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Governance & Accountability

Citizens who held their assembly to account

Using social accountability tools, ordinary citizens tracked local government capital projects and pressed for answers on delays and quality. Their engagement won better local services and…

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Health & Well-being

The volunteer who brought immunisation to her village

A trained community health volunteer took immunisation to the last mile, moving household to household to reach children who had been missed. Her persistence lifted coverage…

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Climate & Food Systems

The day our community became open-defecation-free

After months of community-led work, residents celebrated the day their community was certified open-defecation-free. Building latrines, changing habits and holding one another accountable brought new dignity,…

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Gender Equality & Social Inclusion

From participant to peace ambassador

Through a women’s leadership network, one participant grew from an attendee into a recognised peace ambassador in her district. Today she convenes dialogues, mediates local disputes…

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Health & Well-being

Maternal & newborn quality of care — end of project report

This end-of-project report presents results from a behaviour-led effort to reduce preventable maternal and newborn deaths through improved quality of care. Delivered with UNICEF Ghana, it…

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Gender Equality & Social Inclusion

Empowering women through networking

This report captures results from a gender-transformative activity that empowered 125 women leaders to drive peacebuilding in their communities. Delivered under USAID/OTI’s LRI programme, it shows…

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Health & Well-being

Annual report on HIV interventions

This annual report reviews a Ghana–Togo–Nigeria collaboration to expand paediatric HIV testing and treatment among children and adolescents. Progress is framed around the global 90-90-90 targets,…

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Governance & Accountability

Covid-19 corruption risk assessment

This assessment maps corruption risks in public procurement during the Covid-19 pandemic, when emergency spending and relaxed controls increased exposure to leakage and abuse. Benchmarked against…

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Health & Well-being

Petty corruption in healthcare delivery in Ghana

This study documents how everyday, low-level corruption restricts poor communities’ access to essential healthcare across parts of Ghana. It analyses the drivers and consequences of petty…

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Climate & Food Systems

Fertilizer Subsidy Programme — baseline assessment

This baseline assessment examines how Ghana’s Fertilizer Subsidy Programme (FSP) is implemented in the Sissala West and Lambussie districts — how inputs are allocated, distributed and…

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Safe Schools & Inclusive Education

Back in school — and mentoring eleven girls

When Amina was fourteen, she left school. Through CDA-Ghana’s Safe Schools & Inclusive Education work, community facilitators reached her family and helped remove the barriers keeping…

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Health & Well-being

From market girl to community health volunteer

At sixteen, Aisha spent her days selling vegetables at the roadside and had rarely visited a health post. When CDA-Ghana’s community health volunteers came to her…

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Health & Well-being

Health & Nutrition Learning Review 2025

This learning review distils results and lessons from a year of community health and nutrition work across the Upper West Region, drawing on volunteer records, clinic…

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