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Mosquito Revolution, a Dawn on Africa

by hayford - 14/09/2009

MALARIA VACCINE THE PROMISE THE REALITY

by hayford - 07/08/2009

Since the discovery that malaria was caused by a mosquito 100 years ago, two schools soon emerged as how to deal with this disease.

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AN APOLLO PROGRAM FOR ACCRA

by hayford - 07/06/2009

On July 16, 1969 Commander Neil Armstrong was the first man to set foot on the moon.  At that time he made the statement "one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind" 

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Institutional Inertia

by hayford - 25/05/2009

The World Health Organization on October 30, 1998, announced the creation of an affiliated organization, that was named, Roll Back Malaria.  The reduction of malaria in Africa by 50% within 10 years was the stated goal of this new organization. 

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Obama visit to Ghana, what it means for civil society

by hayford - 17/05/2009

The President of United States of America, Barack Obama will make a historic visit to Ghana between July 10 - July 11, 2009.

According to Ghana's Foreign Ministry, the first Black US President will hold bilateral talks with Ghanaian President, John Evans Atta Mills aimed at strengthening the fraternal relations existing between the two countries.

The visit to be the first trip to sub-Sahara Africa by President Obama and wife Michelle Obama since assumption of office will be symbolic to advance the strategic role Ghana has grown to play on the world stage.

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Youth-led group support Malaria Programme in West Africa

by hayford - 27/03/2009

The West African sub-region is expected to have a youth-led initiative geared towards supporting the 44 African nations that signed the historic declaration in Abuja in 2000 to scale malaria cases down to 50 per cent by year 2010 and near zero deaths by 2015.

A youth-led NGO, Volunteer Partnerships for West Africa (VPWA), is mobilizing volunteers from around the world for an intensive malaria awareness project dubbed Kick Malaria Out (KMO), which is an annual event to be held for the next six years to reach it objectives.

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