UHAS Basic School to champion anti-drug campaign in Volta
The University of Health and Allied Sciences (UHAS) Basic School has committed to creating awareness in the fight against illicit drug use in the Volta Region. The Basic School ...
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Campaign against drug abuse, social media addiction begins
The Students' wing of the Sanctuary of Wind and Fire Assemblies of God Church in collaboration with Total Life Enhancement Centre-Ghana (TOLEC-GH) has begun a campaign on substance abuse in ...
Mental Health Authority calls for critical efforts to combat drug abuse
The Mental Health Authority of Ghana (MHA) has called on stakeholders to join critical efforts to combat drug abuse by investing in prevention. It said joining forces to implement ...
FDA engages stakeholders on combating drug abuse
The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has engaged stakeholders in the Wa Municipality to chart effective ways of combating the drug abuse menace in the Upper West Region, especially tramadol. ...
FDA extends sensitisation on tramadol abuse to the church
The Upper West Regional Office of the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has extended its public sensitisation on tramadol and other substances of abuse to churches to educate the people ...
Child abuse cases rife in Jasikan Municipality – Plan International Ghana
The cases of child abuse are prevalent in the Jasikan Municipality of the Oti Region, Mr Sulemana Hor-Gbana, the Manager, Southern Programme Influencing and Impact Area of Plan International Ghana, ...
Chief raises concerns about substance abuse in Lawra Paramountcy
Naa Puowele Karbo III, the Paramount Chief of the Lawra Traditional Area, has raised concerns about substance abuse taking a centre-stage among young people in the paramountcy in recent times ...
Three Institutions strengthen efforts to combat drug abuse
Three institutions have joined forces to strengthen advocacy efforts in combating drug abuse.
Report harmful practices to the authorities – Youth Activist
Miss Mavis Naa Aryee, the Programme's Officer of Curious Minds Ghana, a non-governmental organisation, has appealed to Ghanaians not to remain silent on issues of sex abuse and other harmful ...
Antibiotics cost more than half of NHIS medication bills
More than 60 percent of the National Health Insurance bill for medication is spent on purchasing antibiotics, Professor Kwame Ohene Buabeng, a Clinical Pharmacologist has said.
