Yaw Atiglo 🇬🇭
@YawAtiglo
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Senior Research Fellow @UnivofGh | Demography & Social Stats | Population, Environment & Sustainable Development
Joined January 2012
So you people… You hound me for months to release the film, I do and it’s taking some of you forever to watch it? For free…..Hmmmmmmmmm I am not happy oo, yoooo 😔 #forloveandcountry2 streaming on Sparrow Station on YouTube oo. Watch here: https://t.co/V7DBzW8GeH
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Despite safe medication abortion options in Ghana, many young women still turn to unsafe methods. Awareness and access remain key. 🩺 https://t.co/6n177RJJuT 💻 D. Yaw Atiglo and Charlotte Abra Esime Ofori, @UnivofGh
#HealthAndMedicine
#WomensHealth
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Research showed that older women used safer methods of abortion. Fully safe methods did not dominate in any region of Ghana.
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I invite you to join @ghanastudies_'s Independence Day Webinar this Friday, 6 March, at 4 pm GMT/11 am EST. I am grateful to the organizing team for making this possible: @EmmanuellaAmoh, Ishmael Annang, @Kuukuwa_, & @BBSimons. #GhanaStudies #GhanaAt68 #GhanaInUncertainTimes
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#SPONSOR The Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park has become the latest sponsor of the observance of February 24 as Ghana’s. Day of Shame at the headquarters of the Socialist Movement of Ghana (SMG) next Tuesday at 4:30pm. Other sponsors of the event are, The Insight, Pan African
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@lordcudjoe Franklin Cudjoe and the Ghost of Nkrumah Have you realized that Franklin Cudjoe, in his thesis, could not bring any charge against Nkrumah for stealing state money to enrich himself or for pursuing personal glory, as one would expect of a morally bankrupt and power-drunk
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Your water flows once or twice a week. Your water flows once or twice a month. Your water flows once every other month. You have accepted it as normal but this is not normal. We continue to accept less than the bare minimum from Ghana Water and the Ministry of Works, Housing
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Africa must shape AI, not just use it. Join me and Dr Natalie this Sunday for a powerful conversation on Developing chatbots in African languages. 🗓️ today, 18 Jan ⏰ 5–6pm (SAST) 📍 Live on YouTube https://t.co/iGOFw9AHGT
#ResponsibleAI #AfricanLanguages #AIinAfrica
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The water crisis is a nationwide issue, not just limited to Teshie-Nungua. The Minister for Water Resources must be questioned as to why, residents across multiple regions continue to experience prolonged water shortages. Why has the Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) failed to
Water Crisis in Teshie-Nungua: Our tap only flows on Thursdays for about four months now, and if you are not lucky enough, you won't get any. - Resident #TV3NewDay #TV3GH
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Government of Ghana’s position on the US unilateral and unauthorised invasion of Venezuela.
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Mangroves provide a shield from storms, are a source of food & shelter, & a cradle of marine life that sustains their livelihoods. To protect such vital ecosystems, this village in Colombia is uniting the local communities to restore the mangroves. #ClimateAction @UNFCCC_CTCN:
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Another economic history thread on one of the less-discussed but brilliant parts of Nkrumah’s economic statecraft. Here’s the story, drawing on Ghana Cocoa Marketing Board (today’s COCOBOD) history, plus analyses that draw on contemporary observers like Tony Killick and Ivor
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The Road to September is ON!🌟 Join us in celebrating the legacy of the visionary Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana’s iconic leader,this September! 🎉 Visit the Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park NOW.🙏 Like, repost, and share your love for #MonthofNkrumah #KwameNkrumah #GhanaHeritage #AfricanUnity
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Great thread on Nkrumah’s visionary industrialization plans and the impact of his untimely overthrow. How can we be uncertain about the Founder? He had the making of a modern nation figured out way back. #Nkrumahneverdies
The ripple effects of the 1966 overthrow of Nkrumah. What an own goal. The single biggest blow from a long-term developmental perspective would arguably be the collapse and stagnation of his comprehensive Industrialization Drive. A thread.
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I’m grateful to @AAU_67 for this honour. Together, we remain committed to advancing gender equitable and inclusive, learner-centred education at @UnivofGh and across Africa.
Prof. Nana Aba Appiah Amfo is honoured as an #AAU Ambassador for Gender Equity and Social Inclusion. Celebrated for her trailblazing leadership as Vice-Chancellor and her advocacy for inclusive, learner-centred education, she continues to champion diversity across African higher
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Interesting panel discussion by @IASUG @ug_cegensa @UnivofGh on harnessing indigenous knowledge and innovation for climate resilience, sustainability and socioeconomic transformations across Africa #DSR2025 #AfricanRenaissance #ScientificRenaissance
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A very happy birthday to Champion of the Earth Sir David Attenborough! Thank you for your tireless commitment to safeguarding our planet. Your efforts #ForNature are an inspiration to us all.
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I’ve studied & written about #climatechange +migration for 20+ years, time to step aside. In what’s likely my final journal article on the topic, I summarize what researchers know & don’t know about climate & displacement. It’s open access. https://t.co/AYfBHW1pcV
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Invitation to RIPS Research Seminar Series Presenter: Prof. Yubraj Acharya, Pennsylvania State University, USA Chair: Adriana A. E. Biney (PhD), RIPS Online: Microsoft Teams meeting Join with this link: https://t.co/TaugJE22z6 Meeting ID: 391 482 624 038 Passcode: ZM2NbZ
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Carbon you are, and to carbon dust you shall return, leaving only a legacy of sustainability or despair #AshWednesday
#StopGalamseyNow
NDC officials resist seizure of galamsey equipment as government team faces hostile reactions #JoySMS
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