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08 Jun 20

Capacity Building Workshop for Community Based Organizations, Community facilitators and the Media

A 2-day capacity building workshop has been organized for about fifty-three (53) community based organizations, community facilitators and the media in Kumasi, Ashanti Region from Thursday, 4th – Friday, 5th June, 2020. The rationale behind the organization of the workshop was to re-orient participants towards the implementation of the Reproductive Health Education for Adolescents […]

29 Apr 20

Twitter Storm to commemorate World Malaria Day

In commemoration of World Malaria Day, ARHR in partnership with Planned Parenthood Association of Ghana (PPAG), Center for Community Studies, Action and Development (CENCOSAD), Curious Minds, Oguaa Aid and other CSOs organized a twitter storm on Monday, 27th April, 2020, from 1pm – 2pm, to draw the attention of stakeholders to continue with the […]

25 Apr 20

Zero Malaria Starts with You and I

Malaria was considered too difficult to beat. The historic progress seen in the new millennium has changed the trajectory of the disease, with global cases and deaths reduced by more than half since 2001. Despite this progress, the threat of malaria resurgence due to drug and insecticide resistance, climate change, and complacency requires leadership […]

23 Apr 20

Strengthening Social Accountability Systems for Improved Malaria Service Delivery in Ghana

Ghana is classified as being in the malaria control phase according to the Global Malaria Elimination Program. However, in 2016, Ghana recorded 10.4 million suspected malaria cases in its outpatient departments which denotes a 2.5% increase compared to same period in 2015. Conversely, there was a reduction in the number of malaria attributed deaths […]

10 Mar 20

Regional Street Marches held in 4 Regions to Commemorate International Women’s Day

Four (4) regional street marches were organized on Monday, 9th March, 2020 by the Universal Access to Health Care Campaign (UAHCC) in collaboration with the Primary Health Care (PHC) Advocacy Coalition as part of activities to commemorate this year’s International Women’s Day. The marches took place in the Greater Accra, Ashanti, Upper East and […]

04 Mar 20

Community interface meeting and media training on WNCAW in the Volta Region

ARHR in partnership with Women, Media and Change (WOMEC) has organized a community interface meeting and media training on women, newborn, children and adolescent wellbeing (WNCAW) in the Volta Region with support from our CBO partner; Volta Educational Renaissance Foundation (VEREF). The meeting was to disseminate findings of a scorecard assessment which was done […]

20 Feb 20

Closing the Inequalities Gap in health to achieve Social Justice

Social Justice cannot be attained if the health needs of people are denied due to financial challenges. Social Justice is a paramount pillar that ensures a harmonious and peaceful society. Social Justice is upheld when societies promote gender equality and the rights of indigenous people. Over the years, the world has been working to […]

06 Feb 20

Unleashing Youth Power: One decade of accelerating actions for zero FGM

To some, this practice is a way of preserving their way of life, tradition or sacred history. To them, it is a way of sticking to an old age tradition of over 2000 years and honouring their forefathers who handed down this practice to them. A practice that has over the years done more […]

29 Jan 20

CSOs and Media workshop to advocate for GESI actions towards UHC

CSOs working in the health related field and the media were engaged by ARHR in a workshop on Tuesday, 28th January, 2020 to advocate for state institutions to be more accountable in meeting gender equality and social inclusion (GESI) commitments towards UHC. The workshop was attended by over 25 CSOs and the media who […]

24 Jan 20

Education remains humanity’s greatest renewable resource

Education continues to remain humanity’s greatest tool to gain knowledge about the world around us and how to survive in it. Education develops in people the proper perspective of life as it builds opinions and points of view on things in life. As a way of gaining information about the world and life in it, […]

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