By: Dyfrig Hughes (Professor of Pharmacoeconomics, Co-director of the Centre for Health Economics & Medicines Evaluation, Bangor University) & Jannine Poletti-Hughes (Lecturer in Accounting and Finance, University of Liverpool) Pharmaceutical companies’ traditional focus on discovering the next US$1 billion “blockbuster” drug has shifted in recent years, from products for common diseases to treatments for rare…
Background and context Ghana’s Electoral Commission (EC) has disqualified 12 presidential hopefuls for the upcoming 7th general elections of the Fourth Republic. The EC Chairperson, Charlotte Osei, who made the announcement at a press briefing in Accra said, the 12 disqualified failed to “meet the necessary requirements in filing their nomination forms”. The disqualification has generated huge…
Just four of 17 presidential candidates who filed nominations to contest Ghana’s December 7 presidential elections have been cleared by the country’s electoral commission to run. The rest have been disqualified on grounds that have elicited widespread condemnation and even legal action. On the one hand, the commission’s efforts can be considered a bold attempt to stamp…
Akinwumi Adesina, President of the African Development Bank, and John Kufuor, former President of Ghana and Co-chair of the Global Panel on Agriculture and Food Systems for Nutrition, hosted the first official meeting of the African Leaders for Nutrition on Monday, October 17 in Abidjan. The Champions of the African Leaders for Nutrition also include…
The global plastics industry presents a hydra-headed environmental challenge that has remained staunchly established despite insistent appeals from environmentalist and environmentally-concerned organizations over decades. Long accepted as a necessary evil, more plastic has been produced in just the past ten years than was produced during the whole of the last century (Plastic Oceans, 2016), and…
The world commemorated End of Poverty Day in the midst of plenty. The World Bank African Region leadership held a video conferencing event on the 17th October which included over 17 its regional offices in Africa, with the Bank’s African region team also joining in from Washington DC. The event which was held under the…
The Ghana Oil Palm Development Company Limited (GOPDC) has introduced a variety of oil palm seedlings that can grow and yield fruits for over 50 year instead of the normal life-span of 25 years, the company’s Managing Director, Gert Vandersmissen has said. Speaking in an interview with the B&FT, Mr.Vandersmissen is hopeful of increasing its…
The recent disasters occurring in parts of Accra like James Town, Bortianor, Tsokomey and Ada areas as a result of coastal flooding have left coastal dwellers, particularly fisher folks, very vulnerable. These events occur periodically during extremely high tides and also when there are high waves and storm events at sea. Climate change resulting in…
One woman established a new law to prevent child marriage, and is enforcing it with serious gusto. Theresa Kachindamoto, senior chief in the Dedza District in Central Malawi, was tired of seeing 12-year-old girls walking around with babies on their hips, according to Al Jazeera. She decided to take a stand and made 50 of…