NEWS IN GHANA

Dr. Koku Awoonor-Williams, CEO of  PRCGA presenting EVA system to Dr. Bernard Hayford Atuguba, a Medical Superintendent of Battor Catholic Hospital The Cervical Cancer Prevention and Training Centre of the Battor Catholic Hospital in the Volta Region has received  a major boost in form of donation of medical equipment worth $1,800 to support its work in the fight against cervical cancer in the country. The centre, having obtained recognition for its significant contributions towards prevention, treatment and training of health practitioners to tackle issues of cervical cancer in the country, caught the attention of a Ghanaian-based non-governmental charitable organization, Phoenix Resource Centre Global Aid Ghana (PRCGA), to donate a new version of the Enhanced Visual Assessment (EVA) system, a mobile colposcope for cervical screening. This is the second time the hospital has received such a valuable equipment from the same NGO to support its work. T...

The Writer The issue of human rights abuse continues to be a major threat to the survival of many people around the globe today despite efforts from numerous quarters to end the menace. It is shocking to note that many lives are still at risk due to failure on part of the government, policymakers and the powers that be to deal with the issues by strictly implementing and enforcing the right policies and to punish offenders to put the matter to rest. The serial shooting and killings of innocent people, torture, discrimination and other forms of gross violation of human rights of which children and women suffer the most around the world are a major concern that something urgent ought to be done to remedy the situation. Undeniably, Africa as a continent has been the hardest hit of these phenomena which varies from a tall of the list of abuses ranging from torture, human trafficking, child labour and modern slavery, discrimination, rape, poverty subjugation of women and op...