Earlier this year the Lancet described breast-feeding as the “most specific personalized medicine” babies are ever likely to receive. But what the Lancet didn’t say was how vital breast milk is for the most vulnerable babies: the 22 million born too small, the 15 million born too soon, the 8 million born with congenital defects, and the 47 million born in fragile settings every year.…
The importance of cassava in Ghana cannot be denied. Apart from being the main ingredient of daily staple food enjoyed in many Ghanaian households – fufu, akple, to some extent gari, Cassava has undoubtedly proven itself to be a resilient and food security crop, though regarded by many to be a reserve crop for the…
Over 100,000 people are estimated to be living in modern slavery in Ghana today, ranking the country 34th with high rate of modern slavery, a new report by the Global Slavery Index has revealed. Forced labour accounts for 85 per cent of those enslaved in the country while forced marriage represents 15 per cent, the…
As Sub-Saharan Africa strives to break the shackles of poverty, its population of nearly one billion people is hard at work. A 2014 report by the U.S. Department of Labor concluded that one out of five Sub-Saharan children are working under difficult if not squalid conditions. Poverty is the driving force behind child labor, says…