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COLUMNIST: JOSHUA OKYERE

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Ghana’s Free Primary Healthcare Policy: A Turning Point for NCD Prevention and Early Detection

Apr 14, 2026 | Feature Article

Ghana rsquo;s rollout of a national free primary healthcare policy marks one of the most consequential health system ref ...

Feb 25, 2026 | Feature Article

The tragic death of a young man (Charles Amissah) who was reportedly turned away from multiple hospitals, including the ...

Feb 7, 2026 | Feature Article

In contemporary Ghanaian social discourse, particularly on social media and in informal peer conversations, a troubling ...

Feb 5, 2026 | Feature Article

World Cancer Day 2026 is marked under the theme United by Unique. It is a powerful idea; one that recognis ...

Jan 17, 2026 | Feature Article

Every weekday morning in Ghana rsquo;s major cities, millions of citizens wake up early, not to be productive, but to su ...

Jan 3, 2026 | Feature Article

The proposal by Ghana rsquo;s Constitutional Review Committee to bar Members of Parliament from serving as ministers has ...

Mar 13, 2025 | Feature Article

Today, March 13, 2025, the world observes World Kidney Day, a global initiative dedicated to raising awareness about the ...

Mar 4, 2025 | Feature Article

In Ghana, as in many parts of the world, the discourse surrounding body weight is fraught with judgment, stereotypes, an ...

Aug 10, 2023 | Feature Article

Sub-Saharan Africa faces a pressing health issue as a new study sheds light on a concerning link between unclean cooking ...

May 28, 2021 | Feature Article

Since the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) Ghana has committed tireless efforts to ...

May 8, 2021 | Feature Article

Regardless of who you are or what you do for a living, doesn rsquo;t discriminate hellip; The key ...

Mar 6, 2021 | Feature Article

The 6th of March is a special day for all Ghanaians living in Ghana, and in the diaspora. As a matter of ...

Feb 16, 2021 | Feature Article

All over the world, the incidence of childhood cancer is increasing astronomically. This is a worrying public health ...

Feb 5, 2021 | Feature Article

Cancer, like other chronic diseases is an increasing public health concern. In 2018, about 9.8 million people died o ...

Oct 25, 2020 | Feature Article

In recent times, I have been thinking a lot about the blogging industry in Ghana. A conduit for the transmission of ...

Oct 11, 2020 | Feature Article

Ever since the world met for the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing, there has been some significant improv ...

Sep 16, 2020 | Feature Article

Over the past two decades, there have been an increasing interest in the sexual and reproductive health and rights [ ...

Joshua Okyere
Joshua Okyere

This Author has published 44 articles on modernghana.com

Do you support or oppose Parliament’s passage of the Anti‑LGBTQ+ Bill 2026?

Started: 30-05-2026 | Ends: 31-08-2026