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A
local health motivator, and member of the Nkawkaw
Driver’s Association, explains to fellow lorry drivers
how to avoid contracting HIV/AIDS in the eastern
Ghanaian town of Nkawkaw.
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A
member of the Market Women’s Association in Ghana’s
capital, Accra.
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“No
to Casual Sex” scream the T-shirts worn by lorry
drivers in the Nkawkaw motor park.
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Lorry
drivers join the Nkawkaw Driver’s Association AIDS
prevention campaign.
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Market
in Accra.
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Drivers
in Nkawkaw attend a public lecture on HIV/AIDS
prevention.
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A
traditional birth attendant (TBA) in Ghana’s
impoverished north-eastern district.
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Rural
Help Integrated (RHI), a local NGO in the Bolga-Tanga
district of Upper East Ghana, brings reproductive health
and family planning services to some 1.3 million people.
This project was made possible by support from UNFPA.
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Two
traditional birth attendants at a training session in
the Bolga-Tanga district. Since 1990, 6,000 traditional
birth attendants have been trained in this region.
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In
Upper East Ghana, families attend a local community
theater presenting a drama about health families.
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Education
of children and young people is critical for the future
of Ghana.
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Ghana
is a very mixed society from the point of view of
culture and religion. Here a group of Muslim women wait
at a health clinic in the Upper East region.
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Access
to clean water is essential for development. Yet over
half of all Ghanaians lack access to clean water for
household use.
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A
young mother learns to read in the Upper East region.
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