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The Director of Tobacco and Sub­stances Abuse of the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA), Dr Olivia Agyekumwaa Boateng, has assured the public of...

In this Moring Edition we are joined by Ricardo Phillip, CEO of The Pilar, Tobagos first national newspaper publication. He is here to tell us more about the history of

Community Concerns and Care Foundation-Ghana (CCCF-Gh) and other five civil society organisations have called on chiefs and opinion leaders to collaborate with the police to help prevent drug peddling in their communities.  They said this would go a long way to protect the youth from engaging in the use of…

“[…] In less than five years, former Minister of Sport Darryl Smith moved from being fired for interfering in the public service while still being actively investigated for sexual harassment to be

The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has projected a total tax revenue of GHS 455 million to be mobilized in 2023 from Sugar Sweetened Beverages (SSBs), alcohol, and tobacco.

Allow us to formulate, under the circumstances, some general observations and certain reservations concerning in particular the minimum conditions to be met to ensure the success of such an initiative, reservations stemming from the observation of a certain inadequacy between the objective and how to proceed. Indeed, this meeting on Haiti in Jamaica raises a…

Ghana on Tuesday joined the rest of the world to celebrate World No Tobacco Day WNTD with a call on government to prioritize on how to feed its citizens over the production of tobacco.

The Ministry of Health has issued a press release to mark the 2023 World No Tobacco Day WNTD.

Civil Society Organizations in Ghana led by the Vision for Alternative Development (VALD Ghana) and the Ghana NCD Alliance have applauded H.E. Nana Addo Dankwa Akuffo Addo for signing the Excise Duty Amendment Bill 2022 into law. As a matter of urgency, the CSOs also entreated the government to designate the…

The Ghana NCD Alliance and its partners have implored Ghanaians to embrace the health benefits of the excise duty amendment bill and throw weight behind the Coalition, the public health, as they await the President’s signature. According to them, they are not calling for the banning of these products, but…