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Sixteen-year-old Maame Ama (not her real name) can hardly walk upright she’s struggling to walk through the corridors of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit( NICU) of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital. Her baby, born at 31 weeks, has been on admission for four days and Ama, who is recovering from …

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Nine convicts at the Ejura Camp Prisons have regained their liberty after their fines were paid by two benevolent reverend ministers. Rev. Fr. Eric Aninng and Nsowah Kwasi paid between GHC1,200 and GHC1,500 to settle the court-imposed fines. The released prisoners say they learnt valuable lessons during their time in …

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Fifteen years after the enactment of the Persons with Disability (PWD) Act, 2006 (Act 715), which seeks to end discrimination against PWDs, they continue to go through harrowing experiences in accessing public spaces and services. Although the Act gave a 10-year moratorium for all public buildings to be made disability-friendly, …

Today, April 8, marks the birthday of Kofi Annan, arguably the greatest among all United Nations Secretary Generals, and also the world’s foremost diplomat of all time. After distinguishing himself as a global servant par excellence, the old man died. That is almost four years ago. But while he is …

THE Volta Regional Women’s Committee of the Health Services Workers Union (HSWU) has donated 40 pieces of cot sheets and 40 gallons of liquid soap to the Neonatal and Intensive Care Unit (NICU) of the Ho Teaching Hospital. A member of National Executive Committee of HSWU, Sister Uel Rachael Deletsu, …

A long procession of loud, yet eager group of merrymakers- more than 300 of them- have taken over the alleyways. There is brass band music. And of course, plenty of dancing. One song of praise follows the other on the lips of everyone. They sing songs like “Mary, mother of …

“I didn’t think it was possible”, Dr Sarpong’s answer to my question about whether he saw himself becoming a resident Neurosurgeon at the prestigious Vanderbilt University Medical Center in the United States of America. It has been a long journey. Not that he’s a man of little faith. For it …