Tag: Policymakers
Make lupus medical care visible in Ghana – Foundation
The Oyemam Autoimmune Foundation has appealed to the Ministry of Health and policymakers to come to the aid of lupus patients in Ghana.
The Foundation...
IMF official deems global vaccination highest return public investment project
Widespread vaccination is probably the highest return global public investment project ever, an International Monetary Fund (IMF) official has said, urging policymakers to give...
Plan Int-Gh calls for urgent action to address challenges of girls
Plan International-Ghana (Int-GH) had called for urgent action by the Government and Policymakers to stop the abuse and harassment of girls and young women...
Ghana ranked fifth in visa openness index
Ghana ranked fifth and scored 0.875 on the 2020 Africa Visa Openness Index with 24 requiring no visa to enter the country, 28 requiring...
African countries urged to balance health, policy interventions to mitigate impact of COVID-19
African countries have been urged to strike a balance between health, economic and social policy interventions in the coming months to mitigate the negative...
Economic empowerment essential to women’s rights – SWIDA-GH
Hajia Alima Sagito-Saeed, Executive Director of Savannah Women Integrated Development Agency (SWIDA-GH), a women advocacy group, says empowering women economically is critical to helping...
Establish impact fund to support social enterprises – Researcher
Professor Ernest Asamoah, Lecturer and Researcher at the Regent University College Ghana, has urged policymakers to establish impact fund to support social enterprises in...
IATA underscores need for Systematic COVID-19 Testing Before Departure
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) called for the development and deployment of rapid, accurate, affordable, easy-to-operate, scalable and systematic COVID-19 testing for all...
Culture in the COVID-19 recovery: Good for your wallet, good for resilience, and good...
The COVID-19 pandemic has drastically impacted the arts and culture sector around the world.
With museums, cultural institutions, World Heritage Sites, and...
Data shows high multidimensional poverty rate in Ghana
A new report by the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) on Thursday indicated here a persistent high multidimensional poverty rate in Ghana.
The Multidimensional Poverty...
IOM Outdoors Global Guidance on International Recruitment and Protection of Migrant Workers
Migrant workers can be vulnerable to abuse and exploitation during migration and employment due to factors including unethical recruitment, migration status, fear of deportation,...
COVID-19: World Bank urges countries to take steps now to rebuild
The World Bank has urged countries to take steps now to rebuild from COVID-19.
According to the World Bank Group’s Global Economic Prospects report analysis,...
ITC’s ecomConnect Day slated for 4 June
...Policymakers and business leaders to review the implications for e-commerce in Africa and beyond; workshops to address COVID-19 challenges
The International Trade Centre...
Impact of COVID-19 on surgeries worldwide
Coronavirus started in the latter parts of 2019 in Wuhan City of China. Soon the disease spread from China and engulfed some European countries,...
We need to invest in disaster risk management- former Chief of Staff
Mr. Prosper Bani, the former Chief of Staff, has called on African leaders to invest in disaster risk prevention to address the continent's...
One-month full lockdown across Africa to cost US$65.7 billion
A one-month full lockdown across Africa would cost the continent about 2.5 percent of its annual GDP, equivalent to about 65.7 billion U.S. dollars...
UK urged to keep trade with Africa flowing amid COVID-19
The UK government has been urged to keep trade with Africa flowing in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic that experts say is threatening...
Yesterday’s aid and trade policies won’t work for tomorrow’s problems
Better late than never. After weeks of neglect, the global spotlight is finally on Covid-19’s devastating social and economic impact on the world’s most...
UN regional arm urged to increase spending on managing COVID-19 pandemic
According to a new report by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) novel coronavirus (COVID-19)...
Lack of science application hinders global changes
Dr Ernest G. Foli, a Silviculturist and Mensurationist has said lack of science applications in many policies and plans have affected global change needed...
African communities vulnerable to climate change
African experts and policymakers have expressed joint concern over the vulnerability of African communities to the adverse effects of climate change.
Some 200 sustainable development...
Experts and policymakers urge enabling policies to drive Africa’s development
African experts and policymakers attending the Africa Business Forum have emphasized that African countries can achieve "exponential" economic growth with good governance and creation...
UN chief calls for realizing aspirations on women empowerment
High-level experts and policymakers have issued a clarion call to African leaders to ensure the needs and perspectives of the continent's women and girls...
Continental peace, stability to drive Africa’s sustainable development – Experts
African experts and policymakers on Monday stressed the crucial need to ensure continental peace and stability as a crucial imperative towards effectively harnessing Africa's...
Experts, policymakers gather in Ethiopia to discuss on SEZs role to spur Africa’s industrialization
African leaders of Special Economic Zones (SEZs), experts and policymakers have gathered in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa to discuss on the role of...
Experts, policymakers urge more investment in tourism to drive East Africa’s growth
Some 300 East African experts and policymakers on Thursday emphasized further investments in tourism as a priority sector to drive the momentum in East...
Experts, policy makers urge better analyzing climate hazards to effectively control possible shocks
Experts and policymakers on Friday urged African countries to better understand and analyze climate risks as a crucial imputes to forge adaptation and climate...
African experts, policymakers urge prudent public sector financial governance
Experts and policymakers have urged African countries and pan African institutions to redouble concerted efforts towards enhancing the management of financial resources in Africa...
Free flow of dirty money in the United Kingdom
Policymakers in Britain would ask, why do the world’s criminals come to London to launder their dirty money? Friedrich Lindenberg of the Organized Crime...
African experts, policymakers urge further investment to expand electricity access
African experts and policymakers on Thursday urged African countries to further expand investment in electricity production so as to drive the continent's development.
The experts...