Dr Patrick Odum Ansah, the Director of the Navrongo Health Research Centre (NHRC) in the Kassena-Nankana Municipality of the Upper East Region, says the Centre has diagnosed about 100 children with sickle cell disease in the area. Children below the age of five were recruited after the Point of care […]
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Dressed in a green “batakari” (long attire) with a red hat, Adama Musah joined chiefs, farmers, women leaders, and assembly members at a local high-level meeting organized by World Vision Ghana. He represents the Fulani tribe in that area. The only time Amadu met with chiefs and farmers was when […]
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Some men, boys and parents in some districts in the Upper East Region have been trained on key national policies and legal frameworks that speak against the practice of child marriage in Ghana. The training was to equip the participants who are championing campaigns against child marriage and related practices […]
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The Participatory Action for Rural Development Alternatives (PARDA), a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO), has presented 214 dual desks to basic schools in the Builsa North Municipality and the Kassena-Nankana West District of the Upper East Region. Out of the total number of desks valued about GHȻ100,000.00, the Chuchuliga Junior High School […]
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The Chiana-Paga Constituency in the Upper East Region is home to the famous crocodile ponds which have put the region on the world tourism map. It is estimated that about 1,000 crocodiles live in all three ponds in the constituency. Tourists, including foreigners, visit the ponds to have a feel […]
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Many communities across Ghana have and are still experiencing some negative effects of on-going climate change. Some communities have experienced unexpected downpours in huge volumes that have led to flooding, which have destroyed properties and taken human lives, as a result of changes in the climate. In the Upper East […]
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