Question: Advice the Ministry of Health on how to deal with Maternal Mortality in Ghana Maternal mortality is the death of a woman during pregnancy or within 42 days at the end of pregnancy from causes aggravated by the pregnancy but not from incidental causes. A woman’s risk of death in childbirth over the course of her life may be due to many factors including the number of children she already has‚ spacing of the births‚ conditions under which she gives birth and her own health and nutritional
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The Economic Development of Ghana Ghana is an African country located on the western side of Africa. Its neighbors are Burkina Faso to the north‚ Togo to the east‚ the Atlantic Ocean to the south‚ and Cote D’Ivoire to the west. It has a population of 18‚100‚ 703 and a population density of 197 people per square mile. Ghana is 92‚098 square miles and English is its official language. The capital city of Accra has around 1‚ 673‚000 people residing in it. There are the physical statistics‚ now onto
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EDUCATION IN GHANA 1.0. INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND INFORMATION The Republic of Ghana is located in West Africa which borders Côte d ’Ivoire (Ivory Coast) to the west‚ Burkina Faso to the north‚ Togo to the east‚ and the Gulf of Guinea to the south. The word Ghana means "Warrior King" and derives from the Ghana Empire. Ghana was inhabited in pre-colonial times by a number of ancient predominantly Akan Kingdoms‚ including the Akwamu on the eastern coast‚ the inland Ashanti Empire and various Fante
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Chronicle Daily Graphic Daily Guide District News Ghana News Agency Ghanaian Times Ghana Review Government News Joy Online Peace FM Radio XYZ The Statesman More Newsmedia Other Media allAfrica BBC-Africa News Feature Article of Wednesday‚ 2 November 2005 Columnist: Azindow‚ Yakubu Why Ghana Opted For SAP Email this Share This Print This Comments (0) « Prev Next » Ghana?s Decision To Implement Structural Adjustment Program (Sap)‚ 1982-1992. Ghana?s interaction with the IMF and the World Bank
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It is inevitable that many developing countries look to progress economically‚ socially‚ and politically. In the case of Ghana‚ issues of development range from poverty to primary education‚ also from internal and external resources to basic healthcare. Africa‚ among the many developing continents full of Third World countries‚ has been invariably problematic in terms of economic growth and development. The need to meet the Millennium Development Goals (MDG’s) is critical to the people of Africa
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Technological Innovations and Banking in Ghana: An Evaluation of Customers’ Perceptions JOSHUA ABOR University of Ghana‚ Legon Abstract In Sub-Saharan Africa‚ developments in information and communication technology are radically changing the way business is done. These developments in technology have resulted in new delivery channels for banking products and services such as Automated Teller Machines (ATMs)‚ Telephone Banking‚ PC-Banking‚ and Electronic Funds Transfer at Point of Sale
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Globalization on Ghana Globalization is a phenomenon that has conquered much of the world we live in today. From the depths of the most rural village to the world’s biggest cities‚ the effects of globalization are quite apparent. However‚ this paper aims to address the issues that globalization presents for countries in West Africa; more specifically‚ Ghana. To fully understand the situation of Ghana‚ we must look at the meaning of globalization and what it represents to Ghana and the Ghanaian
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Jasean Fowlkes Professor Marrow History 101 November 26‚ 2013 1. Ghana means: "Warrior King". Ghana was the title given to the emperors of Wagadou‚ which is why it became known in Europe and Arabia as the Ghana Empire. Although present day Ghana took its name from the ancient Ghana Empire‚ there is no territory common to the two‚ as Wagadou was located in what is now Southeastern Mauritania‚ Western Mali‚ and Eastern Senegal. (The name Wagadou meant ’Land of Herds’). 2. Ghana’s capital city
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or sex slaves in Africa. (Child Labour in Africa‚ 2006) Children works at earlier age in Ghana and farm labor predominates. According to Bhalotra in a report published by the OECD‚ “work on the household farm engages 41% of boys and 44% of girls aged 10-14‚ while household enterprise work involves 2.5% of boys and 3.6% of girls.” (Bhalotra‚ 2003) This research will discuss the causes of child labor in Ghana and the effect it will have on the child‚ the family and the economy. The International
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Financial Liberalization and Small Enterprise Finance in Ghana 1) INTRODUCTION: The dynamic role of small and medium scale enterprises (SMEs) in developing countries have been highly emphasised. These enterprises have been identified as the means through which the rapid industrialisation and other developmental goals of these countries can be realised. However‚ Small enterprises in developing countries typically cite lack of access to finance as an important constraint on their operations. This
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