Material prepared by a team from the Ghana National Development Planning Commission and IRC Ghana Isaac Adita Principal Enrolled Nurse at Foe CHPS – now one of the most popular centres in the district for women to give birth Isaac Adita has been Principal Enrolled Nurse since 2016 - a time when the... Read more...
Bongo district is increasing its reliance on small town water systems to provide safe water in areas where the population is more concentrated. Deep boreholes provide water to storage tanks and standpipes across the area – with the potential also to make household connections. Read more...
Asaloko is a small community in the Bongo district where lives have been transformed through the introduction of safe water and effective sanitation. Householders no longer carry water long distances, children are better able to learn and the whole environment has been cleaned up. Read more...
Bongo district in the Upper East Region of Ghana became known throughout Ghana for the quality of its water –for the wrong reason. The district is a global hotspot for fluoride concentration and water from some wells was damaging the health of its population. Read more...
Vivian Kumah has been the lead nurse in charge of the community health planning and service centre at Gambia No 1 for about four and half years – and getting water had been a problem for almost the whole of that time. Read more...
Automated water points appear in Asutifi North District. Read more...
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Asutifi North district was one of the three selected districts where successes and challenges in the provision of water and sanitation services were collected. Read more...
Bongo District in Upper East Region, is one of the driest areas of Ghana with a population of just over 103,000 people. More than 30 boreholes had to be taken out of use because of dangerously high levels of fluoride in some underground water, causing damage to the bones and teeth of the people who... Read more...
Wassa East in Western Region is an overwhelmingly rural area with a population of more than 105,000 people. The district was facing a water crisis in 2015. About six out of every ten water facilities were non-functional, and payment systems had largely broken down. The District Assembly launched a... Read more...
One innovation in Asutifi North has been the introduction of kiosks at water points where vendors sell a range of sanitation products. The kiosks not only provide shelter from the sun and rain but improve the livelihoods of water vendors and help to make water systems more sustainable. Read more...
The Omanhene (chief) of Wamahinso in Asutifi North, Ghana, has welcomed the new water supply in his town and called for more households to build toilets. Read more...
Asutifi North District is doing a pilot study on conducting smart tests. Read more...
Asutifi North is making giant strides in providing water services for its citizens – but progress on sanitation is proving much harder and slower. Read more...
Examples of how Asutifi North has become a beacon of hope for water services in Ghana Read more...
Reporting back on the radio to the public on progress made around water and sanitation in Asutifi North District. Read more...
Material prepared by a team from the Ghana National Development Planning Commission and IRC Ghana The Assembly WASH team went from house to house, providing toilets for those who applied. Demand soon outstripped supply – reflecting that the community was ready for change but resources were in short... Read more...