Publications

28 Jul 19

Find the Missing Millions

Hepatitis is one of the leading causes of death from infectious diseases globally. In a statement released by the Ghana Health Service, Ghana has a relatively high prevalence of chronic hepatitis B and C virus infections. Between 2014 and 2018, 421 people died out of a total of 117,095 hepatitis cases. In spite of this, […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Tema General Hospital and Maternal Health

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African Union

DOWNLOAD PDF Walking the talk…………we need a new politics of social and economic equity!!! Ten years ago, African Heads of State came together to establish the African Union (AU), a body to promote solidarity and coordinate efforts for development among its 54 member nations. Encouraging social, political and economic integration across the continent, the AU […]
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Funding for Family Planning Commodities, Challenges and Way Forward

Family planning is a development tool that is essential for a country’s socio-economic progress and prosperity. Ghana’s development policy has long recognised the critical need for Family Planning, but the government has always depended on international funding agencies to provide most of the funding for Family Planning in Ghana. Family planning is the planning of […]
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Improved Access to Reproductive Health Services, crucial to attainment of MDG 4 & 5

Improved Access to Reproductive Health Services, crucial to attainment of MDG 4 & 5 According to the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD,1994), Reproductive Health is ‘a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, in all matters relating to the reproductive system and its functions and processes. Reproductive health therefore implies that people […]
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