The ages-old practice of carrying human excreta in pans has been outlawed in Accra with effect from July 8, 2008. A Supreme Court ruling on Wednesday banned the use of pan latrines and ordered the Accra Metropolitan Assembly to phase out the use of pan latrines completely by 2010 and arrest and prosecute people who engage the use of ‘night carriers’ in their homes.
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Some People Living With HIV/AIDS (PLWHAS) in the Eastern region, have stopped taking the anti-retroviral drugs because they could not feed themselves.
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Professor Fred Sai, Presidential Advisor on HIV/AIDS, Population Issues and Reproductive on Friday called for intensified advocacy on the use family planning for effective national development.
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Drinking too much coffee can lower the odds of a woman with fertility problems getting pregnant, a study suggests.
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Ms Oboshie Sai-Coffie, Minister of Tourism and Diasporean Relations has presented a cheque for 1,000 Ghana cedis to defray the medical expenses of seven nursing mothers who were detained for their inability to pay their bills after delivery at the Eastern Regional Hospital in Koforidua.
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Dr George Kwadwo Amofa, Deputy Director-General of Ghana Health Service (GHS), on Thursday exhorted health personnel to respect the core values of their profession that such as empathy and care.
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There is no doubt that the livestock market is a major subset of agriculture in Ghana but in recent times, the trade has suffered a lot due to high cost of transportation and non-patronage.
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Hundreds of thousands of Egyptian football fans have taken to the streets after Egypt’s victory in the Africa Cup of Nations football tournament.
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The Ashanti Regional Moslem Youth Wing (ARMUH) of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has called on the party’s flag-bearer Nana Addo-Dankwa Akufo-Addo to choose Sheikh I. C. Quaye, Greater Accra Regional Minister as his running mate for the upcoming elections.
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Independence Day 2008: President John Agyekum Kufuor has expressed hope that the future of Ghana is very bright. He believes that the foundations have been laid for accelerated growth and that Ghana would join the league of middle income countries by the next decade.
Derrick N. Ashong considers himself a citizen of the world. He was born in Ghana, West Africa but raised in several diverse locations. He is a die-hard Barack Obama supporter.
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