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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
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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
Riyad Mahrez is one of several French born footballers currently playing for African countries.
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In football, a number of African teams draw heavily on their European-born diasporas, a reflection of a colonial past and deeply entrenched migration routes.
Ghana is still finding ways of maximising its oil wealth.
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Oversight over how Ghana’s oil wealth is spent has become more important than ever.
A cabbage farmer in Kumasi prepares his land.
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Policies should protect arable land from urban encroachment and make peri-urban households less vulnerable.
Women spend considerable time finding water for their homes.
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The study confirms that collecting water for daily use weighs more heavily on women, making life more difficult for especially older women.
A radio announcer at work.
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News-making practices in private radio broadcasting in Ghana need a re-think.
Studying ancient African societies, like Great Zimbabwe, can reveal how communities dealt with disease and pandemics.
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Archaeologists have long studied diseases in past populations. They’ve explored the evolution of pathogens and how they interacted with humans.
Rains regularly displace thousands in Africa.
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Communities prepare better for flood disasters when they have been actively involved in communicating information.
Markets in Africa’s cities are central to the food chain. But many had to close because of COVID-19 measures.
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Safe rural migration programmes are not a substitute for formal social protection. But they could buy governments some time.