two couples with long-standing friendship, have donated food items and hygiene products to the Kumasi Children’s Home as their widow’s mite towards the upkeep...
IOM flights COVID-19 With Clean Water, Sanitation and Hygiene
This week’s World Water Day is being marked in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, a health crisis that is impacting every corner of...
GWCL staff urged to develop a new mindset to improve performance
Dr Clifford Braimah, the Managing Director of Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL), has called on staff of the Company to develop a new mindset...
Veep applauds CONIWAS for improving WASH sector in Ghana
The Vice President, Alhaji Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has re-echoed the government’s commitment of working closely with the relevant key stakeholders to help address the...
Court slap heavy fines on two people for various sanitation offences
The Ashaiman Cirrcuit Court presided over by Justice Gabriel Mate-Teye has convicted two persons to fines or in in default, spend six months in...
Access to water should be considered as a fundamental right- Tefle Chief
Ghana as a country has attained 60 years; yet has woefully failed to prioritize the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) sector which is critical...
Namibia promotes safe menstrual health, hygiene
The Namibian government, together with the United Nations, hosted the first Menstrual Health and Hygiene Day for Namibia on Monday.
The event, in Gobabis, 200...
CEO for TLG Foundation advice girls on menstrual hygiene
The Touching Lives of Girls (TLG) Foundation has outlined the importance of parents and school counsellors in counselling adolescent girls on hygiene during menstruation...
Parents receive education on nutrition and hygiene
Madam Naomi Ahortor, a Senior Nursing Officer in Public Health on Nutrition and Food Management has said the human body needed essential nutritional substances...
Water Aid desires funding for WASH
Mr Mohammed Abdul Nashiru, Country Director, for Water Aid, Ghana has called on government to increase financial budgetary support for Water, Hygiene and Sanitation...
Over Hundred Girls Menstrual Hygiene Education Enhanced
A durbar on health and menstrual hygiene has been organised for more than 1,000 girls in Volta Region to help the youngsters stay in...
Health mediators undergo hygiene and sanitation training
Maisha Ghana, a non-governmental organisation based in Kasoa in the Central Region, has held a training workshop for community health mediators to help improve...
Food service operators educated on FDA regulations
The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) as part of its activities to ensure safer food especially during Christmas season, on Monday held a stakeholder...
UNICEF secures US$3 million to help drought-hit children in Somalia
The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) said Monday it has received 3 million U.S. dollars for its ongoing lifesaving work for women and children hit...
CRS launch projects to impact well-being of underprivileged
The Catholic Relief Services (CRS) Ghana, a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) has launched two projects in health to positively impact on the well-being of 10...
Developing Countries With High Unemployment Rate At Risk
Mr Prince Bagnaba Mba, President of Forum for National Equity, a non-profit making organisation has stated that unemployment was a time-bomb that could blast...
African Countries Moving Back And Forth On Open Defecation
Madam Anne Mutta, Multi Country Programme Manager, Sustainable Sanitation and Hygiene for All (SSH4A), a Non-Governmental Organization has said that Ghana needs a strong...
Namibia kick starts 2017 Hygiene Promotion Month
The City of Windhoek municipality in partnership with United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and Namibia Red Cross Society kick started a health campaign on...
Public urged to make NHIS workable through environmental cleanliness
Health Insurance card bearers and the public have been advised to use environmental cleanliness as a tool to promote the aims and objectives of...
NGO to spearheads sanitation and hygiene programme
The Voice for Change (V4C) programme has been launched at Kasoa in the Awutu-Senya East Municipality of the Central Region with a call on...
UNESCO Ready To Strengthen Water Security
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has called for the harnessing of the contributions of science and innovation for water security.
Mr...
Minister for Water Urged To Commission Cape Coast Water Project
Mr Joseph Kofi Adda, the Minister for Water Resources and Sanitation, has reiterated government’s determination to ensure the sustainable management of water and sanitation...
15 Basic School in U/E Receive Free Bicycles
World Bicycle Relief in partnership with World Vision International (WVI), have donated 3,000 brand new bicycles free of charge to fifteen basic schools in...
Water Aid Ghana Increase Water Access In 5 Districts
The Intervention by Water Aid Ghana, has led to an increased access to water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) facilities in five districts across the...
Shama Model JHS crowned champions in WASH schools quiz
Shama Model JHS beats five other schools in the JHS category while Half-Assini Methodist Primary School in the Jomoro District also emerged winners in...