The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says four out of ten children globally will reside in Africa by 2050. It said the significant shift presented an unparalleled opportunity, demanding renewed commitment and joint accountability from partners to invest in the continent’s youngest generation. A statement issued by UNICEF Ghana to observe the Day of the […]
Stakeholders have converged on Accra to make inputs into a Legislative Instrument seeking to integrate targeted interventions on online Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (CSEA) into the Cybersecurity Act 2020 (Act 1038). The move is to ensure that online CSEA is incorporated into National Child Protection systems and the wider cybersecurity agenda. The stakeholders included […]
The Ministry of Health has given an assurance that efforts are being made to renegotiate the vaccine acquisition contract with the African Vaccine Acquisition Trust (AVAT) as recommended by the Auditor General’s Special Report on government’s COVID-19 expenditure. However, it did not state emphatically if the renegotiation would facilitate the recovery of the outstanding balance […]
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has launched a five-day national vaccination campaign as part of efforts to increase the uptake of the COVID-19 vaccine. The National Vaccination Days campaign will run from Wednesday, February 2 to Sunday, February 6, 2022. Codenamed: ‘Operation 2.5 million doses in five days’, the campaign intends to target at least […]
