Lome, Togo// — Mental health experts and policymakers from 26 countries across West and Central Africa have pledged to accelerate the expansion of dignified, rights-based mental health services and fast-track progress towards the WHO African Region’s 2030 mental health targets.
Geneva, Switzerland – In a landmark moment for global health and human rights, African countries spearheaded the first-ever resolution adopted by the United Nations Human Rights Council today, formally recognising the profound and inseparable links between human rights and neglected tropical diseases (NTDs).
The Weija Children’s Hospital will soon be opened to the public after the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) successfully facilitated an agreement between the Ministry of Health and Awerco Construction Limited for the immediate handover of the completed facility.
Democratic Republic of the Congo// — The Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and response partners have activated an emergency delivery roadmap to break the transmission of the Bundibugyo Ebola virus, placing immediate deadlines and clear operational responsibility behind the measures known to stop Ebola: early detection, complete contact follow-up, rapid access to […]
Cabinet is holding its third and final session to consider the government’s position paper on proposals for reviewing Ghana’s 1992 Constitution, Government Spokesperson Felix Kwakye Ofosu has announced.
Geneva, Switzerland, Tomorrow Foundation, the non-profit organisation empowering the next generation of leaders and innovators across Africa and the Middle East, has signed a new three-year partnership with Thunderbird School of Global Management and Arizona State University to deliver the 100 Million Learners Initiative in Nigeria.
Ghana’s government has launched a new report revealing significant inequalities in the deployment of teachers across public basic schools, warning that staffing gaps are undermining learning outcomes despite the country’s near-universal school enrolment.
The Northern Regional Health Directorate of the Ghana Health Service (GHS) has expressed concern over increasing difficulties in deploying health professionals to rural communities, attributing the challenge to poor road networks, inadequate accommodation and the lack of basic social amenities in many underserved areas.
A Ghanaian optometrist, Dr Randolph Jeffrey Kwaw, has been recognised as part of the team that won the Overall Best Innovator Award at the Summer Health Research Programme at the University of Houston.
Castel Group has published its 2025 Sustainability Report, presenting the actions carried out over the year to strengthen the resilience of its activities, reduce its environmental footprint, and contribute to the economic and social development of the regions in which it operates.
