Michael Asharley explores a stunning global paradox: while air pollution kills nearly 8 million people a year, funding for cleaner air is rapidly disappearing. Between 2022 and 2023 alone, support for outdoor air quality in sub-Saharan Africa dropped by a staggering 91%. Michael speaks with Jacob Johnson Attakpah from the Green Africa Youth Organization about how these funding cuts are hitting grassroots environmental projects in Ghana. From waste recovery centres to youth-led air monitoring,...
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Michael Asharley explores a stunning global paradox: while air pollution kills nearly 8 million people a year, funding for cleaner air is rapidly disappearing. Between 2022 and 2023 alone, support for outdoor air quality in sub-Saharan Africa dropped by a staggering 91%. Michael speaks with Jacob Johnson Attakpah from the Green Africa Youth Organization about how these funding cuts are hitting grassroots environmental projects in Ghana. From waste recovery centres to youth-led air monitoring,...
TB Cases Grow, Residents in Industrial Areas Cry for Clean Air and Ghana's Million Shea Butter Workers Get a Clean Boost
Clean Air Report Ghana
25 minutes
1 year ago
TB Cases Grow, Residents in Industrial Areas Cry for Clean Air and Ghana's Million Shea Butter Workers Get a Clean Boost
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 mee...
Clean Air Report Ghana
Michael Asharley explores a stunning global paradox: while air pollution kills nearly 8 million people a year, funding for cleaner air is rapidly disappearing. Between 2022 and 2023 alone, support for outdoor air quality in sub-Saharan Africa dropped by a staggering 91%. Michael speaks with Jacob Johnson Attakpah from the Green Africa Youth Organization about how these funding cuts are hitting grassroots environmental projects in Ghana. From waste recovery centres to youth-led air monitoring,...
