Mathari Hospital is the only psychiatric hospital in Kenya.
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The global cost of lost productivity due to depression and anxiety disorders is jarring. Around 4.7 billion days of productivity a year are lost.
Fruit production of shea is limited by lack of pollination and this limitation is greater at sites with less tree and shrub diversity.
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Fruit production of shea is often limited by a lack of pollination which is more pronounced in places with less tree and shrub diversity.
Older people in urban informal settlements live in poor socioeconomic conditions.
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The higher pace of demographic ageing and the noncommunicable diseases that come with it call for new management approaches.
Ghanaian voters are among the most sophisticated in sub-Saharan Africa.
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Political social responsibility has benefits for parties and candidates across the political spectrum.
Ghana has invested heavily in its parliamentary democracy.
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An open candidate selection process would provide less incentive for the issuance of material benefits to only a few delegates while the constituency is neglected.
A maize farmer in Kenya surveys his degraded land.
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Regreening Africa works directly with 500,000 households to restore one million hectares of agricultural land.
Elmina Castle Museum is a popular tourist attraction in Ghana.
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Ghana’s museums can improve visitor numbers by paying attention to customer satisfaction.
The settlement of Old Fadama has reinvented itself
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In cross-sector collaboration, communities and citizens articulate their needs and then partner with governments and NGOs to address these self-identified problems.
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Africa is far from having an ageing farming population. What is missing is a critical mass of skilled, young farmers with access to finance who could drive productivity in farming.
Women traditional leaders are a key part of community development.
Female traditional leaders are an important community bloc that needs to be utilised more often.
Urban farmers in Ghana need to take greater interest in the health of consumers.
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Most local farmers are indifferent to the effect of chemicals on consumers.
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Psychological services for girls who have been abused and traumatised in their marriages would help alleviate and reduce distress.
Workers assemble personal protective equipment for frontline health staff at a factory in Accra commissioned by the government.
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The government touted a response based on science and data but a surge is showing otherwise
Press freedom.
The poor resourcing of media houses in Ghana has contributed to political corruption
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Fake drugs are doing the rounds in Ghana and Nigeria. What can be done about this?
Professor Naana Opoku-Agyeman was the first female vice-chancellor of a public university in Ghana.
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The value of women to political tickets in Ghana is being recognised as more women are contesting elections at various levels.
Improved mobile penetration in Ghana is an avenue to improving rural health care.
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Mobile health service providers should empower their personnel through the provision of periodic training on good customer relations.
Road accidents in Ghana should be considered a public health concern.
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Some people think road crashes are destined to happen and drivers can do little to prevent them.
Idi-Araba abattoir canal, in Lagos, Nigeria.
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Haphazard development of abattoirs without environmental and health considerations in Nigeria can only invite diseases – and potentially pandemics such as COVID-19.
Sub-Sahara African countries are on a campaign to reduce cases of early marriage.
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The mental health implications of child marriage on young girls are significant