Archive Ghana
Old news items and articles on Ghana.
Triple-S Ghana google map of water point functionality and service levels
30 Jan 12
This map contains the data on functionality and service levels. At the moment, the functionality of data points is not visible from the colour of the point when viewed on the map.
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Functionality map of water infrastructure in the Triple-S Ghana districts
30 Jan 12
This map represents a snapshot of the functionality of water points from the Triple-S database on 27 January 2012 for the following areas:
- Sunyani West district in Brong Ahafo region
- Akatsi district in Volta regiona
- East Gonja district in Northern region.
It can be viewed in Google Earth.
District data collection results - Ghana - Triple-S - functionality only.kmz (51.4 kB)
Ghana president makes water his priority, says Deputy Minister of Water
14 Apr 11
Hon. Dr. Hanna Louisa Bisiw, Deputy Minister of Water from Ghana explains to Dick de Jong how political will by her president has triggered action on the ground. She talked at the Cape Town Water Cube on 22 March 2011, World Water Day event.
Sustaining rural water systems: shifting from project to service delivery approach
09 Dec 10
Stakeholders in the WASH sector in Ghana are happy that efforts are being made at improving rural water coverage, but they deplore the lack/low level of sustainability of rural water systems. In particular, they have raised concern about the lack of systems for tracking the functionality of rural water systems that are being provided. Thus, they advocate for a paradigm shift from the project approach to a service delivery oriented approach to providing rural water facilities
Establishment and development of a Resource Centre Network in Ghana
08 Apr 09
The vision behind developing a resource centre network (RCN) in Ghana was that of a dynamic knowledge-driven network of organisations providing improved pro-poor WASH services. The RCN was to become the lead sector knowledge driver, facilitating the learning process and advocating for knowledge sharing within all sector organisations.
