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UN/Martine Perret

Newly licensed vaccine, ‘milestone in the fight’ against Ebola in Africa, UN health agency

14 February 2020
Health

Four countries in Africa have licensed an Ebola vaccine to “cement hard-fought progress” in keeping their people safe from the deadly disease, the UN health agency said on Friday.

UNDP Ghana

FROM THE FIELD: Sourcing clean water in Ghana

28 January 2020
SDGs

Communities in northern Ghana are benefiting from the rehabilitation of water sources which is expected to boost livelihoods and build resilience against climate change, thanks to a project supported by the UN Development Programme (UNDP). 

MONUSCO/Force

Service and Sacrifice: For Ghana, UN peacekeeping is a ‘noble opportunity to serve humanity’

28 February 2019
Peace and Security

Ghanaian men and women have served as United Nations peacekeepers since the early 1970s, participating in operations that stretched from the Sinai to the African continent. The West African Nations is now among the top 10 contributors to UN peacekeeping, with nearly 3,000 personnel serving on eight missions.   

UN Photo/Jean-Marc Ferre

IMF wants to change focus on austerity, says UN rights expert

2 July 2018
Interviews

Financial rescue packages offered by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to countries facing economic meltdown, should place less emphasis on cutbacks in future in recognition that the Fund has “gone too far with austerity”, Philip Alston, UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, told Daniel Johnson after presenting his report on the IMF — as well as the United States and Ghana — to the Human Rights Council in Geneva.

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UN News/Matt Wells

Ghana twin activists hope for change in negative ‘narrative’ surrounding albinism

14 June 2018
UN and Africa

Twin activists from Ghana are praying for the day when a child born with albinism “will not be met with scorn, scandal and spectacle.”

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UN News/Ben Malor

Focus on abilities, not disabilities, says leading campaigner from Ghana

29 March 2018
Interviews

The world needs to focus on the “capabilities and abilities” of people with disabilities and “not just the disability.”

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Director General of Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise, Kristin Skogen Lund, speaks at UN headquarters in New York.
UN Women/Ryan Brown

UN Gender Focus: parental leave in Norway, space for women, women’s economic empowerment in Ghana

12 October 2017
UN Gender Focus

Parental leave is smart for the economy and helps change minds

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The Akuapem Rural Bank in the town of Mamfe, Ghana. UN-backed study shows switching from cash to digital payments will save Ghana's government millions.
Jonathan Ernst / World Bank (file)

Ghana experience shows digital payments Better than Cash: UN-backed study

10 October 2017
General News

Transitioning from cash to digital payments could save Ghana’s government more than US$200 million over the next four years, a UN-backed study has found.

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UN Daily News Programme 10 October 2017

10 October 2017
General News

Listen to our daily bulletin of news and features from the United Nations, presented by Dianne Penn and Matt Wells.

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UN Photo/Cia Pak

‘We are in it together,’ Ghana tells UN Assembly, reaffirming Global Goals for planet and people

21 September 2017
While sceptics feared the landmark Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were “too many and too complex” to be tackled, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, President of Ghana told the United Nations today that the Organization’s experience has proved that “once the world puts its collective mind to something, the chances are, we would get it right."