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Showing 1 to 20 of 57 for “"Northern Ghana"”.
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Siphon filter assessment for Northern Ghana
… viability of the siphon filter for households in Northern Ghana, where water- borne diseases are a serious issue. With the help of Pure Home Water, a social enterprise that sells household water treatment and safe storage technologies in Northern Ghana, a field study was conducted in twenty-four …
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Assessment of rainwater harvesting in Northern Ghana
… the current state of rainwater harvesting in the Northern Region of Ghana and makes recommendations regarding if and how rainwater harvesting could be used to address Pure Home Water's goal of reaching 1 million people in the next five years with safe drinking water. Three principal aspects of the …
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Determinants of soybean adoption and performance in northern Ghana
… soybean producers in the Upper West region of Ghana. I first employ probit and ordinary least squares (OLS) regression models to understand adoption and performance. I then employ a combined spatial-autoregressive with spatial-autoregressive disturbances (SARAR) model using a generalized …
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Entrepreneurship: a means to poverty reduction in rural northern Ghana?
… of people’s lives. This is very much the case in Ghana, where major strides have towards reducing poverty. Nevertheless, the three northern regions (Northern, Upper East and Upper West) of the country have actually experienced a deteriorating situation with the proportion of people living in …
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Climate Change and Seed Security Among Smallholder Farmers in Northern Ghana
… Drawing upon a case study of semi-arid Ghana, this study examines climate change impacts on seed security among smallholder farmers. It adopts a mixed-methods approach with intensive fieldwork in two farming communities. Conceptually, the study uses a political ecology framework to …
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Ceramic filter manufacturing in Northern Ghana : water storage and quality control
In 2009, Pure Home Water (PHW), a Ghana based non-profit organization working to provide affordable and safe drinking water to people in the Northern Region of Ghana, began the construction of a ceramic pot filter (CPF) factory near the city of Tamale. By 2011, the factory had the molds, supplies, …
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Participatory development communication and child well-being in Northern Ghana : a journey
Children in the West African country of Ghana may face many challenges to their safety and well-being, including trafficking, child labour, sexual abuse, violent discipline, gender inequality, and neglect. This paper relates a journey into the lives of the residents of a small village in Northern …
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Hydrogeologic Controls on Groundwater Quality in the West Mamprusi Area, Northern Ghana
In the Northern Region of Ghana where groundwater is scarce and borehole success rates are low, there are still large gaps in groundwater quality research. Generally, groundwater is a safer source of drinking water than surface water, but it can contain naturally occurring elements, such as …
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Assessment of environmental degradation in Northern Ghana: A GIS based participatory approach
… the assessment of environmental degradation in northern Ghana. It is a development of GIS in participatory research earlier proposed by Abbot et al. (1998) and modified by Williams and Dunn (2003) to assess the impacts of landmines in Cambodia. Using the DPSIR (Driving …
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Willingness and ability to pay for insecticide : treated nets in Northern Ghana
… treated nets in the Bolgatanga district of Northern Ghana to provide insights into the sustainability of this tool. The paper presents the results of a survey of 876 household heads from both the rural and urban areas of the district. The survey questionnaire was designed to obtain …
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Willingness and ability to pay for insecticide: treated nets in Northern Ghana
… treated nets in the Bolgatanga district of Northern Ghana to provide insights into the sustainability of this tool. The paper presents the results of a survey of 876 household heads from both the rural and urban areas of the district. The survey questionnaire was designed to obtain …
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Hemispheric ceramic pot filter evaluation and quality assurance program in Northern Ghana
Pure Home Water (PHW) is a non-profit based in Ghana that seeks to bring safe drinking water to those most in need in Northern Ghana through the production, sale, and distribution of ceramic pot filters (CPF) and other water, sanitation and hygiene innovations. This thesis documents the improvement …
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"Contesting Islam: ""Homegrown Wahhabism,"" Education and Muslim Identity in Northern Ghana, 1920--2005"
… built primarily on preexisting tensions in the northern Ghanaian Muslim society and that Middle Eastern and North African contact through pilgrimage, but especially outreach programs and educational provision only provided the ideological justification, the grammar, for reinterpreting the …
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Efficacy of gravity-fed chlorination system for community-scale water disinfection in northern Ghana
… community-scale drinking water disinfection in Northern Region, Ghana. In addition, this study compares the Pulsar 1 unit to the household treatment of the Kosim filter plus Aquatabs. The Kosim filter is a pot-shaped Potters for Peace-type ceramic water available in Northern Ghana, while …
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Factors associated with stillbirth and assessment of maternal health awareness among residents of northern Ghana
… deaths occur in Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. Ghana’s stillbirth rate ranges from 13 – 20 per 1,000 births. The northern zone is as high as 20 per 1,000 births. The Early Newborn Action Plan aims at 12 per 1,000 births. This study sought to assess risk factors associated with stillbirth and …
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Monitoring and evaluation of a ceramic water filter and hand-washing intervention in Northern Ghana
… hand-washing stations in 1250 households in Northern Ghana. This thesis presents the following project monitoring and evaluation components: (1) three-part evaluation framework; (2) baseline results; and (3) recommendations for an objective measure of Kosim filter use. The evaluation …
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Rethinking the design and implementation of financial services for poverty reduction: A case of Northern Ghana
… Rural Bank (SRB) in Jirapa, a municipality in Northern Ghana. The study deployed a mixed-methods approach to collect data from six rural and urban communities. Data was sought from secondary sources, 20 interviews, 10 focus group discussions and 120 questionnaires. The research adopted the …
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