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11 Jul 19

ARHR Advances the Health and Rights of Women and Girls

World Population Day, which seeks to focus attention on the urgency and importance of population issues, was established by the then-Governing Council of the United Nations Development Programme. The date reflects the Day of Five Billion; the day designated by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) as the approximate day in 1987 on which the […]

26 Jun 19

Factors Leading to an Increased Cost of Healthcare for GESI Groups

Several factors contribute to the difficulty in GESI groups accessing healthcare services. These include… https://arhr.org.gh/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/IMG_3433.jpg

26 Jun 19

GESI Actions in National Policies Towards UHC; So Far, So Good?

Gender Inequality and Social Exclusion (GESI) is aviolation of human rights and causes diversemultiplying negative effects on individuals and thesociety at large. Women, children, aged and othervulnerable groups are subjected to varying degreesof health related practices which are dangerous totheir well-being due… https://arhr.org.gh/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/GESI-ACTIONS-IN-NATIONAL-POLICIES.pdf

14 Jun 19

World Blood Donor Day 2019: Safe Blood for All!

Blood donations are essential in ensuring individuals and communities have adequate access to affordable and timely supplies of safe and quality blood and blood products. Blood and blood products are vital in the management of many medical conditions and emergencies including women who bleed during pregnancy and childbirth, children who suffer from severe anemia due […]

04 Jun 19

Scaling up the CSE Project

With an increased funding from United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), ARHR is scaling up its project, ‘Empowering Adolescent Girls through Improved Access to Comprehensive Sexuality Education and Quality Gender-responsive Sexual Reproductive Health services’, to the Volta and Ashanti Regions. The project which seeks to empower adolescent girls through improved access to comprehensive sexuality education and […]

25 Apr 19

Celebrating World Malaria Day 2019

World Malaria Day is a global observance day set to highlight, recognize and refuel global efforts in combating malaria.The purpose of this day is to provide “education and understanding of malaria” whilst also creating public awareness on the “year-long intensified implementation of national malaria-control strategies, including community-based activities for malaria prevention and treatment in endemic […]

12 Mar 19

Balance for Better: Equipping Girls with the Skills to Succeed

Home makers and keepers, weaker vessels, brides to be, among others are mostly the tags that are used to identify women/ girls. These tags seems most ideal for aspect of society, if not majority. Until recently, most women/ girls have been made to accept these tags and live by it. Right from childhood to adulthood, […]

08 Feb 19

ARHR-UAHCC Communique to the Minister of Health

ARHR-UAHCC COMMUNIQUE

31 Jan 19

Courtesy Call on First Lady of Ghana

ARHR and its partner, Comic Relief, UK, has paid a courtesy call on Her Excellency, the First Lady of the Republic of Ghana on Wednesday, 30th January, 2019. The visit, among others, was to deliberate and share ideas on the First Lady’s initiative to end malaria in Ghana; a similar project which is being implemented […]

17 Jan 19

Collective Learning Session to Assess the T3 Policy Using Community Scorecards

A collective learning planning session to assess the Government of Ghana’s implementation of the T3 policy, using community scorecards, was held at the conference area of ARHR on Wednesday, 16th January, 2019. Participants of the planning session were representatives from Indepth Network, Ghana, ADDRO Ghana and ARHR. The objective of the planning session was to […]

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