It has emerged that an estimated 6,215 mothers with HIV and AIDS in need of antiretroviral (ART) drugs are not on the treatment. According to available data, out of an estimated 18,263 mothers who need Prevention of Mother-to-Child-Transmission (PMTCT), only 12,048 mothers are receiving it. These were contained in the 2017 HIV Sentinel Survey (HSS) and Estimates Report, jointly released ...

The United Nations Children Education Fund (UNICEF) has painted a gloomy picture of the country’s basic educational sub-sector. According to the organization, just about 40% of basic school pupils are able to read and understand as well as solve basic numeracy problems. Speaking to Starr News’ Parliamentary correspondent Ibrahim Alhassan, Social Policy Specialist with UNICEF Charles Dzradosi attributed the problem ...

The Minister for Education and MP for Manhyia South, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh has underscored Ghana’s commitment to promoting the teaching and learning of French as a second official language in the country. The Minister was speaking at a ceremony in Paris, France, where a linguistic pact was signed between Ghana and the International Organisation of the Francophone for improved ...

Kuoro Abu Diaka Sukabe Ninia V, the Paramount Chief of the Zini Traditional Area, has declared zero tolerance for child marriage and gender-based violence against women, a situation that is widespread within communities in his area. He described those cultural practices and many others as bad and militated against development of communities in the 21st Century where assaults against women ...

On Friday December 15, 2017, the President Nana Akufo Addo cut sod for the commencement of work on the Marine Drive Project in Accra, at a ceremony attended by chiefs, political leaders and the business community.  The project, which is estimated to cost about US$1.5 billion, is a Public-Private Partnership project expected to transform the beachfront stretch from the Osu ...

The Ministry of Health will, next month, launch a medicine policy to deal with pharmaceutical crime, substance abuse and counterfeit medicine. The policy will also serve as the guideline and standard for stakeholders in the health sector to address the abuse of drugs, including Tramadol and Codeine. Addressing stakeholders at a forum in Accra on Monday, the Minister of Health, ...

Ghana is expected to produce more than one million tonnes of cocoa at the end of the 2018/19 cocoa season, the Brong Ahafo Regional Manager of the Cocoa Health and Extension Division (CHED) of the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Dr Emmanuel Nii Tackie-Otoo, has said. According to him, the implementation of the cocoa flower pollination and pruning exercises, coupled with ...

The Ghana Stock Exchange (GES) has taken its bullish run to another level, with the composite index registering a 35.26 per cent year-to-date (YTD) return on investment in the first quarter of this year – far above returns recorded on some of its African peers within the same period. Data released by the Fidelity Bank showed that apart from the ...

Residents of Awoshie- Anyaa market, a suburb of Accra, have expressed concerns over the recent development in the community regarding the youth’s brazen involvement in smoking of Indian hemp popularly known as ‘weed.’ According to the worried residents, the development is fast influencing other children to drop out of school in order to join this rather unfortunate lifestyle which has ...

The Ministry of Inner Cities and Zongo Development in collaboration with the Ministry of Sanitation and Water Resources, Zoomlion among others have kick-started a campaign to get  rid the  country’s Zongo Communities of filth. The move is in fulfilment of one of the four key mandates of the Ministry of Inner Cities and Zongo Development (MICZD) which seeks to prioritise ...