Blog

11 Jul 20

Putting the brakes on COVID-19: how to safeguard the health and rights of women and girls now

During an orientation and stakeholder meeting in the Ashanti Region towards the commencement of the second phase of a ‘Reproductive Health Education and Services for Young people and Adolescents’ project, Alliance for Reproductive Health Rights

24 Jun 20

ARHR brings together Adolescent Health Champions for a refresher training on SRHR

Twenty (20) Adolescent Health Champions (AHC), each, working in project districts- Ashiedu Keteke, Nzema East, Bosome Freho, Komenda Edina Eguafo Abrem and South Dayi were congregated in their respective districts for a 3 day refresher training

16 Jun 20

Stigma, Fear or Loss of Economic Opportunities: Why people do not want to share their COVID-19 Status or Self-Isolate

A colleague shared the story of a suspected COVID-19 positive patient who was asked to self-isolate. This happened in a very big hospital in Accra. About four days later when the tests had been completed and a positive status had been confirmed,

11 Jun 20

Members of the UAHCC mobilizes Ghanaian CSOs on Health Manifesto for Elections 2020

Members of the Universal Access to Health Care Campaign have convened a meeting to collate CSOs’ inputs into the preparation of a CSOs Health Manifesto for the 2020 general elections. Diverse motivations for the participation of the meeting were expressed by participants. These included strengthening of primary healthcare systems in the country; implementation of […]

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 […]