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Africa’s instability and security concerns
Africa’s dynamic security environment is characterised by great diversity from conventional challenges such as insurgencies, resource and identity conflicts, and post-conflict stabilisation to growing threats from piracy, narcotics…
Antimicrobial resistance: a public health threat in Ghana
Ghana and the rest of the world stand the risk of losing one life every three seconds to an infectious disease by 2050, if the issue of Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) is not tackled fast; according to studies.
Background
Being one of…
‘Born too soon or too light’ and kidney disease in Ghana
Do you know your birth weight? I think this question might not be easy to answer if you have not been told by your parents or have your postnatal or weighing card. Did you ever sight your postnatal or weighing card when you were young?…
Why Ghana doesn’t need a new voters’ register for 2020 elections
Why does Ghana need to discard existing voters’ register and prepare a new one almost every four years, when there are presidential and parliamentary elections?
Background
For some time now, we have been repeatedly told by successive…
Momoni, the special one or the ‘stinking’ ingredient?
One could be misled by the nose and miss out on a delicious culinary journey in a Ghanaian environment because of the smell of a veritable food ingredient called momoni.
The mighty momoni is Ghana's answer to Swedish surstromming,…
Travelling from Togo to Ghana – horrors on the road
Travelling within West Africa should be smooth and pleasurable. It should be because all the 15 countries in West Africa are members of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), and are signatories to the agreement on free…
Ghana’s coral reefs: The endangered species crying for survival
Coral reefs are diverse underwater ecosystems, similar to a forest reserve, serve as habitat for different marine species.
They represent unique habitats with high biodiversity and important habitats for some fish species like ling,…
Diagnosed with breast cancer: What’s next?
If a biopsy shows that you have breast cancer, in addition to the shock and emotional turmoil, a thousand questions go through your mind.
“If a surgeon said that he or she took everything out, so why do you need chemotherapy?” “What are…
Spin on health numbers: This call for equity must be backed by plans and deeds
In Laura Ingalls Wilder’s view “the real things haven't changed. It is still best, to be honest, and truthful; to make the most of what we have; to be happy with simple pleasures, and have courage when things go wrong."
There is a…
Treating sickle cell disease with hydroxyurea therapy – a game changer
Sickle Cell Disease (SCD), is the most common inherited serious blood disorders. It is characterised by chronic anaemia, recurrent attacks of severe pain and complications leading to the blockage of blood flow. The mortality rate tend to be…