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Dr Stephen Ayisi Addo, Programmes Manager, National AIDS/STI Control Programme (NACP) has reiterated that anti-retroviral drugs are free, as the Government of Ghana and other partners continued to pay for the medication to ensure they are accessibility throughout the country. He said the programme continued to provide free Anti-Retroviral Therapy…

Vivo Energy Ghana, the exclusive marketer, and distributor of Shell branded fuels and lubricants has launched the second phase of its Community Digital

A workshop aimed at building the capacity of stakeholders in the disability sector has ended with a call on participants to be committed to continuous self-improvement Participants were also advised to focus their advocacy on the right issues and do what is right. The week-long workshop, organized by the Ghana…

The Attorney General’s Department and other relevant institutions involved in the passage of the Community Service Bill have been urged to expedite the process to check crowding in various prisons in the country. The bill, which is currently at the Attorney General’s Office seeks to provide for community service as…

Mrs Mawusi Agbezuhlor Mawutor, Volta Regional Director of Department of Social Welfare has emphasized the need for citizens to be empowered to contribute their quota to national development. She said one of the objectives of the Department of Social Welfare was to ensure that persons facing vulnerability were integrated into…

Organisers of Rivington Festival have been forced to cancel the event due to a lack in ticket sales.

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Over 5,000 smallholder cocoa farmers in the country have benefitted from the ‘GIZ-SMS COVID-19 Response Project’. They received items ranging from nose masks, hand sanitizers, hand washing facilities, soap, Wellington boots and gloves. The objective is to encourage increased adoption of COVID-19 health protocols and safety measures that mitigate the…

The Alliance for Reproductive Health Rights (ARHR) has organised a capacity building training for 25 adolescent health champions drawn from the Bosome Freho District, where an adolescent girl project is being implemented. The project which is being implemented by ARHR in collaboration with the Rights and Responsibilities Initiatives (RRIG) seeks…

Ms Noelle Appiah, Programmes Manager, International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA-Ghana), has called for the modification of widowhood rites in the country. She said sometimes those customs have negative implications on widows, and thus excluding them economically and socially. “In some customs, when women lose their husbands, they stay at…