NEWS IN GHANA

In a bid to improve healthcare delivery in the country through quality Universal Health Coverage, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation in collaboration with some key partners have moved to donate a 7 units standard Toyota Hilux Double Pick-ups to the Ghana Health Service(GHS) aimed at scaling up the implementation of Community-based Health Planning and Service (CHPS) project in the country. The gesture equally seeks to offer the service much needed boost and position the country to meet the UN Sustainable Development Goals. According to the Director General of Ghana Health Service, Dr Anthony Nsiah-Asare, the move formed part of efforts to strengthen the implementation of the Community-based Health Planning and Service (CHPS) project which is being funded through a grant from Doris Duke Charitable Foundation (DDCF) with Columbia University appointed as Trustees of the grant. He explained the GHS went into partnership agreement with the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia

The UN Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth, Ms Jayathma Wickramanayake has debunked  assertion by some Ghanaian youth which seemed to suggest that the only solution to Ghana’s huge unemployment problem is entrepreneurship. The UN Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth, Ms Jayathma Wickramanayake has debunked  assertion by some Ghanaian youth which seemed to suggest that the only solution to Ghana’s huge unemployment problem is entrepreneurship. In her estimation, entrepreneurship is just one of the solutions to deal with the canker but posited the onus lies on government to remedy the situation by creating the enabling environment for the private sector including SMEs to thrive in the country in order to help create jobs for youth. Ms Jayathma Wickramanayake was reacting to an assertion by some youth at an open dialogue session for the youth on issues pertaining to unemployment during her visit to the country on Wednesday February, 2018. The program was initiated by the UNFPA a