The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) has announced a roadmap for industrial action to back the demand for the termination of the sale of sixty per cent of the shares of Social Security and National Insurance

Tobacco-related illnesses kill more than 6,700 Ghanaians every year, according to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Investment Case for Tobacco Control Report.

This account for three per cent of all deaths in the country.

Madam Delese Mimi Darko, the Chief Executive of the Food and Drugs Authority, says tobacco control is crucial for achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Target 3.4.

She said the control of the product would help

AngloGold Ashanti Obuasi Mines’ health outreach programme has benefitted over 30,000 residents in the Adansi enclave since it was launched in 2021.

The company has since the launch of the programme, collaborated with other organizations