NEWS IN GHANA

The Founder and Director of Health Works Ghana, Dr. Samuel Sasu has appealed to all Ghanaians to rally behind farmers who are into cultivation of organic food crops and support them financially to grow more foodstuffs to feed the nation. According to him most foodstuffs produced in the country today are either Genetically Modified Organism(GMOs), inorganic or those produced using bad methods which simply lacks the required standards for consumption therefore inimical to the health of people. He was speaking at the launch of 2017 VegGhana Vegfest on the the topic Vegan, Vegetarianism and Healthy Lifestyles. The 2017 Vegfest is scheduled to come off on the 1st of December, a day set aside for the commemoration of this year’s farmers day. Health is said to be wealth therefore healthy eating is the way to healthy lifestyle but unfortunately the foodstuffs we consume these days are mainly produced using bad methods which is injurious to health of many people. Most farmers with the...

His burning love for coconut juice supersedes every other desire but he is much focused in life with the development of his country high on his agenda. A coconut in the morning, afternoon and evening takes him away even on assignment. This craze for a taste of something in a shell is even higher. These days he goes gaga with a very big spoon in the bag from place to place absorbing coconut juice and scooping off its fruit from the shell into his buccal cavity “nyafunyafu”. Don’t be surprised if see Kojo Aidoo, a proud member of Journalists in Development (JID) fame on the streets of Accra using his spoon to scoop off coconut fruit from its shell. Coconut water is not only a delicious and refreshing drink, it is also rich in electrolytes, enzymes, and minerals and good for everyone. Coconut can be considered a complete food as it’s incredibly rich in vitamins, minerals, and calories. It is advisable to drink at least one coconut a day, according to health experts. Jour...

The Country Manager for Google Ghana, Ms.Estelle Akofio-Sowah has charged  businesses to constantly make use of social media platforms to tell their stories instead of allowing others to use it to tarnish their image. According to her, most Ghanaian businesses are not taking due advantage of social media to market their brands instead they sit unconcerned while other competitors or miscreants make good use of it to fabricate and publish negative stories about them that are indeed injurious to their survival. Speaking at a panel discussion on the topic "Corporate Organizations and Social Media in Ghana" at the just ended 2017 Social Media 360 Summit, Ms. Estelle Akofio-Sowah  stressed the need for  businesses to be loud not only in using the social media platforms as a tool to reaching out to their customers with messages on their brands but also use it to clear any negative publication(s) targeting to tarnish their company's image. "One of the key things you...

Phoenix Resource Centre Global Aid Ghana(PRCGA), a Ghanaian-based non-governmental charitable organization has presented an Enhanced Visual Assessment (EVA) system, a mobile colposcope for cervical screening to the cervical cancer prevention and training centre of the Catholic Hospital, Battor at a cost of $1,500. According to Dr. Koku Awoonor-Williams, CEO of PRCGA, he was moved to donate because “Battor Hospital has a very specific need basically because of the important work that Dr Kofi Effah is doing coupled with the NGOs goal which seeks to mobilize and help take resources (medical supplies) to places that are in need of them for promotion of health development. “The support and partnership of Phoenix Resource is aimed at placing Ghana public health facilities in the spotlight to address some of the gaps and needs of health facilities as well as attract positive attention and development” Dr Awoonor stressed. The magnanimous CEO in an interview maintained his outfit is...