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Despite the steady progress over recent decades, the problems of water access and sanitation have persisted in Sub-Saharan Africa largely due to increasing populations, making access to potable water and good sanitation one of the most challenging public health concerns of the twenty-first century for most Africans. The present study assessed critical sanitation and water challenges in the Ho-Zongo Community in the Ho Municipality of the Volta Region. The study utilized a mixed approach, using questionnaires, interviews, and structured observations to collect data from fifty respondents. Findings revealed that piped water (48%), rainwater (20%), and packed water (e.g., sachet water) (18 %) were the main sources of drinking water for households in the community. In terms of sanitation (access to toilets), two categories of toilet facilities were identified: flush/pour flush toilets (46%) and dry pit latrine (38 %) with the remaining 16% of respondents (households) having no toilets at home or practising open defecation. The research suggests, among other things, that the existing water and sanitation rules be properly implemented and monitored.
The link to the questionnaire is below:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdk4eHFUwmn9y2B3ffTaVBsLzvQmB_a-IisnztWnkKzLXD1Fw/viewform
The coastal zone is the interface between land and sea, defined as the portion of land that is impacted by its closeness to the sea (by marine processes) and the portion of sea that is affected by its proximity to the land (influence of terrestrial processes) (CoastalWiki, n.d.). Although the coastal zone constitutes only about seven per cent of Ghana's total land area, it is densely populated – about a quarter of its 31 million inhabitants live along the sea (Appeaning, 2021). This segment of the population's activities (from resource exploitation to pollution) have a significant impact on the coastal zone. For management purposes, it is critical for coastal zone managers to always have up-to-date data on the status of the coastal zone at any given time.
The current study is a bibliographic review of all studies (past and present ongoing) undertaken in Ghana's coastal zone between 2012 and 2022 by members of the University of Ghana community.
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Seminars and Presentations
Seminars and Presentations
The overall objective of the study was to look into risk and disaster data sources and how they are used with appropriate tools. The following specific objectives would lead to this:
To determine vulnerability indicators, scales and reduction methods
To assess types of hazards, vulnerability, exposure and risk maps
To analyse assessments, data, and indicators of risk
To learn how participatory risk assessments are conducted
The link to the presentation is below:
Nature-based solutions are not new. It is working with Earth, and not against it.
It describes making use of services nature provides to help address climate change.
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The first year PhD class was asked to visit various communities to identify pressing water and sanitation issues. My partner and I visited the Zongo Community in the Ho Municipality. Our findings were presented during a 20 minutes presentation in class.
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Term Papers
Term Papers
On October 24, 1945, the United Nations (UN) was created as the world's peacekeeper to settle conflicts and avert another World War (India Today, 2019).
The Second World War ended in 1945, but nations were in ruins and the world yearned for peace. In the same year, 51 nations gathered in San Francisco to ratify a treaty. The document at dispute was the United Nations Charter, which replaced the League of Nations after World War II and was signed on October 24, 1945, forming the United Nations (India Today, 2019).
India Today, an Indian news website, reports that the United Nations, based in New York, United States, currently has 193 member nations (India Today, 2019). In addition to maintaining peace, the United Nations also aspires to promote sustainable development, respect international law, and protect human rights, according to the report.
Due to the authority granted by its Charter and its unique international character, the United Nations can address the challenges facing humanity in the 21st century, such as peace and security, climate change, sustainable development, human rights, disarmament, terrorism, humanitarian and health crises, gender equality, governance, and food production, among others (India Today, 2019).
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The WHO declared the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak, which began in December 2019 in Wuhan, China, a Public Health Emergency of International Concern in January 2020 and a pandemic in March 2020 (WHO, 2020). Since then, about 487 million people have been infected, and the death toll has reached a staggering 6.14 million as of 31st March 2022 (WHO, 2022).
During the same period, several disasters occurred across the globe, causing unimaginable hardships. It is unknown, however, whether global populations have become more vulnerable to these disasters as a result of the focus on COVID-19. This review examines the situation, with a particular emphasis on Ghana.
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The occurrence and consequences of perennial floods in Ghana have been thoroughly documented in climate research (e.g., Amoako and Frimpong-Boamah, 2015; Rain et al., 2012; Karley, 2009). Climate change's role in floods has been researched in various parts of the world (e.g., Bhowmik, 2000; Maza, 2004). The increased contribution of unsustainable development to flooding in these places has also been researched (e.g., Smith, 2004; Rain et al., 2012). Some studies have also concentrated on flood mitigation and coping strategies (e.g., Abubakari and Twum, 2019; Tengan & Aigbavboa, 2019; Twerefou et al., 2019). Fewer of this research, however, focused on disaster risk risk (e.g., Aboagye et al., 2013; Abu and Codjoe, 2018; Asumadu-Sarkodie et al., 2015) and ecosystem-based flood risk management (e.g., Okeke, 2015; Takeuchi et al., 2016; Mokwah, 2017; Renaud, 2016).
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