Tag: reducing
Government commits to reducing environmental health risks
Government on Tuesday launched the Africa Environmental Health and Pollution Management Programme aimed at reducing the environmental health risks from harmful chemicals and e-waste...
Citizens must be collaborators in reducing road accidents
Apostle Dr. Ernest N. Adulai, Head Pastor of the Revival Assemblies of God Church, has called on citizens to support efforts from government and...
Reducing oil dependence is urgent for Angola amid oil price
The production of goods and services may be the way to reduce the impact of COVID-19 and the drop in the price of oil...
Government tasked to set targets aimed at reducing prison population
Mr Edmund Amarkwei Foley, a human rights activist, has urged the Government to set national targets to reduce the number of people in jail.
He...
Project Aimed at Reducing HIV Stigma and Discrimination Launched
The Ghana–West Africa Programme to Combat Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) and Sexually Transmitted Infections (WAPCAS) has launched the Human Rights Intervention project to help...
UNAIDS Makes Varied Progress in Reducing TB Deaths Among People with HIV
Five countries have already met and 18 more are on track to meet the UN target of reducing tuberculosis (TB) deaths among people living...
Oppong Nkrumah Says Government is Committed to Reducing Road Accidents
Mr Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, the Information Minister, says it is Government’s major priority to reduce the carnage on the roads through reviewing the road...
Road Safety lobby for drivers and passengers support
The Acting Regional Head of the National Road Safety Commission (NRSC), Madam Akua Ansah Cobbinah, has called on both pedestrians and drivers to observe...
Kwahu Traditional Council adapt customary approach to reducing bush fires
The Kwahu Traditional Council (KTC) has planned to enforce traditional practices to deal with hunters who set peoples farms ablaze in the name of...
Engaging Men; A Path To Reducing Maternal Mortality Rates In Ghana
Men usually shy away from participating in maternal and child related activities because they feel it is an issue that concern only women. Meanwhile...
Model Mothers and Volunteers join the wagon in reducing maternal and infant mortality in...
“Before the intervention, many of us delivered at homes leading to birth complications. But now it is not so. Many of us through the...
‘Agona West is Determined to Curb Teenage Pregnancy’
The Agona West Municipal Assembly has taken a number of measures to curb the increasing number of teenage pregnancy cases among school girls in...
IFAD President Visit to India Seeks to Tackle Poverty Reduction
Gilbert F. Houngbo, President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), arrives in India today to meet with key government partners. The trip...
Global Hunger Index Shows An Irregular Improvement
· Report Rates Hunger “Serious”, “Alarming” or “Extremely Alarming” in 52 countries
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Ghana’s child mortality drops in four regions
A new learning approach introduced into Ghana is saving the lives of newborn babies in four regions of the country, a study said on...
Tanzania’s Zanzibar mulls reducing rice importation
Tanzania's semi-autonomous Zanzibar archipelago is set to invest more in irrigation infrastructures for the Indian Ocean Islands to reduce importation of rice.
...
Ghana Chalks Success In Fight Against NTDs
Ghana has been described as one of the countries in Africa that has successfully eradicated Guinea worm and Trachomaas, which are part of the...
Pakistan, India agree to extend accord on reducing nuclear risk
Pakistan and India have agreed to extend their bilateral agreement on Reducing the Risk from Accidents Relating to Nuclear Weapons for the next five...
African Heads Of States Endorse Addis Declaration on Immunisation
Heads of State from across Africa have endorsed the Addis Declaration on Immunisation (ADI), a historic and timely pledge to ensure that everyone in...
Fisheries Ministry Take Steps to Cut Ghana’s Fish Supply Deficit
The Minister for Fisheries and Aquaculture, Elizabeth Afoley Quaye has outlined plans by her outfit to regulate the operations of artisanal fishers in reducing the...
Hassan Tampuli Prioritize Reducing Sulphur Content for Diesel
The Acting Chief Executive Officer of the National Petroleum Authority (NPA), Hassan Tampuli has vowed to review the standards of sulphur content in fuel imported...
Hassan Tampuli Prioritize Reducing Sulphur Content for Diesel
The Acting Chief Executive Officer of the National Petroleum Authority (NPA), Hassan Tampuli has vowed to review the standards of sulphur content in fuel imported...
Our Plan On Reducing Taxes Not Regressive – Ofori-Atta
President Akufo-Addo’s nominee for the Minister for Finance position, Ken Ofori-Atta, has dismissed suggestions that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government’s plans to review...
MMDAs Must Begin to Raise Their Own Funds – IFS
Government has been impressed upon to adopt fiscal decentralization policies and reduce the stress on the national budget.Proponents of this policy believe the overdependence...
We Need More Time in Reducing Taxes – Ken Ofori Atta
Finance Minister Nominee, Ken Ofori Atta has told Citi Business News government will have to undertake a careful analysis of its tax cuts promise...
The State Of Child Abuse Cases In Ghana
The trend in defilement and other rape cases reported shows that the victims brought up in burgeoning slums are more vulnerable. In these areas,...
Ghana passes a new law aimed at reducing HIV infections
The bill, when assented to by President John Dramani Mahama, will empower the Commission to formulate policies on the HIV and AIDS epidemic, direct...
Ghana makes strides in lowering deaths from infectious diseases
while critical – are not the only keys to healthy living in 195 countries
Ghanaians are living longer lives than they were 25 years...
EPPICS projects reduces high rates of maternal mortality
Through the project, maternal mortality rate had decreased from 275/100,000 live births to 57/100,000 live births.
Still birth rate had also declined from 2.8/1,000 live...
AfricaThriving and Ecobank Foundation establish model schools
The model school project, to be cited at underprivileged communities to transform thousands of lives, is to help build impactful relationship among the school,...