Tuberculosis (TB) remains one of the world’s deadliest infectious diseases. According to the World Health Organization, each day, over 4100 people lose their lives to TB and close to 28,000 people fall ill with this preventable and curable disease. Data available on the website of Stop TB Partnership shows that in 2020, among the estimated […]
The Global Fund to fight HIV, Tuberculosis and Malaria (Global Fund) recently adopted its new Strategy:Fighting Pandemics and Building a Healthier and More Equitable World (2023 – 2028). The Strategyincludes a reinforcing contributory objective to maximizing health equity, gender equality and human rights. At the same time the Global Fund adopted a new Global Disease […]
Hope for Future Generations (HFFG), is a sub-grantee of the USAID Strengthening the Care Continuum Project in the Asunafo North, Asunafo South, Asutifi North, and Asutifi South districts in the Ahafo region of Ghana. The goal of the project is to further strengthen the capacity of Ghanaian local partners to implement and provide leadership for […]
In January 2022, HFFG presented sets of Sewing machines, Knitting and Embroidery machines and accessories to the No Weapon Fashion Design; a social enterprise established under the UNAIDS Solidarity Fund, Social Enterprise Development (SED) project being implemented by HFFG. The Social Enterprise Development (SED) is funded by the UNAIDS Solidarity Fund, which aims to improve […]
The Y+ app, an initiative of UNDP that seeks to provide psychosocial support to Young People Living with HIV (YPLHIV) was launched in Accra on 17th January 2022 by the United Nations Development Programme and the Young Health Advocates Ghana (YHAG), a national network of young people working to prevent HIV among young Ghanaians under […]
Cancer is a large group of diseases that can start in almost any organ or tissue of the body when abnormal cells grow uncontrollably, go beyond their usual boundaries to invade adjoining parts of the body and/or spread to other organs and tissues. According to the World Health Organization, it is the second leading cause […]
Hope for Future Generations (HFFG) has engaged the Health Select Committee in Parliament to push for an increase in domestic financing of immunization in Ghana after years of advocating on the subject. HFFG is an implementing partner on the Immunization Advocacy Initiative (IAI), supported by the African Population Health Research Center (APHRC). During the engagement […]
Violence against women and girls is a human rights violation, perpetrated for decades. Though pervasive, it is not inevitable, unless we stay silent. Violence often goes unchallenged and unsanctioned because it is almost seen as normal or acceptable behaviour in many societies. Men are usually the perpetrators of the act through various forms of assault. […]
HIV Community Members have played significant role in the HIV prevention, care, treatment and retention of those on treatment for decades. Their significant contributions have mainly been in the form of providing emotional support, companionships and mentoring to community members to accept their statuses, take medication correctly and remain on care. They also track/trace their […]
Positive Language contributes to the reduction of stigma and discrimination against persons with disabilities including mental health conditions. A one-day workshop was organized for 20 key stakeholders each in the Greater Accra, North-East and Savannah Regions in the month of September, 2021 as part of activities under the Ghana Somubi Dwumadie programme. The aim of […]
