Clean Air Report Ghana

TB Cases Grow, Residents in Industrial Areas Cry for Clean Air and Ghana's Million Shea Butter Workers Get a Clean Boost

June 30, 2024 New Narratives and Ghanaian newsmedia partners

Welcome to “Clean Air Report Ghana,”.

In this episode:

 

·      As air pollution in Ghana increases so do tuberculosis infections. Nearly twenty thousand Ghanaians died from TB in in 2023 alone as experts warn the two are linked.

·      Residents in industrial zones are battling polluted air. We look closely at Weija in Accra.

·      Women are the backbone of Ghana’s globally successful shea butter industry. But they are paying a price. We meet innovators finding ways to make their job safer. 

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·      Young entrepreneurs introduce clean cooking technology to reduce air pollution in households.

Clean Air Report Ghana is a collaboration between New Narratives and leading Ghanaian newsrooms. Funding is provided by the Clean Air Fund which had no say in the reporting.

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