For the past 14 years, 15th October has been set aside to advocate and increase awareness on the importance of handwashing with soap as a cost-effective way to prevent and control infectious diseases. In 2003, long before the very first global hand washing day was commemorated, an advert ran on…
WaterAid Ghana, a Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) focused organisation, has urged government and major stakeholders to provide handwashing facilities at institutions and public places, to encourage handwashing behaviour among Ghanaians. Ms Perpetual Diabene, the Northern Ghana Programmes Manager, WaterAid Ghana, noted that the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic had…
A six-seater biodigester water-closet toilet facility valued at AU$60,000.00 has been commissioned for the Denugu Health Centre in the Garu District of the Upper East Region to help improve healthcare delivery. WaterAid Ghana, a Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) focused organisation with funding support from the Australian Aid, provided the…
The members of the Anafobissi community in the Upper East Region of Ghana have been systematically combatting climate change impacts in spite of having no words for it in their own Gruni language. The north of the country, which has seen temperatures rise by 1 degree over the past 25…