This paper seeks to understand the significant challenges of Ghana’s free senior high school (SHS) policy and roles that non-profit organisations play in addressing them. Findings reveal interventions such as establishing new buildings, providing teacher training, inequality issues, equipping graduates with employable skills evaluating policy. Such public–non-profit partnerships can help govern...

Systematic review was performed to evaluate Ghanaian’s knowledge, myths and misconception about tuberculosis and their impact on the country. Several themes were observed, and fear of infection appears to be the most common cause of stigma. Some regions and groups of people in Ghana record low level of knowledge about tuberculosis. The study revealed certain community norms that lead to stigmat...

Dress fashion has sociocultural, economic and political expressions. In the purview, dress remains a viable catalyst capable of provoking dialogue for democratic action as people could proclaim their allegiance to group or country through fashion. Ghana, there have been several attempts decolonise culture. This study sought deepen advocacy analysis Facebook reactions Right Honourable Alban Suma...

The association between aflatoxin exposure and alteration in immune responses observed in humans suggest that aflatoxin could suppress the immune system and work synergistically with HIV to increase disease severity and progression to AIDS. No longitudinal study has been conducted to assess exposure to aflatoxin (AF) among HIV positive individuals. We examined temporal variation in AFB₁ albumin...

OBJECTIVES To provide counter evidence to existing literature on healer shopping in Africa through a systematic analysis of illness practices by Ghanaians with diabetes; to outline approaches towards improving patient centred health care and policy development regarding diabetes in Ghana. DESIGN Longitudinal qualitative study with individual interviews, group interviews, and ethnographies. ...