SEND Ghana — civil society organization advocating on food security, nutrition, health policy, and budget transparency in Ghana.
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More than 90 percent of Ghana’s tracked family-planning expenditure in 2024 was financed by development partners, according to information presented during a recent SEND Ghana civil society training on family-planning budget tracking. …
If family planning is our choice, why isn’t it in our budget?The Chronicle
The Ministry of Health (MoH) and SEND Ghana have called for stronger measures to help children and young people make healthier food choices as unhealthy diets contribute to rising concerns over childhood obesity and other non-communicable diseases (NCDs). …
MoH, SEND Ghana call for Warning Labels as Childhood Obesity, NCDs riseJoy Online
The Ministry of Health, in partnership with SEND Ghana and other stakeholders, has launched a mass media campaign to promote front-of-package warning labels and help Ghanaians make more informed food choices. …
Ghana launches food warning label campaign as NCDs account for nearly 45% of deathsThe Chronicle
… The call was made at a high-level Editors Forum convened by SEND Ghana in Accra, where nutrition experts and public health advocates briefed media leaders on the urgent need to regulate how food products communicate their health risks to consumers. …
Media Urged to Push for Food Warning LabelsThe Chronicle
… The call was made at a high-level Editors Forum convened by SEND Ghana in Accra, where nutrition experts, dieticians, and public health advocates briefed media leaders on the urgent need to regulate how food products communicate their health risks to consumers. …
Ghana’s Food Labels Must Carry Warnings — Editors Told to Champion the CauseJoy Online
… The survey, released by SEND Ghana, assessed countries on three key pillars of the budget process — transparency, public participation and oversight. …
Ghana scores 22 out of 100 on budget transparency, raising accountability concernsThe Ghanaian Times
… The Power to Choose Project is a seven-year initiative being implemented by Oxfam in Ghana in partnership with the Planned Parenthood Association of Ghana (PPAG), WiLDAF Ghana, SEND Ghana, Norsaac and PARDA, with funding from Global Affairs Canada through Oxfam Quebec. …
Oxfam in Ghana donates medical equipment and essential drugs worth GH¢1.5 million to Kasoa PolyclinicThe Ghanaian Times
… The Power to Choose Project is a seven-year initiative being implemented by Oxfam in Ghana in partnership with the Planned Parenthood Association of Ghana (PPAG), WiLDAF Ghana, SEND Ghana, Norsaac and PARDA, with funding from Global Affairs Canada through Oxfam Quebec. …
Oxfam in Ghana donates medical equipment and essential drugs worth GH¢1.5 million to Kasoa PolyclinicThe Chronicle
… ening under the Citizens’ Platform on Constitutional Reform (CPCR) and including the Centre for Democratic Development, One Ghana Movement, A Rocha Ghana, Women in Law and Development in Africa (WiLDAF Ghana), Eco-Conscious Citizens, the Youth Alliance for Green Ghana, SEND Ghana …
CSOs Back CRC’s Environmental Reforms, Press Government for RoadmapBusiness & Financial Times
… According to a press release by SEND Ghana, this triggers concerns about public accountability in the management of state resources. …
Budget transparency rating plummets to 22% in 2025 global surveyMore than 90 percent of Ghana's tracked family-planning expenditure in 2024 was financed by development partners, while the Government of Ghana accounted for approximately 9.48 percent, raising questions about sustainability when external funding ends.
2 October 2026 · Joy Online →
More than 90 percent of Ghana's tracked family-planning expenditure in 2024 was financed by development partners, while the Government of Ghana accounted for approximately 9.48 percent, raising questions about sustainability when external funding ends.
2 October 2026 · Joy Online →
The Ministry of Health and SEND Ghana have launched a campaign for mandatory front-of-pack warning labels on packaged foods high in sugar, salt, and unhealthy fats, citing rising childhood obesity and non-communicable diseases driven by unhealthy diets and lifestyles.
24 September 2026 · The Chronicle →
The Ministry of Health, with SEND Ghana and other stakeholders, has launched a mass media campaign to promote front-of-package warning labels and help Ghanaians make informed food choices. The campaign addresses the burden of non-communicable diseases—including hypertension, diabetes, cancer and cardiovascular diseases—which account for nearly 45% of deaths in Ghana, and aims to raise awareness of health risks from excessive sugar, salt and unhealthy fats, with particular focus on preventing unhealthy diets in children.
17 September 2026 · Joy Online →
Health experts and nutrition advocates have called on Ghana's media to promote mandatory Front-of-Pack Warning Labels on processed foods, citing growing prevalence of ultra-processed food consumption linked to rising rates of Type 2 diabetes and hypertension in children as young as 12. The proposed labels would warn consumers of products exceeding safe thresholds for fat, salt, and sugar.
1 July 2026 · The Chronicle →
Media editors in Accra are being urged to champion the introduction of mandatory Front-of-Pack Warning Food Labels on processed foods, with health experts warning that the nation's growing consumption of ultra-processed foods is driving disease in both adults and children. A nutrition expert noted that children as young as 12 are now being diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure, conditions barely seen in that age group a decade ago.
27 June 2026 · The Chronicle →
According to the latest Open Budget Survey released by SEND Ghana, Ghana scored 22 out of 100 on the transparency index, placing it among the lowest-performing countries out of 82 nations assessed globally. The poor performance is attributed largely to limited and delayed publication of key budget documents.
25 June 2026 · Joy Online →
Oxfam in Ghana has donated medical equipment and essential drugs worth GH¢1.5 million to the Kasoa Polyclinic to strengthen maternal and reproductive healthcare services, as part of the Power to Choose Project, a seven-year initiative implemented in partnership with several organizations and funded by Global Affairs Canada through Oxfam Quebec.
25 June 2026 · The Ghanaian Times →
Oxfam in Ghana has donated medical equipment and essential drugs worth GH¢1.5 million to Kasoa Polyclinic to strengthen maternal and reproductive healthcare services, as part of the Power to Choose Project, a seven-year initiative implemented in partnership with organisations including the Planned Parenthood Association of Ghana.
24 June 2026 · The Ghanaian Times →
A coalition of civil society organisations has backed the Constitution Review Committee's environmental reform proposals, which include entrenching a public trust doctrine vesting minerals, water resources, and public lands in the people of Ghana with the State holding them in trust. The groups are pressing government to publish a clear roadmap and timelines for the constitutional reform process amid Ghana's worsening illegal mining crisis.
23 June 2026 · The Chronicle →
Ghana's budget transparency rating fell from 46 percent in 2023 to 22 percent in the 2025 Open Budget Survey, placing it below the sub-Saharan African average of 38 percent. The decline is attributed to delays in publishing budget documents, which the survey says undermines public scrutiny and accountability in the management of state resources.
11 June 2026 · Business & Financial Times →
Ghana's budget transparency score fell from 46 percent in 2023 to 22 percent in 2025, according to the International Budget Partnership's Open Budget Survey, placing the country below the Sub-Saharan African average of 38 percent. The decline is attributed to delays in publishing critical budget documents, though the country showed modest improvements in public participation and state oversight.
9 June 2026 · Joy Online →
Implemented by Temple Investments and the Mastercard Foundation, FILMA is a four-year initiative (2024–2028) providing young women, youth, and persons with disabilities access to affordable credit, inclusive financial services, and market opportunities in rural Ghana.
4 June 2026 · Joy Online →
Temple Investments' four-year FILMA initiative (2024–2028) has enrolled 77,868 last-mile actors—primarily young women, youth, and persons with disabilities—across 18 districts, more than doubling average monthly income from GH¢1,334 to GH¢2,793 while transitioning 44,476 youth into dignified work and raising financial product self-uptake from 3% to 38%.
4 June 2026 · Daily Guide →
SEND Ghana is calling on government to speed up distribution of seeds, fertilisers and other farm inputs to farmers, warning that delays could affect food production and threaten food security. The organisation said farmers in the Northern, Oti, Volta and Bono East regions have not yet received inputs under the Feed Ghana Programme, and most MMDAs have not received the inputs needed for onward distribution.
25 May 2026 · Business & Financial Times →